In message <Pine.SUN.3.94.971111154418.26258N-100000@nyx.digex.net>, Rob Deker 
writes:
>I think that's the part that threw me....is there any reason for this 
>behavior vs. the good old "open mode"?

Yes.  No one has written open mode for nvi.  I've volunteered to do it
when I have the time, which means roughly nothing.

If there's general interest, I'll bump it a position orr two on my
list, and try to actually write it some day.

-s