In message <199711120340.VAA10636@guinness.uaccess.net>, Eric Haszlakiewicz wri
tes:
>	pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is open mode?

"open mode" is a naive, tty-only based vi mode where all the keys
work normally, but there's only one active line.  It's usable on
ttys without any way to move vertically up.  It's very cool - and
not available yet in nvi.

-s