I'm afraid that this is not a bug, but rather is the desired behavior
for vi.
It is intended that vi work, as much as closely, like traditional vi.
This includes the fact that arrow keys are not used for movement
(h,j,k,l are).
The "A,B,C,D" you are seeing are because your terminal emulator sends
<Esc> O A to terminal programs to signify "up arrow". As a feature, vim
interprets this sequence to mean "up arrow", but vi will interpret it
literally, by switching to normal mode, opening a new line in insert
mode before the current one, and typing "A".
If you don't want a traditional vi, you should really be invoking it as
vim. If you absolutely do not want this behavior, you could edit the
file /etc/vim/vimrc.tiny, and remove or comment the lines
let g:debian_cp=1
set nocompatible
This behavior can also be "fixed" by installing a vim variant other than
vim.tiny (such as vim-gnome), and ensuring that update-alternatives has
vi pointing at the new variant.
** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
Status: Needs Info => Rejected
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Erratic Vi on feisty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114973
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