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Date:      Tue, 28 May 1996 16:11:50 +0200
From:      "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: editors 
Message-ID:  <199605281411.QAA02167@vector.jhs.no_domain>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 May 1996 14:24:03 PDT." <2963.832886643@time.cdrom.com> 

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Hi, Reference:
> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> 
> Subject: Re: editors 
>
> > 	Erm... Does ":help" count as "_self documenting_"?  It spits out 
> 
> No. :-)
> 
> Yes, I know about ex's doc commands, but that's as good as buried if
> you've got nothing telling you to type it.

It would be dead easy to hack the status mode word on the bottom line
that you get with showmode:
	`Command'  -->	`Youre in Command mode		Type :help if stuck'
	`Insert'   -->	`Youre in Insert mode		Type :help if stuck'
Showmode would be preset on, from .exrc, of course.

Julian
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Julian H. Stacey	jhs@freebsd.org  	http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/



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