Re: [tlug] Re: Gotta Learn Vi: Not So Basic Stuff

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 08:20:04AM +0900, Ian Heafer wrote:

> > Scott Robbins wrote:
> >> I'm assuming that you weren't using vim, or you would have seen the
> >> INSERT thingie.
> >>
> > Well, on the Solaris box I access remotely, there is vim 6.2.18
> > installed, and I don't see anything at the bottom of the screen no
> > matter what the mode. 

> Have you tried :set showmode?  Its always been set in every version of vim
> I've used, but I've had to turn it on when I've used nvi.
> 
Hrrm, it doesn't work on FreeBSD's nvi.  It doesn't give me an error,
but there's no indication of what mode I'm using. 


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