Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:44:15 -0500 (EST) From: vogelke+unix@pobox.com (Karl Vogel) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: opening vim with a flag: ready to write? Message-ID: <20111216044416.23F7FBF66@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <20111215033334.GA10875@thought.org> (message from Gary Kline on Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:33:34 -0800) References: <20111215004227.GA9075@thought.org> <201112150111.pBF1BKuB022106@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20111215033334.GA10875@thought.org>
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>> On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:42:31 -0800
>> Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> may have said:
G> is the a way of starting off vim or gvim and be able to type into the
G> editor _without_ first typing: a,i,o,O,I,A, or any other character?
The command
vim --cmd start /some/file
works for new files, and puts you into insert mode on the first line of
an existing file.
If you want to have vim start by appending to an existing file, use
something like
echo >> /some/file
vim + --cmd start /some/file
to append a line first, or your session will start in "insert" mode with
the cursor at the beginning of the last line.
--
Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company
Leighton Meester beats her mom in court
--Dec 2011 headline that really could have been phrased better
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