Re: Putty Question: How can I disable vim in putty?

From: Neil W Rickert (rickert+nn@cs.niu.edu)
Date: 01/19/03

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    From: Neil W Rickert <rickert+nn@cs.niu.edu>
Date: 19 Jan 2003 04:09:12 GMT

    drdeadpan@yahoo.com (Dr Deadpan) writes:
    >Neil W Rickert <rickert+nn@cs.niu.edu> wrote in message news:<b0brcq$goh$1@husk.cso.niu.edu>...
    >> drdeadpan@yahoo.com (Dr Deadpan) writes:

    >> > I am happy with the good old vi, but Putty 0.53 somehow keeps
    >> >bring up vim when I try vi. Why is this happening and how can I disable it?
    >> >I know this is a Putty issue as my other ssh clients don't display this
    >> >behavior.

    >> Putty is perhaps setting a different value for $TERM than other
    >> clients. You might check whether that is the cause.

    > True, it sets it to xterm as opposed to vt220 that other clients do.I
    >don't seem to have the option to set Putty to vt220 emulation. I tried
    >putting
    >in export TERM=vt220 in by bash_profile but it doesn't seem to help.

    > How can I solve this? Also, what does TERM have to do with the
    >editor?

    Putty has nothing to do with the editor. You are on the wrong track
    by blaming it. I suggested $TERM, because it is one of the few
    things in your session that Putty does affect. Maybe your .profile
    does something different, depending on $TERM .

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