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From: IA80001@MAINE.BITNET (George Newell)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: RE: .exrc example?
Message-ID: <2238IA80001@MAINE>
Date: 29 Oct 89 20:49:10 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System
Lines: 42

Below is a copy of my .exrc file.


set showmode
# Setting showmode has the editor tell me what input mode I am in.

set nomesg
# Setting nomesg prevents incoming msgs so I don't get interrupted.
#   This resets to previous setting when you exit the editor.

set hardtabs=4
# Setting hardtabs to 4 means when I hit TAB key, my indentation is 4.

set tabstops=4
# Setting tabstops is similar to hardtabs.

set report=3
# Setting report=3 means any change of 3 or more lines is reported to me.

set autoindent
# Setting autoindent means that next line of input indents to same level
#   as the current line.  This is good for structured programming.

set readonly
# Setting this defaults program mode to Read Only.  I can still write to
#   the file but I must use the :w! command and then :q separately.
#   This prevents accidentally writing to the file when I didn't want to.

set shiftwidth=4
# Setting this tells me how many spaces back I go when doing a backtab.

set nowrapscan
# Setting this tells editor to stop all searches at the end of the file
#   instead of wrapping around to the beginning of file.

#NOTE: you should delete all # lines as I found my .exrc file wouldn't
#      work with them included.

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George Newell
IA80001@MAINE.BITNET
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