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Vi/Vim File Variables

Epsilon also supports a few file variables using an alternative syntax used by the Vi/Vim family of editors.

Each such setting line (which Vi/Vim documentation refers to as a "modeline") must appear within five lines of the start or end of the file. They begin with a space, then the word "vi" (or alternatively, "vim" or "ex"), followed by a colon. One format follows this with the word "set" or "se", then a series of settings separated by spaces and terminated by a colon; other text on the line can surround this. The other format omits "set" and uses a series of settings separated by spaces or colons and terminated by the end of the line.

Here are examples of each type:

/* vim: set textwidth=65 tabstop=8 sts=3 noexpandtab: */ ; vi: tw=70 ts=4:softtabstop=2 et
The Vi/Vim settings Epsilon recognizes are:

Vi Setting Name   Vi Synonym   Epsilon Equivalent

textwidth=val   tw=val   margin-right=val

tabstop=val   ts=val   tab-size=val

shiftwidth=val   sw=val   tab-size=val

softtabstop=val   sts=val   soft-tab-size=val

expandtab   et   indent-with-tabs=0

noexpandtab   noet   indent-with-tabs=1

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