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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!worldnet.att.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.clark.net!news.clark.net!explorer2.clark.net!not-for-mail From: T.E.Dickey <dickey@clark.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.editors,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: What is vi? (Re: Betting on Unix) Date: 16 Mar 1997 22:43:18 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Lines: 15 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5ght26$o3i@clarknet.clark.net> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <330B2333.38B6@to.me.please> <5ehglc$lef@innocence.interface-business.de> <330EF0FF.55CE@to.me.please> <5esial$eit@innocence.interface-business.de> <5esunl$9bv@web.nmti.com> <3313B49A.2B42@ibm.net> <331b5865.0@131.162.2.91> <857531709.6661.1@msn-9-16.binc.net> <331D71A4.556B@absyss.fr> <5fto1u$jde$2@peachy.apana.org.au> <pdxvi6z9x8j.fsf_-_@vesuri.Helsinki.FI> <0n_vIm200YUf0Q5OA0@andrew.cmu.edu> <5ggpcj$5sd@clarknet.clark.net> <0n=6zb200YUg0F3Lk0@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 100-explorer2.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 970202] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:164853 comp.editors:22338 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2824 In comp.editors Gerry S Hayes <sumner@CMU.EDU> wrote: : for vi cloners to know what needs to be cloned. Nvi, in particular, : has said they will never support modelines. This is too bad, since : modelines can be useful when used properly and with a few extra : security checks in the vi implementation. but (not to belabor the issue) not all "traditional" vi's implement modelines. (It's a low-priority wishlist item for vile; but I intend only to be able to set tabstops, etc. -- invoking shell commands is the part that causes people concern). -- Thomas E. Dickey dickey@clark.net http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey