Janina Sajka wrote: > to track whether I'm in insert or command mode, i.e. it would > sure help if Speakup could give me a differently pitched voice I wrote: > Presumably by writing something to somewhere in > /sys/accessibility/speakup/ (or /proc/speakup ?) > ... It might be possible to do it with a vim script > http://www.vim.org/scripts/ It should be possible; e.g. the obviousmode.vim script: http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=2212 Clearly indicate visually whether Vim is in insert mode via the StatusLine highlight group. When you go into insert mode, the status line color changes. and indeed in: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/usr_41.html#vim-script-intro: there are "mode" and "writefile" functions available ... Peter Billam http://www.pjb.com.au pj at pjb.com.au (03) 6278 9410 "Was der Meister nicht kann, verm?cht es der Knabe, h?tt er ihm immer gehorcht?" Siegfried to Mime, from Act 1 Scene 2