vi ? howto show cursor position

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Fri Oct 7 20:36:05 UTC 2011



> 
> On my machines both under F14 and F15 the cursor positions are
> displayed. vi is really vim. This could be set by a :set command but I
> can't find the right one when I looked quickly. On my machine as I said
> the correct option is set by default.
> 
> You can try :set all to find the option and place it in the .vimrc file
> in your home directory.
:set ruler is the command that does it. When I execute, :set noruler the
curser display goes away.
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