Vi editior help

[vinny_gryffindor]

Hi people..
how do i get the 'Backspace' key working in vi editor
and also how do i get colours in the vi editor when I write C code?
please help

[anomie]

If by "backspace" you mean "move left one position and delete the character currently in that position", it's Shift + x.

[kkubasik]

while in normal mode (press escape to make sure) type
:syntax on

to turn on syntax highlighting.

try typing

vimtutor

into a terminal to get a 30 minute tutorial on use of vim, its a big help.

[winter]

use the x key in command mode.

[psic]

Also, check out the man page

[vinny_gryffindor]

Hello..
Im really in trouble..
i've tried the suggested advice, but in vain they didnt work out
whenever I open the Vi editor..there is a "^[34m~" thing on the screen
When I type the "backspace" key on my keyboard, a "^[34m^?" thing is getting printed
what is this all

I cant code properly with all this mess..please help
Thanks

[techieMoe]

I cant code properly with all this mess..please help
Thanks

Have you thought about using a different editor for the time being, until you're more comfortable using Vi? If you want a more word-processor-like editor you could try pico or nano. They're very simple and don't offer syntax highlighting. Emacs is a syntax-highlighting editor but the commands are not any more intuitive than VI. Backspace works the way you'd expect it to, though.

[jlgreer1]

jed is another simple syntax highlighting editor.

When you installed Linux, which keyboard did you select in setup?

Jeff

[vinny_gryffindor]

Hii..
I tried out nano..
its simple and superb...no probs as of now
i'll try jed now..see what it is..its good that it has syntax hilighting
thanks people..
but what about the Vi editor thing?

[thumper242]

There are a lot of tutorials and/or .vimrc examples on the internet.

if you spend some time looking through them, you can get vim/vi working very much however youd' like.

Here is my config, to get you started.

http://maniacallaughter.com/software/vim/vimrc