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

[Werner Schram]

Chris G wrote:
> 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.
>   
The default in Ubuntu is vim.tiny, which has a subset of the 
functionallity of vim. I think it is made to be fully compatible with 
the original vi, and no more than that. vim.basic in the vim package 
also provides an --insert-- indication at the bottom of the screen.

Werner