problem editing html's with VI

entz · 09-30-2007, 08:48 PM

Allowa,

does anybody know how to disable VI from jumping over the html tags when put in write mode?
it happens that when i try to edit something placed in a tag ,that the cursor (to my annoyance) automatically passes over it .

so how to fix that?

and thanks.

choogendyk · 09-30-2007, 09:10 PM

I guess you'll have to provide some detail. What distribution, which vi, etc.

My vi doesn't do anything like that on any of the machines I use it on.

entz · 10-01-2007, 09:40 AM

Alright here I'm back with more details ,

OS is CentOS4

VI version is:

VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Aug 22 2005 09:38:37)
Included patches: 1-21, 23-24, 26, 28-34, 36-37, 39-40, 42-43, 45-46, 81-82

hope that helps

chrism01 · 10-01-2007, 08:20 PM

I agree that vi/vim doesn't normally do that, possibly you've got (invisible) ctrl chars in there.
How/where did you get the html file?
There are cmds in vim to show ctrl chars: see http://www.nabble.com/highlighting-%...-t3429618.html