On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 09:40:32 +0200, Samuel Sieb wrote: > That's only if you start vi without a file. Otherwise, you just get the > text of the file on the screen and the bottom line with the filename and > cursor position. No info at all about what just happened. OK, I agree. So what about instead of nano to do: cat >>~/.vimrc <<EOH set laststatus=2 set statusline=Press\ \'i\'\ to\ start\ typing,\ \'<escape>:x\'\ to\ save\ file,\ \'<escape>:q!\'\ to\ quit. EOH It is the most user friendly solution (plus the system still remains to be a UNIX!). Jan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx