Re: How to get vi to delete characters

2001-01-09 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:03:30PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Most of the time I can get vi to insert characters after entering 'i' > > Also know how to :wq etc > > But I can't figure out how to delete characters: my book says > ndd will delete N lines; but it doesn't work. In insert mode

Re: How to get vi to delete characters

2001-01-07 Thread Colin Watson
"Eric G . Miller" wrote: >On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 02:10:34AM +, Colin Watson wrote: >> That sounds like either you're using a strange terminal, or a >> less-capable vi clone, or both. Debian doesn't tend to give you strange >> terminals (log in to other Unixes from Debian, though, and you'll f

Re: How to get vi to delete characters

2001-01-07 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 02:10:34AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Most of the time I can get vi to insert characters after entering 'i' > > > >Also know how to :wq etc > > > >But I can't figure out how to delete characters: my book says ndd will > >delete N lines; but it d

Re: How to get vi to delete characters

2001-01-07 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Most of the time I can get vi to insert characters after entering 'i' > >Also know how to :wq etc > >But I can't figure out how to delete characters: my book says ndd will >delete N lines; but it doesn't work. In insert mode, backspace key >often changes case of letters.

RE: How to get vi to delete characters

2001-01-07 Thread Brad Burns
Try 'x', but not in insert mode. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 2:04 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: re: How to get vi to delete characters Most of the time I can get vi to insert characters afte

Re: How to get vi to delete characters

2001-01-07 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 14:03:30 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But I can't figure out how to delete characters: my book says > ndd will delete N lines; but it doesn't work. It's referring to ESC [number] dd. > In insert mode, backspace key often changes case of letters. Del key > doesn't del

re: How to get vi to delete characters

2001-01-07 Thread DTi4565459
Most of the time I can get vi to insert characters after entering 'i' Also know how to :wq etc But I can't figure out how to delete characters: my book says ndd will delete N lines; but it doesn't work. In insert mode, backspace key often changes case of letters. Del key doesn't delete anythin