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From: agb@ucbvax.UUCP (Alexander G. Burchell)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.bugs
Subject: Re: MAJOR BUG (mode lines)
Message-ID: <398@ucbvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Apr-84 20:09:33 EST
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.398
Posted: Sun Apr 22 20:09:33 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Apr-84 07:14:07 EST
References: <2423@allegra.UUCP> <2482@mordor.UUCP>, <460@sequent.UUCP>
Organization: Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria
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	The gentleman asked if anyone had ever used this feature (YES! It is
a feature, by definition if for no other reason).  I certainly have;  I used
to use it every day.  Vis:

	; Random lisp program
	; vi: set lisp :

	(defun foo (bar)
	       (baz (bletch etc)))

or:

	.\" Random nroff file
	.\" vi: se noai :

BTW, my EXINIT is "set ai sm sw=8 terse report=1", and I find autoindent to be
not useful while writing text...  

	I agree that there should be a "modeline" option, default unset.  But
there *is* a better solution, which I employ now.  Use EMACS.
-- 

						Alexander Burchell
						[agb@ucbarpa]
						[ucbvax!agb]