vi inserts odd characters when using cursor keys in insert mode

[Sean Estabrooks]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 08:55:11 -0700 (PDT)
"Thom Nuzum" <linux at tendata.com> wrote:

> I'm having this problem: the right arrow insets "d" etc. I screwed up my
> fstab file as a result.
> 

Does setting the TERM variable fix the problem for you too?

export TERM=xterm ; vi

If so you'll be the third person to report that their TERM variable
is set incorrectly.   We'll have to figure out why.

Sean