Re: [dev] [st] Add insert mode

From: Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:21:01 +0100

Greetings.

On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:21:01 +0100 Eckehard Berns <ecki-suckless_AT_ecki.to> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 03:42:40PM +0100, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:42:40 +0100 Eckehard Berns <ecki-suckless_AT_ecki.to> wrote:
> > > I added some code to make insert mode work in st. I don't know if I
> > > missed something, but It's Working For Me(tm). Patch attached.
> >
> > What are you using this insert mode for?
>
> I access some machines remotely and I don't want to install the terminfo
> entry on all of them (some of which belong to customers and I wouldn't
> even want to temper with their system). So I simply set TERM=vt220 when
> on the remote machine. Insert mode is used by nvi and traditional vi
> among others.

Ok, that seems like a legit feature. Which applications you encountered are
using this mode? Only nvi and vi?

Your patch is applied to the tip of st. Thanks!


Sincerely,

Christoph Lohmann
Received on Thu Nov 15 2012 - 16:21:01 CET