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set

se parameter1 parameter2 ...

Set a value to an option with each parameter, or if no parameter is supplied, print all options that have been changed from their defaults. For Boolean-valued options, each parameter can be phrased as option or nooption; other options can be assigned with the syntax option=value. Specify all to list current settings.

Examples

:set nows wm=10
:set all


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