In message <874spd9atj.fsf@jekyll.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
>"Brian C. Grayson" <bgrayson@marvin.ece.utexas.edu> writes:
>>   Is there a good reason we don't just exit right away if TERM
>> isn't set?

>"open mode" will presumably be implemented some day.

I have volunteered to do this, and I really will, I promise, any day now.

It's been on my list since I first learned about nvi in 1994.

;)

I have access to at least one 'vi' implementation which has 'open mode',
and a bit of understanding of how vi does its screen interactions.

-s