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I am new to vi editor.I am using to edit one of my file. But when i opened it through vi i can't edit it properly. when pressing arrowkeys it inserts alphabets(toparrow-A,bottomarrow-B,leftarrow-D,rightarrow-C).I dont know what is happening?

How to solve this problem?

Manikandan Arunachalam
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  • *This is caused by the terminal using 'ANSI' escape sequences, and the Linux TERM environment setting not matching.* What do you see if you type **`echo $TERM`**? What terminal are you using? eg. GNOME Terminal, Ubuntu text-only mode (no GUI), or something else. – david6 Oct 10 '14 at 06:12
  • Follow instructions in http://askubuntu.com/questions/293407/ubuntu-terminal-is-not-working-properly-in-vi-editor Load **vim** instead. – david6 Oct 10 '14 at 06:19
  • @david6 ,I am getting `xterm` when i typed `echo $TERM` in my terminal. – Manikandan Arunachalam Oct 10 '14 at 07:35
  • The problem is with **vi** (as comes standard), and **vim** is a more complete install. – david6 Oct 10 '14 at 07:57
  • Thankyou @david6 i installed `vim` it works.. – Manikandan Arunachalam Oct 10 '14 at 08:01

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