vi editor in ubuntu turns me off
 

I have worked pretty comfortably on rhel servers with vi editors and It comes like a smooth free flowing editor.

The story becomes interesting when I work on same "vi" editor in Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop edition....

if I do "I" I cannot see I have entered "insert mode.
If i press down or up arrow key some funky letter comes up on screen...

I am extremly annoyed on this, why is this happening on two different distros I would like to know if there is any problem with ubtu vi editor....


Thanks

There are many preferences which can be set to control the behavior of vim. For system-wide settings, look in /etc/vim/vimrc. For your personal preferences look in ~/.vimrc.

The default settings will vary from one distro to another.

Function of Vi editor in Ubuntu is different as compared to rhel. Before using vi in ubuntu, you have to export your editor as,

export EDITOR="vi" or export EDITOR="vim" & edit the same in .bash_profile file.

You could download a vi tutorial and learn how to customize it the way you like it. Each individual has different preferences and vi allow you to change things around.

Thanks Guys as @smilemukul says I perform export EDITOR=vim and it started behaving friendly as like on rhel server.