Command Reference Guide
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ex(1) ex(1)
sections=pair-string
The value of this option is a string, in that successive pairs of characters specify the
names of text-processing macros that begin sections. See the paragraphs editor
option above. The default is sections=NHSHH\ HUuhsh+c.
shell=filename (sh)
Set the file name of the shell to be used for the ! shell escape and the shell com-
mand. It defaults to the value of your SHELL environment variable, if set, and other-
wise to /usr/bin/sh .
shiftwidth= n (sw)
Sets the indentation step value used by autoindent and the shift (< and >) com-
mands. The default is shiftwidth=8 .
showmatch (sm) In visual mode, jump momentarily to the matching ( or { when you type a ) or },if
the match is still on the screen. Reversed by noshowmatch (nosm). The default is
noshowmatch .
showmode (smd) Display the current editor mode (such as INPUT MODE, REPLACE 1 CHAR,
REPLACE MODE) in the lower right-hand corner of the screen during visual and open
mode. Reversed by noshowmode (nosmd). The ex
, vi, and view default is
noshowmode. The edit, and vedit default is
showmode.
slowopen (slow) In visual mode, slowopen prevents screen updates during input to improve
throughput on unintelligent terminals. Reversed by
noslowopen (noslow). The
default is
noslowopen.
tabstop=n (ts) Sets the spacing of the software tab stops used by the editor to expand tabs in the
input file. The default is tabstop=8.
taglength=n (tl)
Set the maximum number of characters that should be treated as significant in a tag.
Characters beyond the limit are ignored. A value of zero means that all characters in
the tag are significant. The default is taglength=0 .
tags=[filename ]... Specify the tags files to be used by the
tag command and the -t command-line
option. The default is
tags=tags /usr/lib/tags
, specifying the file tags in
the current directory and the file
/usr/lib/tags
. File names are separated by
whitespace.
Each line of a tags file contains the following three fields separated by whitespace:
the tag name, the name of the file to be edited, and an address specification (see
Addressing above). A
tags file must be sorted in order by tag name.
The ctags command (see ctags(1)) creates tags files from C, Pascal and FORTRAN
source files.
tagstack (tgst) Enable the pushdown stack of activated tags. Reversed by notagstack (notgst).
The default is tagstack.
When you enter a line mode tag command or visual mode ˆ] command, the current
line number and file name are stored on the tag stack. A future line mode pop
com-
mand or visual mode
ˆT command will return to the stored file name at the stored
line number.
If the tag stack is disabled and then reenabled again, the stack continues where it left
off. The pop command does not work when the tag stack is disabled.
term=termtype Define the type of terminal being used with the editor. The default value is obtained
from the TERM environment variable. If TERM is unset or null, term is set to
unknown. There is no difference between the term and ttytype editor options.
Setting either one results in both being changed.
terse Use shorter error messages. Reversed by noterse. The default is noterse.
timeout (to) If set, require that all the characters of a multicharacter macro name (the first argu-
ment in a map command) must be received within the amount of time specified by the
timeoutlen option in order to be accepted as a match for the macro name. If not
set, no limit is placed on how long to wait for the completion of a macro name.
Reversed by notimeout (noto). The default is timeout.
HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000 − 15 − Section 1−−255
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