vi mode

[Sven Brauch]

Ok, so I'll first add a bar and then I'll integrate it into the top
bar if tabs are hidden. Fine.

Cheers,
Sven

2013/5/28 Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de>:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Sven Brauch <svenbrauch at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> kate has removed the vi mode status bar (the one which says "VI:
>> NORMAL MODE" etc.). They display it in their status line instead. We
>> don't have the status line so it's not being displayed at all. Thus,
>> we need to do something (or decide we don't need it displayed).
>>
>> I would write the code, but I don't use vi input mode and I'm thus not
>> sure what would be appropriate. I would dislike putting it in the tab
>> bar (where the line/column number is) since there's so much stuff
>> there already and not much space available. We could just add a new
>> status bar, and effectively get the old thing back (iff vi mode is
>> enabled). Other ideas?
>>
>> What would you do?
>
>
> IMO:
>
> - when tabs are shown, add a status line for vi-mode and also put line/col
> info there. Basically the same thing kate has, one per view area (when using
> split views).
>
> - when tabs are off, put the same information into the area where line/col
> info is, there's plenty of space there.
>
> Alternatively I could also live with:
>
> - drop tabs completely and hence only have the second option from above.
>
> Andreas
>