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From: jlh@loral.UUCP (Physically Pffft)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: vi `ei:' (`modeline')
Keywords: Know what your doing
Message-ID: <1857@loral.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 88 20:01:50 GMT
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In article <1221@X.UUCP> john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
>Release 2.0 source tape, straight from AT&T, which we have here does not
>have this hell-spawned modelines feature.

Actually, I was one very happy camper when I discovered the modeline feature.
Different people use different tab settings and using modeline is a pretty
painless way to let anybody with any default setting go in and edit any
file.  There are also some files where I want ignorecase turned off, while
I want it on 95% of the time.  Yes, I know its a security hole.  But it's
such a damned useful little hole.....

							Jim

	"In case of immenent nuclear destruction, I'll be in the Oreo aisle"


-- 
Jim Harkins 
Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
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