Jason,
 I too manage all of our AIX servers from OS X and have had no problem with
using VI on the Mac side. To get into insert mode you just hit 'I' and 'esc'
to get into command mode. But if you are using emacs or something else, I'm
just talking out my fanny.

Shawn

> From: Jason Lee <english AT ANIM.DREAMWORKS DOT COM>
> Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 11:47:42 -0700
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: OS X Insert Key
>
> On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 10:57 AM, Richard Sims wrote:
>
>>> This may seem trivial, but it drives me nuts....
>>>
>>> I administer my TSM servers from a Mac OS X box via the built in
>>> terminal program. The "Insert" key on a mac is marked "Help" and
>>> doesn't put the command line editor into insert mode (doesn't give
>>> much
>>> in the way of help either, but I digress). This is a real pain when
>>> the
>>> lines you are inputting are anything more than a few characters long.
>>>
>>> So, my question is.. is there a way to send an insert key sequence
>>> from
>>> a mac or, failing that, get the editor to default to insert mode (like
>>> it should ;-) )
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help on this!
>>
>> Jason - Try doing Ctrl+Help to effect an Insert keystroke, to toggle
>>         insertion on and off.
>>
>>   Richard Sims, BU
>
> Thanks for responding Richard, but that doesn't seem to work either.
> Bummer.
>
>
> Jason
>