[ale] xterms.

Jeff Barber jeffb at issl.atl.hp.com
Wed Aug 21 07:43:29 EDT 1996


nomad writes:
> 
> I have an interesting question.  Why am I unable to paste into
> an Xterm that has a "vi" session running.  It always acts as if
> I'm entering control chars, and yes I've put it in "insert" mode
> before I do the paste.

This used to bug me too.  Switch to using "vim" instead of "elvis"
for your vi emulator.  vim also has a cool multi-level undo and some
other nice features.  See /usr/doc/vim for more info.


-- Jeff






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