Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:33:34 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: opening vim with a flag: ready to write? Message-ID: <20111215033334.GA10875@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <201112150111.pBF1BKuB022106@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <20111215004227.GA9075@thought.org> <201112150111.pBF1BKuB022106@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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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 <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> > 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 <kline@thought.org> > > To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > 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.
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