"set modelines" in vi

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From: Tom Reingold
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 1990 15:59

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I discovered the "modelines" feature of vi.  It's really great.  In my
~/.exrc, I have "set modelines" and I can have a vi command in my text
file so that the file can have its individual settings.  For example, a
C program of mine has indentations at 4 characters instead of 8, so I
set shiftwidth to 4.

The problem is that anything I set with one of these commands in my
file seems to tell vi that the file has been modified immediately upon
entering the editor.  So I can't use ":q" or "ZZ" to quit.  If I do, it
will write out the file unnecessarily, making me recompile
unnecessarily.

Is there a way around this problem?
--
        Tom Reingold
        tr@samadams.princeton.edu  OR  ...!princeton!samadams!tr
        "Warning: Do not drive with Auto-Shade in place.  Remove
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