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Need help with v -c option

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From: Will Estes
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:14
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I am having problems with vi's -c startup option.  I execute the
command:

	vi -c  "set wm=12" myfile

I was hoping that this would execute the command set wm=12 before
I started editing myfile.  What is happening instead is that the 
commands in my .exrc file execute, but the set wm=12 does not.
(Note, there is no set wm command in my .exrc file!)

What are the rules of precedence here regarding the -c startup
option and the .exrc file?  Is there some way to force a command
to execute at startup in addition to the ones found in .exrc?  I
need some way of starting vi up with a different set of startup
commands depending on my stty cols setting.

Also, while I'm here, can someone tell me how do you mark a line
in .exrc as a comment?

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Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com
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From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes)
Subject: Need help with v -c option
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