Re: [tlug] Re: Gotta Learn Vi: Not So Basic Stuff

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 03:44:18PM -0500, Stuart Luppescu wrote:


> But the one thing about vi that drives me crazy is the modedness.
> I can never tell what mode I'm in. I seem to remember seeing somewhere a
> secret switch that would list the current mode at the bottom of the
> screen somewhere. Anyone know how this is done?

In vim, it's pretty obscure.  There's the word INSERT in bold letters at
the bottom, but aside from that, there aren't any clues that I see.  

Errm, perhaps I should add that you only see that if you're in insert
mode.  :)


In FreeBSD's nvi, I don't see anything indicating mode. 

Stuart, I hope you realize I'm trying to be droll, not snide.  Firstly,
I admire emacs users--I tried to learn it once, but decided I should
study simpler operating systems (yeah, I know, old joke), and secondly,
I'm assuming that you weren't using vim, or you would have seen the
INSERT thingie. 


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