viper: Options
4.7 Options
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‘autoindent’
‘ai’
autoindent: In append mode after a <cr> the cursor will move
directly below the first character on the previous line. This
setting affects the current buffer only.
‘autoindent-global’
‘ai-global’
Same as ‘autoindent’, but affects all buffers.
‘noautoindent’
‘noai’
Cancel autoindent.
‘noautoindent-global’
‘noai-g’
Cancel autoindent-global.
‘ignorecase’
‘ic’
ignorecase: No distinction between upper and lower cases when
searching.
‘noignorecase’
‘noic’
Cancel ignorecase.
‘magic’
‘ma’
Regular expressions used in searches; nomagic means no regexps.
‘nomagic’
‘noma’
Cancel magic.
‘readonly’
‘ro’
readonly: The file is not to be changed. If the user attempts to
write to this file, confirmation will be requested.
‘noreadonly’
‘noro’
Cancel readonly.
‘shell=<string>’
‘sh=<string>’
shell: The program to be used for shell escapes (default ‘$SHELL’
(default ‘/bin/sh’)).
‘shiftwidth=<count>’
‘sw=<count>’
shiftwidth: Gives the shiftwidth (default 8 positions).
‘showmatch’
‘sm’
showmatch: Whenever you append a ‘)’, Vi shows its match if it’s on
the same page; also with ‘{’ and ‘}’. If there’s no match, Vi will
beep.
‘noshowmatch’
‘nosm’
Cancel showmatch.
‘tabstop=<count>’
‘ts=<count>’
tabstop: The length of a <ht>; warning: this is only IN the editor,
outside of it <ht>s have their normal length (default 8 positions).
This setting affects the current buffer only.
‘tabstop-global’
‘ts-g’
Same as ‘tabstop’, but affects all buffers.
‘wrapmargin=<count>’
‘wm=<count>’
wrapmargin: In append mode Vi automatically puts a <lf> whenever
there is a <sp> or <ht> within <wm> columns from the right margin.
‘wrapscan’
‘ws’
wrapscan: When searching, the end is considered ‘stuck’ to the
begin of the file.
‘nowrapscan’
‘nows’
Cancel wrapscan.
‘:set <option>’
Turn <option> on.
‘:set no<option>’
Turn <option> off.
‘:set <option>=<value>’
Set <option> to <value>.
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