On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Lennart Augustsson wrote:
> Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> >In article <20040329191240.GA17724@olib.org> you wrote:
> >
> >>I was mistaken.  Somehow, after years of using vi, I never noticed
> >>this.  The above only happens in *insert* mode.  The above happens
> >>in a stock 1.6 system as well as -current, in insert mode.
> >
> >
> >Using cursor keys in insert mode? How dare you! :)
> Exactly!  Cursor keys don't work in insert mode in vi.
> If they do, it's not the real vi, just a cheap plastic
> imitation. :)

Of course the cursor keys work in insert mode in vi.

Since I'm typing this in vi, I can prove it.

'hjkl'.

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