C.3 elvis 2.0 Options

elvis 2.0 has a total of 144 options that affect its behavior. Table C.3 summarizes the most important ones. Most options described in Table C.1 are not repeated here.

Table C.3: elvis 2.0 Set Options
Option	Default	Description
`autoiconify (aic)`	`noautoiconify`	Iconify the old window when de-iconifying a new one.
`backup (bk)`	`nobackup`	Make a backup file (xxx.bak) before writing the current file out to disk.
`binary (bin)`		The buffer's data is not text. This option is set automatically.
`boldfont (xfb)`		The name of the bold font.
`bufdisplay (bd)`	`normal`	The default display mode for the buffer (`hex`, `html`, `man`, `normal`, or `syntax`).
`ccprg (cp)`	`cc ($1?$1:$2)`	The shell command for `:cc`.
`commentfont (cfont)`		The name of the font used for comments.
`directory (dir)`		Where to store temporary files. The default is system dependent.
`display (mode)`	`normal`	The name of current display mode, set by the `:display` command.
`elvispath (epath)`		A list of directories in which to search for configuration files. The default is system dependent.
`focusnew (fn)`	`focusnew`	Force keyboard focus into the new window.
`functionfont (ffont)`		The name of the font used for function names.
`gdefault (gd)`	`nogdefault`	Causes the substitute command to change all instances.
`home (home)`	`$HOME`	The home directory for `~` in filenames.
`italicfont (xfi)`		The name of the italic font.
`keywordfont (kfont)`		The name of the font used for reserved words.
`lpcolumns (lpcols)`	`80`	The width of a printer page; for `:lpr`.
`lpcrlf (lpc)`	`nolpcrlf`	The printer needs CR-LF for newline in the file; for `:lpr`.
`lpformfeed (lpff)`	`nolpformfeed`	Send a form-feed after the last page; for `:lpr`.
`lplines (lprows)`	`60`	The length of a printer page; for `:lpr`.
`lppaper (lpp)`	`letter`	The paper size (letter, a4, ...) for PostScript printers; for `:lpr`.
`lpout (lpo)`		The printer file or filter, for `:lpr`. A typical value might be `!lpr`. The default is system dependent.
`lptype (lpt)`	`dumb`	The printer type, for `:lpr`. The value should be one of: `ps`, `ps2`, `epson`, `pana`, `ibm`, `hp`, `cr`, `bs`, or `dumb`.
`lpwrap (lpw)`	`lpwrap`	Simulate line-wrap; for `:lpr`.
`makeprg (mp)`	`make $1`	The shell command for `:make`.
`normalfont (xfn)`		The name of the normal font.
`otherfont (ofont)`		The font used for other symbols.
`prepfont (pfont)`		The font used for preprocessor commands.
`ruler (ru)`	`noruler`	Display the cursor's line and column.
`safer (trapunsafe)`	`nosafer`	Be paranoid; use the `:safer` command to set this, don't do it directly.
`showmarkups (smu)`	`noshowmarkups`	For the `man` and `html` modes, show the markup at the cursor position, but not elsewhere.
`sidescroll (ss)`	`0`	The sideways scrolling amount. Zero mimics `vi`, making lines wrap.
`stringfont (sfont)`		The font used for strings.
`taglength (tl)`	`0`	Defines number of characters that are significant for tags. Default (zero) means that all characters are significant.
`tags (tagpath)`	`tags`	The list of possible tag files.
`tagstack (tsk)`	`tagstack`	Remember the origin of tag searches on a stack.
`undolevels (ul)`	`0`	The number of undoable commands. Zero mimics `vi`. You probably want to set this to a bigger number.
`variablefont (vfont)`		The font used for variables.
`warpback (wb)`	`nowarpback`	Upon exit, move the pointer back to the `xterm` which started `elvis`.
`warpto (wt)`	`don't`	How `^W ^W` forces pointer movement: `don't` for no movement, `scrollbar` moves the pointer to the scrollbar, `origin` moves the pointer to the upper left corner, and `corners` moves it to the corners furthest from and nearest to the current cursor position. This forces the X display to pan, to make sure the window is entirely onscreen.


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