Solved [Solved] Vim won't backspace

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lionoceros

Whenever I use the "append" or similar features in vim from ports, the backspace key does not work. For example, if I would like to delete the last word of this sentence:

This is a sentence.
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I would navigate to the line, hit "A" to open the insert cursor at the end of the line, and hit backspace a few times. The last part doesn't work.

Since I'm on a Mac, the backspace key is actually labeled "delete." Perhaps this has something to do with it?

This happens in URxvt, Xterm, and the console without X.

Further information:
Code: 
VirtualBox 4.3.6
FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE
Mac OS X Mavericks
MacBook Pro 8,2
Intel Core i7 @ 2.2 GHz (2 cores allocated to FreeBSD)
8 GB RAM (4 GB allocated to FreeBSD)
 
Re: Vim won't backspace

Add:

Code: 
set backspace=2
to your vimrc configuration file to enable backspace to work like your you're most likely used to in vim

Edit: (Off topic) Drats! Busted for grammar. Thanks. :r
 
Re: Vim won't backspace

@fonz, :set backspace resulted in
Code: 
backspace=

protocelt said:
Add:

Code: 
set backspace=2
to your vimrc configuration file to enable backspace to work like your you're most likely used to in vim.
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That worked perfectly! Thanks!
 
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fonz said:
http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#%27backspace%27

Note that the numbered values are for backwards compatibility. My ~/.vimrc actually contains:
Code: 
set backspace=eol,indent,start
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I was not aware of that. I've always used the equivalent numbered values in my configuration file. Thanks for that information.
 
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