Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!targon!gert
From: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi (vs VMS/EDT)
Summary: set showmode
Keywords: DEC bashing, showmode, vi
Message-ID: <921@targon.UUCP>
Date: 20 Nov 89 14:13:49 GMT
References: <1989Nov14.223604.17418@cs.eur.nl> <1989Nov15.202718.12762@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Followup-To: comp.editors
Organization: Nixdorf Computer BV., DO, P.O. Box 29,Vianen, The Netherlands
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In article <1989Nov15.202718.12762@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
>In article <1989Nov14.223604.17418@cs.eur.nl> henk@cs.eur.nl (Henk Langeveld) writes:
>>
>>Vi is one of those things of which you think, when you first encounter 
>>it: "How will I ever tame this monster?"   But once you realize 
>>the basic principle of input/command/line mode, it's not so bad at
>>all.  
>>
>Consider this: start typing
>in something (after hitting "i" of course) then step out for a Coke.
>Come back: your cursor is in the middle of the page. Are you in 
>insert mode or not?

People like you should use:

set showmode

(in their .exrc or $EXINIT). It helps (you too).
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