Issues with vim in Redhat

[Martin McCormick]

	I recently am doing some work on a Redhat system and have
discovered some issues with use of vim which is a new and improved
form of vi.  It may be improved, but it drives me nuts and is chatty
to the point of distraction.  If I use the l key to move the cursor, I
don't hear the re-draw of the characters in the line but hear a
running counter of the cursor position.  This might be useful
sometimes, but it normally is better to hear the characters one is
moving over.

	The man page says that the -v flag makes it run more like the
old vi, but it still chatters about everything but what I want it to
chatter about.

	Is there anything else I can do to make vim more vi like?  I
believe it does have several useful features.  I just need it to
behave in a way that doesn't constantly disconnect me from what I am
editing.

	Thanks for any good ideas.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 
OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group