cadman@cbnewsm.att.com (jerome.schwartz) (02/01/91)
Is there a way to comment out set commands in the .exrc file with out getting an error message when entering vi? I like to hold on to some but don't always need all of them. Jerry ********************************************************************** Jerome Schwartz | Standard Disclaimer: AT&T Bell Laboratories | 600 Mountain Ave. | Views expressed are my own and Murray Hill, N.J. 07974-2070 | do not necessarily reflect those Phone : (201)-582-3070 | of my employer. **********************************************************************
tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (02/01/91)
From the keyboard of cadman@cbnewsm.att.com (jerome.schwartz): :Is there a way to comment out set commands in the .exrc file with :out getting an error message when entering vi? From the top of my .exrc; I suspect you'll be able to intuit the answer: " common exrc source " " set terse " because we prefer terse error messages, set writeany autowrite " because we want to write out our file whenever we can, " like on a :tag, :stop, or :next set tabstop=8 " so tabs look right for us set shiftwidth=4 " so ^T and << are smaller set report=1 " so we our told whenever we affect more than 1 line "set nomesg " because being talked to during an edit is aggravating set autoindent " so i don't have to tab in set redraw optimize " keep the screen tidy --tom -- "Hey, did you hear Stallman has replaced /vmunix with /vmunix.el? Now he can finally have the whole O/S built-in to his editor like he always wanted!" --me (Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.com>)
mullins@convex.COM (Don Mullins) (02/01/91)
In article <1991Jan31.191624.10149@cbnewsm.att.com> cadman@cbnewsm.att.com (jerome.schwartz) writes: >Is there a way to comment out set commands in the .exrc file with >out getting an error message when entering vi? > >I like to hold on to some but don't always need all of them. > >Jerry vi considers all lines beginning with a double quote '"' a comment. Not sure about doing this at the end of a line " this would be a comment set noai " I'm not sure about this Later, Don -- Don Mullins Convex Computer Corporation Richardson, Texas USA INTERNET -- mullins@convex.COM UUCP ------ {uiucuxc, uunet, sun, ...}!convex!mullins