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cant use arrow keys in vi editor

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im using ubuntu 8.10 fresher in this os can anyone help me out solving it.plz provide full instructions to solve it.
problem:cant use arrow keys its printing some alphabets..

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Douglas Moyes (aragorn-stellimare) said : 		#1

Sounds like TERM is set improperly.

If you're using the Linux console, TERM should be set to linux. If you're in X Window and using xterm (gterm, eterm, or another xterm-like program) then your TERM should be set to xterm:

in bash/sh:

export TERM=xterm

you may want to check your .bashrc or .cshrc files to see if they're doing anything weird when setting the TERM environment variable.

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anatoly techtonik (techtonik) said : 		#2

Use `vim`, not `vi`.

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