Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 20:09:43 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi editor behaving like a bad boy... Message-ID: <20020514170943.GC5715@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <200205140949.59880.culverk@yumyumyum.org> 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>
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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
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