My terminal sends ^?
for backspace and
^[[3~
for delete.
To get these keys working in vim like they work in other programs,
I put
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set t_kb=^?
set t_kD=^[[3~
into my .vimrc. Of course, one must use ^V <backspace> and ^V <delete> to insert the characters into the text.
Another set of essential settings for me is to change the arrow keys to work by visual lines, not physical lines. [HJKL isn't for me. I'm a 90s kid, all I know is ↑←↓→ and WASD.]
nnoremap <Down> gj
nnoremap <Up> gk
vnoremap <Down> gj
vnoremap <Up> gk
inoremap <Down> <C-o>gj
inoremap <Up> <C-o>gk
I've found some servers which tell me
"Invalid command: [vim]"
and only have vi.
vi is always just a link to vim,
but in that awful lets-emulate-the-bad-times mode.
Hence, this minimal .vimrc to get a usable environment.
set nocompatible
set
backspace=indent,eol,start
Vim beeps too much. Here's how to make it STFU.
set
noerrorbells
visualbell
t_vb=
if has(autocmd)
autocmd GUIEnter *
set visualbell t_vb=
endif
:set option? gets the current value of option.
Originally posted 2014-06-18, last edited 2016-01-16. | home