MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

vi(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities vi(1)
quiet When this option is on, vi does not display file information messages.
The default is set by the –s option.
readonly
When this option is on, vi does not let you write to the current file.
The default is based on the permissions of the current file. If you do not have write
permission on this file, the default is readonly; otherwise the default is set by the
–R option.
remap If this option is on and a map macro is expanded, the expansion is re-examined to see
if it too contains map macros.
The default is remap.
report
The editor displays a message whenever you issue a command that affects more than
this number of lines.
The default is report=5.
restrict
When this option is on, all file names are restricted to the current directory. No sub-
commands may be called. This variable is automatically set if you invoke the editor
with a command that starts with the letter r,asinrvi. Once the option is turned on,
it cannot be turned off. The default is norestrict.
scroll
This sets the number of lines to scroll for the z (Ex), and
CTRL-D (Ex) commands.
The default is the value of the variable window divided by two.
sections
This list of character pairs controls the movement between sections in Vi mode.
Lines beginning with a period (.) followed by any pair of characters in the list are
section boundaries (for example, .SH). Such lines are typically commands to text
formatters like nroff or troff.
The default is sections="SHNHH HU".
shell, sh
This is the name of the command interpreter to be used for ! commands and the shell
command.
The default value is taken from the
SHELL environment variable.
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