[TriLUG] VIM - back to sqaure one

[gregbrown at mindspring.com]

I thought I had this problem fixed but I do not.  According to 
the vim man page starting an edit session with vi -C will force 
vi compatability but it DOES NOT.

As for the auto-repeat here is what is happening:

if I vi a file, go to the last line in that file, then hit the 'a' key 
then 'enter' I am now on a new, blank line.

If I decide to enter a comment as the first character of the line 
then hit enter to go to the newline vim automatically places a "#" 
as the first character for me, even though I do not want it to.

Should I try to break this evil cycle by hitting the escape key on 
the line with a comment then hitting the 'a' key I still get a "#" 
when I go to the nextline.  I cannot "j" down at this point because 
this is the last line of the file.   So, my only option seem to be 
hitting enter to get to the next new line,  hitting escape to exit 
interactive mode, then "dd"ing the current line, the hitting 'i" for 
interactive mode, then hitting enter.  Now I have a fresh blank 
line, viens throbbing in my head, teeth ground to dust, and rage 
induced blurred vision.

There simply must be a way to turn off this horrible feature.  I 
can vi a file in the same, old-fashioned way on an anchient 
mandake box but I don't have root access so I can't do what I 
need to script nmap hence KNOPPIX.

As long as I have one extra blank line at the end of my file I 
can survive.  Otherwise.. ugh.  It's just not worth it.

Drink please.

Greg