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Re: big key binding patch

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From: Duncan Sinclair <sinclair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: big key binding patch
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:03:04 +0000
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Z Shell workers mailing list)
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Nov 1996 08:46:13 +0000."

Zefram writes:
>Just to reiterate what I said yesterday, we should *not* use the patch
>to bind the ANSI arrow key sequences in vi insert mode.  It is completely
>the wrong thing to do, and actually causes more problems.
>

I'm curious.... why?  And what happens if you bind them using bindkey?
Can we use other ESC-prefixed bindings in vi-insert mode?

My version of vi ("nvi 1.34") allows me to use the cursor keys during
insert mode - with the obvious bindings: (output of :map!)

  ^[OA  ^[ka  cursor up
  ^[OB  ^[ja  cursor down
  ^[OC  ^[la  cursor right
  ^[OD  ^[ha  cursor left 

Cheers,



Duncan.

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