mode lines in vi

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

I deleted the mode line feature here at our site.

I am not particularly fond of having imbedded commands within
the text file to be edited.  There is always the danger of 
"accidentally" invoking a feature of the editor which may not
be intended.

None of our users use this feature.  Of course, if it had been
documented, it is possible some would have used it.  My vote
at the present time is to just drop the mode line feature.
If some feel it must be retained then restrict the set of
commands to just the "set" command, as that would be the most
commonly used one in this context.
-- 
Smoot Carl-Mitchell, CS Dept. University of Texas at Austin
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