two problems with terminator: vi and line spacing/cursor size

[Chris Green]

On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 05:58:55PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 03:54:31PM +0000, Marco Fioretti wrote:
> > line 1: hello worldX
> > If I press the left arrow key, 
> > line 1: D
> > line 2: hello world
> > that is, pressing that key ADDS an extra line above the starting one, with 
> > a capital D inside. What on Earth happens here, and how to fix it? 
> 
> I don't think it's anything to be fixed. It's just that the key
> sequence generated by left arrow does that.
> 
> ... or were you expecting the left arrow key to move the cursor left?
> Do the other cursor keys do sensible things?  Were you in insert mode
> or not?
> 
... and what vi lookalike were you using, vim or something else, or
'real' vi?

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Chris Green