From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9212 invoked by alias); 22 Dec 2014 18:25:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 34036 Received: (qmail 16304 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2014 18:25:13 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Originating-IP: [86.6.25.230] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=dJgomYpb c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=c0CwWhpM9oUd/BnC3z6Gzg==:117 a=c0CwWhpM9oUd/BnC3z6Gzg==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=NLZqzBF-AAAA:8 a=q2GGsy2AAAAA:8 a=WT_iePin3Cv3rSzJHdgA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:25:09 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: In Vi mode, show whether "insert" or "command" state is active Message-ID: <20141222182509.3631df05@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <141221175723.ZM5756@torch.brasslantern.com> References: <141221175723.ZM5756@torch.brasslantern.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:57:23 -0800 Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Dec 21, 7:07pm, Jason Spiro wrote: > } > } I know that it's already possible. The feature request was not > asking } you to make mode indication _possible_: it was asking you > to make it } please happen _by default_. :) > > And my point was that *even vim* doesn't make it happen *by default*. > You have to configure it, and it functions in a terminal-specific > manner. Attempting to build it in to the shell is just going to > result in frustration when it only works a fraction of the time. It can't be beyond the wit of person to make it easy to turn on when it does work, and it should be possible internally to make it much more convenient to use the terminal handling mechanisms than is possible in a function. pws