Useful vi options
Option Default Action
autoindent noai automatically indents
each line of text
number nonu prefix lines with
line number
term $TERM sets type of terminal
to use
scroll scroll=11 sets number of lines
scrolled with ^d and z
shell sh=/bin/sh defines the shell used
for UNIX commands.
This value is taken
from the SHELL
environment
variable
shiftwidth sw=8 sets the number of
spaces for use with
autoindent
wrapmargin (wm) wm=0 specifies number
of spaces lines are
broken before right
edge of the screen