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The number keypad in Putty normally works fine. Until you launch Vi(m). Then it is basically useless. Hitting ’0′ on the keypad prints out a ‘p‘, Hitting ’1′ prints out a ‘q‘, etc. This has always bothered me, but I’ve never taken the time to resolve it. Today I did. Turns out you need to select ‘Disable application keypad mode’ in the Putty Configuration – Terminal – Features. Doing this makes the number pad work correctly in both the shell and Vi(m).