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@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ The option arguments may be given in any order. Single-letter options can be
combined after one dash. There can be no option arguments after the "--"
argument.
-On VMS all option arguments are assumed to be lowercase, unless preceded with
-a slash. Thus "-R" means recovery and "-/R" readonly.
-
--help *-h* *--help*
-h Give usage (help) message and exit. {not in Vi}
See |info-message| about capturing the text.
@@ -488,8 +485,8 @@ a slash. Thus "-R" means recovery and "-/R" readonly.
avoids a long startup time when running Vim in a terminal
emulator and the connection to the X server is slow.
See |--startuptime| to find out if affects you.
- Only makes a difference on Unix or VMS, when compiled with the
- |+X11| feature. Otherwise it's ignored.
+ Only makes a difference on Unix when compiled with the |+X11|
+ feature. Otherwise it's ignored.
To disable the connection only for specific terminals, see the
'clipboard' option.
When the X11 Session Management Protocol (XSMP) handler has
@@ -668,7 +665,7 @@ In Evim these options are changed from their default value:
:set nocompatible Use Vim improvements
:set insertmode Remain in Insert mode most of the time
:set hidden Keep invisible buffers loaded
- :set backup Keep backup files (not for VMS)
+ :set backup Keep backup files
:set backspace=2 Backspace over everything
:set autoindent auto-indent new lines
:set history=50 keep 50 lines of Ex commands
@@ -767,9 +764,9 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order:
a. If vim was started as |evim| or |eview| or with the |-y| argument, the
script $VIMRUNTIME/evim.vim will be loaded.
*system-vimrc*
- b. For Unix, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, VMS, Macintosh, and Amiga,
- the system vimrc file is read for initializations. The path of this
- file is shown with the ":version" command. Mostly it's "$VIM/vimrc".
+ b. For Unix, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, Macintosh, and Amiga, the system vimrc
+ file is read for initializations. The path of this file is shown with
+ the ":version" command. Mostly it's "$VIM/vimrc".
Note that this file is ALWAYS read in 'compatible' mode, since the
automatic resetting of 'compatible' is only done later. Add a ":set
nocp" command if you like.