[comp.editors] Can vi be started up in input mode?

harichan@eecae.ee.msu.edu (Ronald Harichandran) (03/23/91)

Is it possible to start vi in input mode.  Putting an i (or insert) at
the bottom of the .exrc file doesn't work - vi complains: "No text in
the buffer".

Ronald Harichandran
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