July 2008
Beginner
492 pages
16h
English
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elvis 2.2 Options
elvis 2.2 has a total of 225 options that affect its behavior. Table B-3 summarizes the most important ones. Most options described in Table B-1 are not repeated here.
Table B-3. elvis 2.2 set options
| Option | Default | Description |
autoiconify
(aic) | noautoiconify | Iconify the old window when de-iconifying a new one. X11 only. |
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. X11 only. | |
bufdisplay
(bd) | normal | The default display mode for the buffer ( |
ccprg (cp) | cc
($1?$1:$2) | The shell command for |
directory
(dir) | Where to store temporary files. The default is system-dependent. | |
display
(mode) | normal | The name of current display mode, set by the
|
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. X11 only. |
font (fnt) | The name of the normal font, for the Windows and X11 interfaces. | |
gdefault
(gd) | nogdefault | Cause the substitute command to change all instances. |
home (home) | $HOME | The home directory for |
italicfont (xfi) | The name of the italic font. X11 only. | |
locked
(lock) | nolocked | Make the buffer read-only and cause most commands that would modify the buffer to fail. Usually set automatically for read-only HTML files. |
lpcolor
(lpcl) | nolpcl | Use color when ... |
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