Useful vi options
Option Default Action
autoindent noai automatically indents each
line of text
number nonu prefix lines with line number
term $TERM sets type of terminal to use
scroll scroll=11 sets number of lines scrolled
with ^d and z
shell sh=/bin/sh defines the shell used for UNIX
commands. This value is taken
from the SHELL environment
variable.
shiftwidth sw=8 sets the number of spaces for
use with autoindent
wrapmargin (wm) wm=0 specifies number of spaces lines
are broken before right edge of
the screen
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