On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:38:18PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >My vim (not vi) tells me at the bottom of the screen. Right now it > >says: > > > >-- INSERT -- 13,66 All > > Yeah, that's the case on maybe a third of the systems I use. (For me > vi is usually an 'editor of last resort,' used on things like rescue > CDs that don't have any other visual editor. So the version I'm > using is often a very stripped-down one.) > That's why I'm suggesting Vim and not vi. There's also gvim (and other gui layers) but I'm not a gui guy :)
Since it is a programmer's editor you want, why not write one? Start with the man page. Then the user's manual. Then write a program that does what the docs say. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
