Using numpad in Vi (Vim) via PuTTY

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Pykler picture Pykler · Sep 1, 2011 · Viewed 42.1k times · Source

The numberpad does not work properly when using Vim through PuTTY. Instead of numbers I get

y
x
w
v
u
t
s
r
q

Answer

Pykler picture Pykler · Sep 2, 2011

The answer is in Numpad in PuTTY while using vi [Cialug]:

In the configuration, go to Terminal->Features and check "Disable application keypad mode". Save the settings and enjoy a numeric pad that works!

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