[ale] SSH fm Win2k to Linux/FreeBSD

[Charles Marcus]

Thanks for the tips - will definitely help, but...

Is there no way to simply make the 'Insert' key work the way it does on a local Linux box with vi?

Thanks again

Charles

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Z. Yu [mailto:z.yu at ptek.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:07 AM
> To: Charles Marcus
> Cc: 'Ale'
> Subject: Re: [ale] SSH fm Win2k to Linux/FreeBSD
> 
> 
> 	r	 to replace a single char
> 	dw	to change a word
> 	dW	to change a big chain of characters.
> 
> 	I've been use putty and commerical SSH2 clients from 
> F_secure, and
> I prefer putty better, for windows platform, at least.
> 
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Charles Marcus wrote:
> 
> #Hi all,
> #
> #OK, How the heck do I get the 'Insert' key to act right 
> using SecureCRT/SSH on Win2K to remote access 1 FreeBSD (4.4) 
> and 2 Linux (Redhat 7.x) boxes.  Using vi is nearly 
> impossible.  I can use 'dd' to delete entire lines, but many 
> times all I want to do is change one character or word.
> #
> #Aaargh.  I'll be glad when I can look back and laugh at my 
> *nix ignorance of today...
> #
> #Tia
> #
> #Charles
> #
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