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Fix broken arrow key navigation in insert mode

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Created: July 26, 2006 Complexity: basic Author: Kim Schulz Minimum version: n/a Karma: 29/14 Imported from: Tip#1290

After I upgraded to Vim 7, I had problems when using the arrow keys for navigation in insert mode. The problem was the classic one where lines with A, B or D were inserted when I used the arrows.

The problem only showed up in Vim console mode and not in gvim so I thought that the problem might be in the terminal settings.

That assumption was correct and a single command fixed the problem: 

:set term=builtin_ansi

Now the arrowkeys worked again. I guess that all of the builtin term types will work and even some others. Mine was set to xterm which did not work.

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