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