[Discuss] arrow keys in vi

[Ryan Tandy]

R. McFarlane wrote:
> On 11/25/06 10:59 PM, Michael Foltinek wrote:
> 
>> Um... just a reminder that the "home row" keys also serve as arrow
>> keys in vi, if it's holding you back.
>>
>> As for the arrow keys, I suspect there could be something with your
>> termcap on the remote box.
> 
> 
>     The home row and arrow keys work fine in "view mode". I forgot to 
> mention that the arrow keys don't work when in "insert mode".
>     I thought that too. Any idea where to look? Seems odd that 6.06 
> works but 6.10 does not. Maybe I should use pico instead? ;)
> 

I had a similar problem a while back.  Ended up being due to having 
locale set to UTF8 on one end and something else on the other.