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Predefined Variables

jed includes some predefined variables which the user may change. By convention, predefined variables are in uppercase. The variables which effect all modes include:

BLINK
(1) if non-zero, blink matching parenthesis.

TAB_DEFAULT
(8) sets default tab setting for newly created buffers to specified number of columns.

TAB
Value of tab setting for current buffer.

ADD_NEWLINE
(1) adds newline to end of file if needed when writing it out to the disk.

META_CHAR
(-1) prefix for chars with high bit set (see section on eight bit clean issues for details)

DISPLAY_EIGHT_BIT
see section on eight bit clean issues.

COLOR
(23) IBMPC background color (see jed.rc for meaning)

LINENUMBERS
(0) if 1, show current line number on status line

WANT_EOB
(0) if 1, [EOB] denotes end of buffer.

TERM_CANNOT_INSERT
(0) if 1, do not put the terminal in insert mode when writing to the screen.

IGNORE_BEEP
(0) do not beep the terminal when signalling errors

In addition to the above, there are variables which affect only certain modes. See the section on modes for details.


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John E. Davis 2002-03-20