autoindent: In append mode after a <cr> the cursor will move directly below the first character on the previous line. This setting affects the current buffer only.
Same as autoindent
, but affects all buffers.
Cancel autoindent.
Cancel autoindent-global.
ignorecase: No distinction between upper and lower cases when searching.
Cancel ignorecase.
Regular expressions used in searches; nomagic means no regexps.
Cancel magic.
readonly: The file is not to be changed. If the user attempts to write to this file, confirmation will be requested.
Cancel readonly.
shell: The program to be used for shell escapes (default ‘$SHELL’ (default /bin/sh)).
shiftwidth: Gives the shiftwidth (default 8 positions).
showmatch: Whenever you append a ), Vi shows its match if it’s on the same page; also with { and }. If there’s no match, Vi will beep.
Cancel showmatch.
tabstop: The length of a <ht>; warning: this is only IN the editor, outside of it <ht>s have their normal length (default 8 positions). This setting affects the current buffer only.
Same as tabstop
, but affects all buffers.
wrapmargin: In append mode Vi automatically puts an <lf> whenever there is an <sp> or <ht> within <wm> columns from the right margin.
wrapscan: When searching, the end is considered ‘stuck’ to the begin of the file.
Cancel wrapscan.
Turn <option> on.
Turn <option> off.
Set <option> to <value>.