Ethan Vaughn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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. > >Answered my own question: > >alias vi='vi -N' > >is the behaviour I was looking for...
'set nocompatible' in your ~/.vimrc or /etc/vimrc will make this the default, if you'd prefer that. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
