On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 08:23:48PM +0100, paolo massei wrote:
> I'm running a pure potato flavour of debian2.2 updated with the
> 'official' package r2 in debian sites, under "stable" version.
>
> The problem is that when I type the "E" letter in "vi" insert mode,
> I have a two or three second delay between typing and appairing
> of lazy "E" on my monitor.
>
> This strange phenomenon appairs also if I run the pure 'elvis' command,
> without wrappers or other options.
> It appears in: console, Xterm, gnome-terminal (I hate Eterm ;)) but
> NOT appens in 'elvis X11' under Xfree in the debian menu.
>
> It happens *only* with "E" character.
for a bit-o-clue, try inserting
E
then
S
and finally
C
<guessing>
apparently elvis expects to be working with some odd or archaic
(or plain obtuse) terminal emulators that might send the
sequence E-S-C instead of \033 [ascii 27 == escape character].
on my ssh client, when i press my UP-ARROW key, it sends <esc>OA
which elvis properly interprets as 'go up one line' just as if
i'd typed 'k'.
</guessing>
try inserting the string
ESCOA
and see if it moves your cursor, or
ESCOm
and see if it inserts a newline [keypad ENTER = <esc>Om
on my client/terminal emulator].
to see which sequences your keys send, get into INSERT mode,
then type CONTROL-V, then press a fancy key (home, down, page
up, keypad 5, etc). voila!
i had the same problem, and learned to live with it -- until i
switched to VIM and now everything is all sparkly and
sunshiny...
clear-off-hard-drive
apt-get install vim
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