vi Configuration
This section describes the following:
The
:set
commandOptions available with
:set
Example .exrc file
The :set Command
The :set
command allows you to specify options that change
characteristics of your editing environment. Options may be put in
the ~/.exrc file or set during
a vi session.
The colon does not need to be typed if the command is put in .exrc:
| Enable Boolean option x; show value of other options. |
| Disable option x. |
| Give value to option x. |
| Show changed options. |
| Show all options. |
| Show value of option x. |
Appendix B provides tables of :set
options for Solaris vi, Vim, nvi, elvis, and vile. Please see that appendix for more
information.
Example .exrc File
In an ex
script file,
comments start with the double quote character. The following lines of
code are an example of a customized .exrc file:
set nowrapscan " Searches don't wrap at end of file set wrapmargin=7 " Wrap text at 7 columns from right margin set sections=SeAhBhChDh nomesg " Set troff macros, disallow message map q :w^M:n^M " Alias to move to next file map v dwElp " Move a word ab ORA O'Reilly Media, Inc. " Input shortcut
Tip
The q
alias isn’t needed
for Vim, which has the :wn
command. The v
alias would hide
the Vim command v
, which enters
character-at-a-time visual mode operation.
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