vi don't show indicators on left-bottom of the window

[Chris G]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:37:26PM +0800, wang xin wrote:
>    i am new to vi, when i input 'i', there is no indicator like '- -insert-
>    -' to tell me which mode i am in, anyone has advise? Thanks.
> 
Doesn't vim have this (vim is the default vi clone used by most Linux
distributions)? 

There's certainly an 'insert' indicator in vile, the vi clone I
prefer. It puts an 'I' on the status line at the bottom.

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Chris Green