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by pandadude Jan 17, 2002 last reply Mar 20, 2002 1 view

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Is there any way to set vi to display the current mode ?

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Once in vi try this:
:set showmode

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To make the showmode permanent you can create a .exrc file in your home directory, and put that line 'set showmode' in the file.

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at the comand line type set showmode

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