-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/07 19:51, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> -----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. >> > > The shift to line cursor in insert mode only works in gvim.
Shows how often I use gvim... > In vim, the > status line is the only indicator. In any case, I am sure vim users > don't even bother to remember the mode. They just <Escape> out of doubt. Of course. That's the first lesson those old "how to use vi" guides taught. - -- 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) iD8DBQFHMFb3S9HxQb37XmcRAjjTAJ4y6nxSjlQgWMenKC21yRJ8e9V72wCguIGt hiSZDHYwi+19INZGA7RY+RI= =N7jS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
