Porting UNIX Applications to the Mac

[Daniel R. Levy]

In article <791 at mtund.UUCP>, adam at mtund.UUCP (Adam V. Reed) writes:
>Larry Tesler:
>> ....  A useful definition
>> of mode is a state of a user interface that affects the interpretation of
>> subsequent inputs without obvious indication.  It is possible on the Macintosh,
>> using clover keys, to bring up a dialog box and thus enter a mode unknowingly.
>> But it is exceedingly rare compared with systems like vi that overload the
>> typing keys with functional meanings.
>Although I enjoy the relative orthogonality of vi, I think that some
>visible indication of whether one's input will be interpreted as text
>or commands might be very desirable. But would it really be enough to
>make vi "modeless"?
>					Adam Reed (mtund!adam)

:set showmode

('INPUT MODE' will show up on the status line when appropriate [if you have
also :set terse then there is just an 'I'])
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