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From: john@xanth.UUCP (John Owens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Undocumented vi feature
Message-ID: <1419@xanth.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 12:23:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: xanth.1419
Posted: Fri Jun 26 12:23:37 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 11:09:54 EDT
References: <219@ausmelb.OZ> <491@its63b.ed.ac.uk> <4135@teddy.UUCP>
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
Lines: 16
Keywords: vi/ex commands in a text file
Summary: it is an option in 3.7 - modeline

In article <4135@teddy.UUCP>, jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes:
> Perhaps this behavior should be settable in the .exrc (or EXRC), with the
> default OFF.

And indeed, in the version of ex/vi distributed with 4.3BSD, 3.7
6/7/85, this behavior only happens if the variable "modeline" (no
abbreviation) is set when a file is read.

Also, there must be a space or tab before the "ex:" or "vi:".

"The real documentation is the code."  Or, "Use the source...."

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