Thanks, I'll keep practicing....

"Marco S Hyman" <marc@snafu.org> wrote in message
news:x7ad5k11me.fsf@hana.snafu.org...
> "OpenMorse" <email@email.com> writes:
>
> > New install of OpenBSD 3.4. Trying to use VI to edit config files. At
cmd
> > prompt : enter "i" to move to insert mode. Cannot return to command mode
> > (escape key doesn't respond). Only work around is ^z to suspend.
>
> Uh, if ^z works you're in command mode. In insert mode ^z inserts ^z
> into your file (echoed as ^Z on my xterm). When you hit escape to
> exit insert mode do you not see the cursor move one position to the
> left (unless at the beginning of the line in which case there is NO
> visible response)?
>
> // marc