tags 369594 + moreinfo unreproducible
thanks

On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 04:28:14PM -0400, Luke Moore wrote:
> 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 --'.

Are you running vim as 'vi' or as 'vim'? I guess the former.  In this
case the behaviour you are reporting is the expected one, since
'-- INSERT --' is shown only when vim is not incompatible mode. See the
latest NEWS item in /usr/share/doc/vim/NEWS.Debian.gz

Cheers.

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