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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="VI-CONFIGURATION" name="VI-CONFIGURATION">16.6 vi
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<p>Your <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> clone of choice can be configured in several
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<p>A variety of commands can be entered while in command mode to set up <tt
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<p>Almost all of these commands can be put into a configuration file in your home
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variables, see the section called Environment Variables in Chapter 8. If you want to make
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