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When I enter mode in vim, all control keys (like arrow keys, delete keys etc.) produce characters instead of expected control behaviour. How can I change this? Thanks :)

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Works for me. Can you post the contents of /etc/vim/usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/debian.vim, /etc/vim/vimrc, and if present ~/.vimrc? You can use a link to paste.ubuntu.com instead of pasting everything into your question. – htorque Dec 6 '10 at 12:40
create a blank ~/.vimrc and restart vim. does that help? – karthick87 Dec 6 '10 at 12:55
Lol, I only had Vi and just installed Vim. Now it works perfectly.. don't know if there is still something to post or to be solved now :s thanks for the help :) – Lucasmus Dec 6 '10 at 12:59
Heh, don't worry - such things happen! :) IIRC you can close/delete your own questions. – htorque Dec 6 '10 at 13:35
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Try installing vim, instead. This is the default behavior of vi.

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This may happen if

  1. you're actually using old vi not vim

  2. vim doesn't recognize or know your terminal type. in the shell you invoked vi from, type 

    echo $TERM
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