danl@cbnewsc.att.com (daniel.r.levy) (04/26/89)
Is there any way in sun vi (sun3, sun4) to make the editor show when it is insert mode? Under System V, there is a ":set showmode" comand which will display, for example, "APPEND MODE" in the lower right hand corner of the screen after the user types 'a' or 'A' in command mode, until the user exits append mode by typing <ESCAPE>. sun3 and sun4 vi don't grok ":set showmode" but ":set all" reveals a seemingly promising "nomodeline". Alas, when I enter the command ":set modeline", and then enter a text modification mode, I don't see anything different. Is there something else I would need to do in order to activate the equivalent of System V's "set showmode"? Thanks very much in advance. (I need this feature to assist new users, not for myself. I know how to use vi very well myself, thank you.) Dan'l Levy UNIX(R) mail: att!ttbcad!levy, att!cbnewsc!danl AT&T Bell Laboratories 5555 West Touhy Avenue Any opinions expressed in the message above are Skokie, Illinois 60077 mine, and not necessarily AT&T's.