2009 Mar 01
| Option | Abrev | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| autodindent | ai | noai | Controls indent commands |
| autoprint | ap | ap | |
| autowrite | aw | noaw | automatically saves file (write) before searches, control codes, escapes to shell |
| beautify | bf | nobf | |
| directory | dir | /tmp | |
| edcompatible | noedcompatible | ||
| errorbells | eb | eb | |
| exrc | ex | noex | Look for and execute ./.exrc |
| hardtabs | ht | 8 | Use tabs stops |
| ignorecase | ic | noic | Replacements and search ignore case |
| lisp | nolisp | modify )( }{ ][ to be compatible with lisp | |
| list | nolist | show tabs (^I) and ends of lines ($) | |
| magic | magic | allows metacharacters; with nomagic, these only include <Control> and $ | |
| mesg | mesg | ||
| novice | nonovice | ||
| number | nu | nonu | Show line numbers |
| open | open | ||
| optimize | opt | noopt | |
| paragraphs | para | IPLPPPQP LIpplpipbp | |
| prompt | prompt | ||
| readonly | ro | noro | make file status read only |
| redraw | re | simulate smart terminal on dumb | |
| remap | remap | ||
| report | 5 | ||
| scroll | half window | ||
| sections | sect | SHNHH HU | |
| shell | sh | /bin/sh | pathname of new shell for ! and :sh (default from $SHELL if present) |
| shiftwidth | sw | 8 | autoindent/shift size |
| showmatch | sm | nosm | show matching ( or { when ) or } is entere |
| showmode | noshowmode | ||
| slowopen | slow | ||
| tabstop | ts | 8 | Used by hardtabs |
| tablength | tl | 0 | |
| tags | tags /usr/lib/tags | ||
| tagstack | tagstack | ||
| term | (from $TERM) | name of terminal being used; set by Unix $TERM | |
| terse | noterse | provide shorter error diagnostics | |
| warn | warn | ||
| window | w | ||
| wrapscan | ws | ws | |
| wrapmargin | wm | 0 | cause lines to be broken at least n spaces from right edge of screen |
| writeany | wa | nowa |
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