> An annoying feature of vim is that the effects of backspace and of delete
> are reversed compared to any other vi. It is particularly annoying because
> backspace will delete existing text, including newlines, when it is in input
> mode.
>
> How can I put these effects back to normal, please?
Hi.
Put the following in your ~/.vimrc
set t_kb=<BS>
fixdel
> Should this be regarded as a bug?
Probably.
This is upstream "property", which is inconsistant with Debian
keyboard configuration (not sure). I have vim 5.1 and it is still there,
(in GUI mode, however, everything is OK).
May be it is a problem with xterm configuration, elm command lines are also
act this way.
Alex Y.
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