Thanks for the info. It worked. I'd like to have the Backspace key acts like a delete key (delete the key and move the cursor -1 position to the left) by default (like vi in the INSERT mode). Can I configure it something in the .vimrc file, so that it acts the way I wanted every time that I bring up a Vim session?

Thanks Mary

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Larry Brower Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 7:07 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Vim - In INSERT Mode, the Backspace key does not work

Wang, Mary Y wrote:

Hi All,

I'm not very good with Vim. I noticed when it is in INSERT Mode, the backspace key no longer works. How to do I configure it so that it will work with the backspace key?

Any ideas? Thanks Mary

try using :set bs and/or :fixdel

'backspace' 'bs' string (default "") global {not in Vi} Influences the working of <BS>, <Del>, CTRL-W and CTRL-U in Insert mode. This is a list of items, separated by commas. Each item allows a way to backspace over something: value effect ~ indent allow backspacing over autoindent eol allow backspacing over line breaks (join lines) start allow backspacing over the start of insert; CTRL-W and CTRL-U stop once at the start of insert.

When the value is empty, Vi compatible backspacing is used.

For backwards compatibility with version 5.4 and earlier: value effect ~ 0 same as ":set backspace=" (Vi compatible) 1 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol" 2 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol,start"

See |:fixdel| if your <BS> or <Del> key does not do what you want. NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.

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Yuppie!!! It works. Thanks again.

Mary

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Larry Brower Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 7:31 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Vim - In INSERT Mode, the Backspace key does not work

Wang, Mary Y wrote:

Thanks for the info. It worked. I'd like to have the Backspace key acts like a delete key (delete the key and move the cursor -1 position to the left) by default (like vi in the INSERT mode). Can I configure it something in the .vimrc file, so that it acts the way I wanted every time that I bring up a Vim session?

Thanks Mary

try adding

set nocompatible set bs=indent,eol,start

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