Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!midway!gargoyle!chinet!les From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: vi Alternative Required Message-ID: <1990Dec16.223307.25113@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 16 Dec 90 22:33:07 GMT References: <25267@adm.brl.mil> Distribution: na Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX Lines: 17 In article kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) writes: >The vi included with System V/386 (3.2.1 in my case), which runs on 80386- >equipped AT-compatibles, recognizes the Insert, Home, Page Up, and Page >Down keys in or out of insert mode. You can actually move around in the >file without leaving insert mode (What'll they think of next? :-). Note, however that it actually does leave insert mode and restart it again, with the corresponding effect on the repeat and undo commands. People who like modelessness probably wouldn't notice this anyway, though. While I think it does make sense to handle the extra PC keyboard keys, I also like to know the boundaries of the "undo" buffer and don't mind hitting escape myself to end an insert. Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us