On Debian and other Debian-based distros, when you use Vim, you might find it a little weird. For example, in the insert
mode, when you press the arrow keys, you end up with inserting characters - A
, B
, C
and D
which gets confusing for people new to the editor (like me). This is because Debian uses the vim.tiny
configuration by default.
This can be fixed by getting the vim.basic
package and updating the configuration to use it by default.
# Installing vim
$ sudo apt-get install vim
# Updating default vi config
$ sudo update-alternatives --config vi
There are 2 choices for the alternative vi (providing /usr/bin/vi).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 manual mode
* 2 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 10 manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 0
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.basic to provide /usr/bin/vi (vi) in auto mode
And that's it, you're back to using the vim
editor you knew!
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