Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 09:52:18 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jhs@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org, terry@lambert.org, bostic@cs.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: editors Message-ID: <199606041652.JAA27055@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199606032259.AAA00980@vector.jhs.no_domain> from "Julian H. Stacey" at Jun 4, 96 00:59:29 am
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> > > > 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 <escape> if stuck' > > > > Showmode would be preset on, from .exrc, of course. > > > Uh, you mean: > > > `Insert' --> `Youre in Insert mode Hit <escape> if stuck' > > Ah, Yes :-) > Here are patches to implement a terser version of above on > FreeBSD-current/usr.bin/vi, ( to stop vi newbies getting stranded ). > > I've tested (& installed here) with set showmode ruler showdirty. > If someone would try them, & they're considered OK, > maybe they're acceptable for inclusion in src/ ? Send them to Keith first; we are vendor branching vi (I thought), and he is the source vendor. Better to not have local patches. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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