From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 14 11:16: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEFAC37B404 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 11:15:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a012.otenet.gr [212.205.215.12]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4EIFq1b029785; Tue, 14 May 2002 21:15:53 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4EIFg89006715; Tue, 14 May 2002 21:15:54 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4EH9hE2006021; Tue, 14 May 2002 20:09:43 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 20:09:43 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Kenneth Culver Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi editor behaving like a bad boy... Message-ID: <20020514170943.GC5715@hades.hell.gr> References: <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20020513231434.02cf9390@pop.wsonline.net> <20020514001744.A1952@martini.nu> <200205140949.59880.culverk@yumyumyum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200205140949.59880.culverk@yumyumyum.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2002-05-14 09:49, Kenneth Culver wrote: > Well, if linux vi is vim, then when he hits 'i' to insert, the > bottom of the screen says -- INSERT -- but our standard vi > doesn't... that's probably what threw him... If your ~/.exrc contains: set showmode the FreeBSD vi will do the right thing, and display the current mode in the bottom right corner of the terminal window too :) -- Giorgos Keramidas - http://www.FreeBSD.org keramida@FreeBSD.org - The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message