Vim in Emacs

Question

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.

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?

[Updated Information]

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

• Mac OS 10.5.6

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

For backspace,

stty crt erase <CTRL-V><BACKSPACE>

Worked for me.

As for the rest, I don't know. Suppose it is something the shell outputs that the terminal doesn't handle. (Never used emacs 'term' before... prefer iTerm or Terminal.app for shell-related stuff. emacs 'term' has been called an "imperfect terminal emulator")