By default, vi
/vim
text editor uses the h
, j
, k
and l
keys for navigation.
Hitting arrow keys in the insert mode will insert newlines and print A
, B
, C
, D
capital letters.
In this small note i will show how to fix not working arrow keys, that print letters in the insert mode in vi
/vim
.
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Fix Not Working Arrow Keys in Vi/Vim
If you are using vi
/vim
text editor and the arrow keys don’t work and print letters in the insert mode, run the following command to fix this:
:set nocompatible
To fix not working arrows in the insert mode permanently, add set nocompatible
command to vi
/vim
configuration file in your $HOME
directory.
Fix not working arrow keys in vim
:
$ echo "set nocompatible" >> ~/.exrc
Fix not working arrow keys in vi
:
$ echo "set nocompatible" >> ~/.vimrc
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Thanks for the tip:
Seems like you have a typo, though:
.exrc is the configuration file for vi, whereas .vimrc is the config file for vim
Thanks.
Thank you so much for this.
Thank you! This was driving me crazy