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Article #3279Re: Looking for a Simple Text Editor
From: Another Technical Editor
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1988 13:08
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1988 13:08
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In article <6419@chinet.UUCP>, les@chinet.UUCP (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
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| If you would prepend an ESC to all of the vi commands you would find that
| it is no longer any more "moded" than any other editor, except perhaps
| those that do not have any full screen mode. Of course the command set
| would then be more awkward to type than the usual method of hitting ESC
| only when needed (or when you aren't sure..). If you just want the mode
| to be visually distinguishable, why not set showmode?
|
| Les Mikesell
On my machine, showmode often doesn't get around to displaying
the active mode until well after the first keystroke. By then,
the damage is done.
Roger Tait ..ihnp4!homxc!roger
(201) 949-1136
AT&T Bell Labs Technical Publications Holmdel, NJ
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!iuvax!inuxc!att!whuts!homxb!homxc!roger From: roger@homxc.UUCP (Another Technical Editor) Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.emacs Subject: Re: Looking for a Simple Text Editor Message-ID: <3249@homxc.UUCP> Date: 30 Aug 88 13:08:27 GMT References: <4912@fluke.COM> <2557@shark.TEK.COM> <809@kuling.UUCP> <6419@chinet.UUCP> Organization: Somewhere In Jersey Lines: 21