Re: Programmers Text Editor
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On 11/05/07 17:40, BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> On Nov 5, 5:30 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtu...@porchlight.ca> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote:
>
>> Using vi requires you to keep track of the
>>> editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in
>>> input mode or command mode. I've never been able to do that reliably.
>> My vim (not vi) tells me at the bottom of the screen. Right now it
>> says:
>>
>> -- INSERT -- 13,66 All
>>
>
> Not only that, the cursor block goes from fat (in normal mode) to
> skinny (in insert mode).
That must be configurable, because my cursor is always block-sized.
> I've seen others who make the color of the status bar change according
> to mode. I don't forget too often which mode I'm in. And even if you
> do. Esc removes all doubt.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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