From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1297 invoked from network); 24 Mar 1998 18:12:27 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 24 Mar 1998 18:12:27 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA29691; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 13:09:30 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 13:05:38 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <19980324180416.32604@bach.memex.co.uk> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:04:17 +0000 From: Stephen Marley To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: vi command line editing References: <19980324162607.38795@bach.memex.co.uk> <199803241707.RAA23049@taos.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199803241707.RAA23049@taos.demon.co.uk>; from Andrew Main on Tue, Mar 24, 1998 at 05:06:59PM +0000 Resent-Message-ID: <"K27Lk.0.QC7.nN_5r"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1417 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Quoting Andrew Main (zefram@tao.co.uk): > Stephen Marley wrote: > >You see, my fingers are tuned to using the older vi's (eg SunOS's) where > >movement using the arrow keys doesn't work in insert mode. > > Arrow keys don't properly `work' in insert mode in *any* vi, since there > is no such thing as an insert `mode'. Why are you being so pedantic? Should I have said `input' rather than `insert'? Why is it then that if I do :se showmode it says `insert'? What's wrong with saying movement doesn't `work'? What terminology could I have used that wouldn't have irked you? Anyway, there is such a thing as an insert `mode', I have the sources from Bill Joy and Mark Horton's ex version 3 and there are plenty of references to insert mode (it's a terminal attribute) and the Vim sources use this term in exactly the way I do. So there! (sticks out tongue). Thanks for the help anyway. -- stephen@memex.com