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Message #05134
[Bug 2107647] Re: Drop compatible mode for vim-tiny
The problem happens during navigation in insert mode. I just tested with
the desktop version.
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Title:
Drop compatible mode for vim-tiny
Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I know I'm opening a can of worms here, but maybe we could drop `set
compatible` from /etc/vim/vimrc.tiny.
I think who needs the compatible mode these days knows where it can
find it and how to enable it, and it's really annoying in a fresh
installation to get the strange characters when using the arrow keys.
Possibly 10–15 years ago, it would make sense to have vim-tiny using
compatible mode, but today we could, and even should, rethink about
it.
I know `nano` is the default text editor, but we discuss `vi` a lot in
technical documentations, so my opinion is we should provide a nice
experience for the user. I understand `vi` in general isn't a nice
experience for a beginner user, though, but not using compatible mode
would be s little less daunting.
But I'm thinking if there is any tool that would need to invoke `vi`
in compatible mode, that could cause a problem.
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