-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/07 17:40, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > On Nov 5, 5:30 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: > >> Using vi requires you to keep track of the >>> editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in >>> input mode or command mode. I've never been able to do that reliably. >> My vim (not vi) tells me at the bottom of the screen. Right now it >> says: >> >> -- INSERT -- 13,66 All >> > > Not only that, the cursor block goes from fat (in normal mode) to > skinny (in insert mode).
That must be configurable, because my cursor is always block-sized. > I've seen others who make the color of the status bar change according > to mode. I don't forget too often which mode I'm in. And even if you > do. Esc removes all doubt. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHL7nES9HxQb37XmcRAiNFAJ9b1OdvfXsQSidbiWqYp8vAmDBYHgCeOcNc HAZUbiAnNFVmRuVr+kd2A+g= =nr8g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
