From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 15 03:33:35 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 A694D106566B for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:33:35 +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 83F968FC15 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:33:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B80CCE8059D; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:33:34 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:33:34 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Robert Bonomi Message-ID: <20111215033334.GA10875@thought.org> References: <20111215004227.GA9075@thought.org> <201112150111.pBF1BKuB022106@mail.r-bonomi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201112150111.pBF1BKuB022106@mail.r-bonomi.com> 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: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 03:33:35 -0000 On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 07:11:20PM -0600, Robert Bonomi wrote: > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:11:20 -0600 (CST) > From: Robert Bonomi > Subject: Re: opening vim with a flag: ready to write? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kline@thought.org > Cc: > > > From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Dec 14 18:46:46 2011 > > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:42:31 -0800 > > From: Gary Kline > > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > Cc: > > Subject: opening vim with a flag: ready to write? > > > > > > 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? > > > Did you bother to look at the manpage for the program in question, *BEFORE* > mailing the list?? > > If so, what did you find? What did you try? And what were the results? > > If not, *WHY*NOT*?? be specific. of course i checked the man page; that doesnt mean there is some undocumented method that someone here found. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- 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.