> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:23:31PM -0600, Ethan Vaughn wrote: > I've used older versions of vim that did the following: > - Tell you at the bottom of the screen whether you are in > --Insert-- or --Replace-- mode. > > - Stay in Insert mode while using cursor keys to move around. > > If anyone has any ideas how to config vim for such I'd greatly > appreciate it. > In your .vimrc type: set showmode That should do it. HTH, Juan Fuentes