Bug#369594: vim: Doesn't show -- INSERT -- when appending line

Pierre Habouzit pierre.habouzit at m4x.org
Tue May 30 21:23:10 UTC 2006


tag 369594 + unreproducible moreinfo
thanks

Le Mar 30 Mai 2006 22:28, Luke Moore a écrit :
> Package: vim
> Version: 1:7.0-017+4
> Severity: normal
>
> 1. Edit a file that is too large to fit in a shell window.
> 2. Jump to the end of the file with shift-g
> 3. Press o to append a line.
> For some reason, vim won't display '-- INSERT --' at the bottom, but
> it's definitely in insert mode.  Move the cursor to a line in the
> middle of the window and press o and it will display '-- INSERT --'.

this is driven by 'showmode' setting, that is of in compatible mode by 
default.

please verify you are launching 'vim' (and not 'vi' that is in 
compatible mode by default).
-- 
·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder at debian.org
OOO                                                http://www.madism.org
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