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From: ok@quintus.uucp (Richard A. O'Keefe)
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Subject: Re: Looking for a Simple Text Editor
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Date: 30 Aug 88 21:59:41 GMT
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In article <813@kuling.UUCP> irf@kuling.UUCP (Bo Thide) writes:
>Do ":set showmode" and see the vi mode you're in.

Which version of VIle is that?  I have "Version 3.7, 6/7/85" running
under SunOS 3.2, and it says "showmode: No such option" when I try that.