Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.27+, H06.04+)

User Commands (v - z) vi(1)
[no]prompt
Prompts for command mode input with a : (colon). When not set, no prompt is
displayed. The default is on.
readonly
Allows writing to a different file. In addition, the write can be forced by using the !
(exclamation point) character (see the editor command write). The default is off,
unless the file lacks write permission or the -R flag is specified.
[no]redraw (re)
Simulates a smart display on a dumb display. The default is re.
[no]remap
Enables multi-step translation of map keys. For example, if r maps to u, and u maps to
k, remap causes r to map to k.Ifnoremap is set, r maps to u. The default is remap.
report Sets the number of repetitions of a command before a message is displayed. For sub-
commands that can produce a number of messages, such as global subcommands, the
messages are displayed when the command is completed. The default is report=5.
scroll (scr=)
Sets the number of lines to be scrolled when you scroll the screen up or down. The
default scroll is one-half the size of the screen.
sections (sect=)
Defines macro names that start sections. The default is sect=NHSHH HUuhsh+c.
Single-letter nroff macros, such as .P, must include the space as a quoted character if
respecifying a paragraph. (See RELATED INFORMATION.)
shell (sh=)
Defines the shell for ! or :! commands. The default is the value of the SHELL environ-
ment variable.
shiftwidth (sw=)
Sets the distance for the software tab stops used by autoindent, the shift commands (>
and <), and the text input commands (<Ctrl-d> and <Ctrl-t>) to allow the editor to
indent text and move back to a previous indentation. The default is sw=8.
[no]showmatch (sm)
Shows the matching open parenthesis ( or open brace { as you type the close
parenthesis ) or close brace }. The default is nosm.
[no]showmode (smd)
Displays mode indicator at the bottom of the screen when in the insert or replace mode.
The default is nosmd.
[no]slowopen (slow)
Postpones updating the display during inserts. Setting this option alters the display
algorithm to accommodate slow or unintelligent terminals. The default is noslow.
[no]sourceany
Allows the use of the source command on a file that a user does not own. The default
is nosourceany.
tabstop (ts=)
Sets distance between tab stops when a file is displayed. The default is ts=8.
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