[CentOS] Vim - In INSERT Mode, the Backspace key does not work

[Wang, Mary Y]

Yuppie!!! It works.  Thanks again.

Mary 

-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Larry Brower
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 7:31 PM
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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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