November 1998
Beginner
352 pages
7h 46m
English
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C.3. elvis 2.0 Options
elvis 2.0 has a total of 144 options that affect its behavior. Table 3.3 summarizes the most important ones. Most options described in Table 3.1 are not repeated here.
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| autoiconify (aic) | noautoiconify | Iconify the old window when de-iconifying a new one. |
| backup (bk) | nobackup | Make a backup file (xxx.bak) before writing the current file out to disk. |
| binary (bin) | The buffer's data is not text. This option is set automatically. | |
| boldfont (xfb) | The name of the bold font. | |
| bufdisplay (bd) | normal | The default display mode for the buffer (hex, html, man, normal, or syntax). |
| ccprg (cp) | cc ($1?$1:$2) | The shell command for :cc. |
| commentfont (cfont) | The name of the font used for comments. | |
| directory (dir) | Where to store temporary files. The default is system dependent. | |
| display (mode) | normal | The name of current display mode, set by the :display command. |
| elvispath (epath) | A list of directories in which to search for configuration files. The default is system dependent. | |
| focusnew (fn) | focusnew | Force keyboard focus into the new window. |
| functionfont (ffont) | The name of the font used for function names. | |
| gdefault (gd) | nogdefault | Causes the substitute command to change all instances. |
| home (home) | $HOME | The home directory for ~ in filenames. |
| italicfont (xfi) | The name of the italic font. | |
| keywordfont (kfont) | The name of the font used for reserved words. | |
| lpcolumns (lpcols) | 80 | The width of a printer page; for :lpr. |
| lpcrlf (lpc) | nolpcrlf | The printer needs CR-LF for newline in ... |
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