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From: zvr@natasha.cs.wisc.edu (Alexios Zavras)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi cursor mapping?
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Date: 9 Apr 90 22:27:14 GMT
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In article <2037@awdprime.UUCP>, news@awdprime.UUCP (USENET News) writes:
> In article <5841.261a0aba@vax1.tcd.ie> ghawkins@vax1.tcd.ie writes:
> 
> >is it possible to write a mapping or such like to write something at
the bottom
> >of the screen, e.g. when you press escape it'd say "press i or a to start
> >typing again"!
> Not really.

Why not ? Let's say that we want the `*' key to produce this message.
What's wrong with mapping

map *  :" Press i or a to start typing again^M

This goes off to the last line of the screen	(:)
writes the message as a comment			(" blah blah blah)
and returns to the cursor (carriage return)	(^M)

Works fine here,

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