| Command | BVI | VI |
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Search
settings |
:set wrapscan or :set ws
:set nows |
When this option is set, pattern searches resulting from a /,
?, n, N (#, \) command automatically wrap around to the opposit end of the file
and continue whenever the beginning or end of a file is reached. |
:set ignorecase or :set ic
:set noic |
Uppercase and lowercase characters in text are treated identically
in regular expression matching |
:set magic
:set nomagic |
Enables metacharacters for use in regular expressions |
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Display
options |
:set showmode
:set noshowmode |
Displays a status message in the lowest line on the screen |
:set terse
:set noterse |
The terse option lets you obtain shorter error diagnostics. |
|
File
options |
:set readonly or :set ro
:set noro |
This option sets the read-only flag for the file being editeds,
thus preventing accidental overwriting at the end of the session. |
:set autowrite or :set aw
:set noaw |
Causes the contents of the buffer to be written to the current file
if you have modified them and given a :next, :rewind or !
command. |
|
bvi
options |
:set columns=13
:set cm=5 |
You can set the number of bytes displayed in on screenline.
Default is max. number divisible by four. |
:set memmove
:set nomm |
If memmove is set, you can use commands to insert or delete bytes.
This can be dangerous for e.g. executable programs.
Default is nomemmove. |
:set offset=1
:set of=5 |
An offset is added to all addresses and byte counts. Default
address of the first byte is 0. |
:set reverse
:set norev |
Characters between 160 - 254 are displayed as "reverse video text" as used in
some legacy systems (Atari, Commodore, Apple II, etc). |
:set wordlength=5
:set wl=8 |
Length of an ASCII-string found by w, W, b or B |
:set unixstyle
:set nous |
displays ASCII characters below 32 in the status line in
Unix-style instead of DOS-style |
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Not available.
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