Re: vi command line editing

[Stephen Marley <stephen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting Andrew Main (zefram@xxxxxxxxx):
> 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.

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