On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Gregory Pietsch wrote:

> i (insert mode) - implemented. I made the get-out-of-insert-mode
> character a period on an otherwise blank line instead of control-Z
> because the one thing I hated about MS edlin was the use of control
> characters in the syntax. (The period can be escaped if you really
> wanted just a period on a line.)

isn't it possible to accept ^Z too?

I've had a report of somebody fighting with edlin because he didn't know
it was "." instead of ^Z... And then the only way to escape is to try all
keys or to reboot...

Bart



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