From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 15 00:42:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D98A10656D3 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:42:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11FB98FC12 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:42:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D3622E80662; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:42:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:42:31 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20111215004227.GA9075@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 25 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Subject: opening vim with a flag: ready to write? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:42:33 -0000 hi y'all:) i am making steady progress in learning gtk. i'll spare the list my usual rambling and get rt to the point. is the a way of starting off vim or gvim and be able to type into the editor _without_ first typing: a,i,o,O,I,A, or any other character? or is this just one more thing to include in my brief tutorial? tia, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.