When keymap is set and iminsert is 1, it says -- INSERT (lang) -- at the bottom of the screen. Is there an easy way to change this string (or just the lang string)?
I'm not sure what you exactly mean with "change this string"; always change it globally? Change it depending on a setting? Change it at will?
At any rate, the INSERT text is inserted with gettext in screen.c, around line 10,049:
MSG_PUTS_ATTR(_(" INSERT"), attr);
The (lang) part is added in a similar way a few lines later (with some cruft removed):
if (State & LANGMAP)
{
MSG_PUTS_ATTR(_(" (lang)"), attr);
}
So you can change this text from a gettext po file (or just change the C source and recompile), but then it's always changed.
answered Mar 13 '16 at 20:43
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@Lawrence Changing the gettext files would not strictly be "recompiling" ;-) And because the default of
endoesn't seem to have an existing.po/.mofile, the changes could actually stick between upgrades ... But no, it's not simply a setting or some such... – Martin Tournoij Mar 13 '16 at 21:07 -
Thanks. I meant change it globally always. Don't know what a gettext po file is, but I am now content that this is not easy enough to be worth doing (for me; maybe it is easy). (deleted above and edited) – Toothrot Mar 13 '16 at 21:08
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@Lawrence Not entirely sure how to go about it either; I just know it can be done :-) IMHO this is is too small of an issue for me to spend a lot of time on ;-) – Martin Tournoij Mar 13 '16 at 21:34
