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From: timr@sco.COM (Tim Ruckle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: vi and rlogin
Summary: arrow key problems--use telnet (or upgrade TCP/IP version)
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Date: Fri, 07 Jun 91 18:55:39 GMT
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In article <852@tiamat.fsc.com> jim@tiamat.fsc.com ( IT Manager) writes:
} When using "vi" under SCO Unix (or Xenix) after making a "rlogin"
} connection (i.e. the SCO box is the remote machine), using the arrow
} keys is a pain.  I know that running "stty min 3 time 10" helps
} make the problem go away, but I can't figure out how to get "vi" to
} honor the changes.

This is a known problem, and the easiest work-around is to use telnet
instead of rlogin.

The issue is resolved in SCO TCP/IP version 1.1.3 (for SCO UNIX) which
is now shipping, and in SCO TCP/IP version 1.2.0 (for SCO XENIX) which
is soon to be released.

The problem is that rlogin sends the characters one packet at a time,
and the arrow keys are actually sending a series of characters.  The
way vi tells whether you've hit the arrow key or typed in those
characters separately is by how fast they come in--since they're coming
in one per packet there can be problems with the timing.

-timr
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