Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!auspex!guy
From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi (vs VMS/EDT)
Message-ID: <2672@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 25 Nov 89 19:10:01 GMT
References: <2640@wtkatz.oakhill.UUCP> <1989Nov18.234347.9085@NCoast.ORG>
Reply-To: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>If I recall correctly, "modeline" controls the message shown by the ^G
>command.

Nope, it controls whether "mode lines" in the file are interpreted.

>In any case, it is unrelated to "showmode".

Correct.

>The "showmode" option only exists in the most recent versions of vi (System V
>Release 3, 4.3BSD).

"modeline" is in 4.3BSD and almost in S5R3 (it's there, but called
"modelines", not "modeline", sigh); "showmode" is in S5R3 (I don't have
S5R2 source handy so I don't know if it was there), but not 4.3BSD.