vi `ei:' (`modeline')
Physically Pffft
jlh at loral.UUCP
Wed Oct 19 06:01:50 AEST 1988
In article <1221 at X.UUCP> john at frog.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
>Release 2.0 source tape, straight from AT&T, which we have here does not
>have this hell-spawned modelines feature.
Actually, I was one very happy camper when I discovered the modeline feature.
Different people use different tab settings and using modeline is a pretty
painless way to let anybody with any default setting go in and edit any
file. There are also some files where I want ignorecase turned off, while
I want it on 95% of the time. Yes, I know its a security hole. But it's
such a damned useful little hole.....
Jim
"In case of immenent nuclear destruction, I'll be in the Oreo aisle"
--
Jim Harkins
Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
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