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From: koe@kivax.UUCP (Diana Koehler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: vi and rlogin
Message-ID: <74@kivax.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 91 06:25:58 GMT
References: <852@tiamat.fsc.com>
Organization: Digital Kienzle Computersysteme GmbH & Co. KG
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jim@tiamat.fsc.com ( IT Manager) writes:

>I remember seeing something about this once, so I checked the FAQ and
>it wasn't there, so I'll ask again.

>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.

Within vi or within .exrc or .vimakros you have to set:

             set notimeout

Then the arrow keys work.

Diana

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