Re: rxvt & vi

[Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>]

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 03:53:44AM +0700, Mark Rompies wrote:
> Hi...
> 
> First...
> I wonder why my rxvt looks weird everytime I quit from vi? the rxvt window 
> is full of every last commands and its output, and I can't find my cursor 
> until i blindly type "clear" and press enter.
> 
> Second..
> Everytime i use vi:
> - i never see the "-INSERT-" (press "i", "o", "a" in command mode in vi) 
> mark at the bottom of my screen noted that i'm in the insert mode? Why? I 
> need it...How to show it up?

	Go into command mode and do this 

: set showmode

	It's off by default. If you don't want to do this every time then
edit your .bash_profile and add this line

set NEXINIT='set showmode'

Ian

> - i should press "i", "o", or "a" everytime i want to go to insert mode 
> just after every move i've made to another line. why??
> 
> thx a lot...
> I really need it...
> 
> 
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