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Asked: 2026-05-11T18:04:27+00:00

The question does not refer to some Vim-mode in Emacs, but to Vim inside

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The question does not refer to some Vim-mode in Emacs, but to Vim inside Emacs. I am not waging any Editor-war. I just want to use Vim in Emacs.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/175588/emacs.png

You can get to Vim in Emacs with commands “M-x term” and “vim”.

When I am using the Vim-Emacs, the typing is awkward. There are odd signs, such as “4m”, “4mm” and “^?^?”. The backspace and the x-button in insert mode do not work. The odd signs emerge when I press the latter keys. So

How can I get Vim properly working in Emacs?

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The malfunctioning Vim-Emacs is at least in the following OSs:

  • Mac OS 10.5.6
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  1. Editorial Team

    What you’re seeing is that the terminal setting $TERM in your shell/Vim session doesn’t match what the EMACS terminal is doing. Mine works fine, with the exception that the delete key is mapped to DEL, 0x127, while Vim wants ^H, 0x8. Mine shows the $TERM setting to be “eterm-color”.

    Check what you have as $TERM

    $ echo $TERM

    and check the Vim docs for how to fix the backspace issue.

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