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From: jdb@mordor.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.bugs
Subject: Re: MAJOR BUG (mode lines)
Message-ID: <2482@mordor.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Apr-84 14:39:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 18 14:39:47 1984
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Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL
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I'm not convinced that this "feature" is necessary (or even desirable).
If it is going to be implemented anyway then please make it optional.
Here's my proposal:

A "set" option ("modeline", "ml") would be used to enable processing
of the "vi:" or "ex:" information.  The default would be "nomodeline".
Users who wanted this feature could put the appropriate "set" command
into their ".exrc" files (or EXINIT environment variables).

I, for one, do not want this "feature"; however, at least one local
user does.  I plan to fix "vi" to work as described above.
-- 
  John Bruner (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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