Ben Kaduk wrote:
On 4/20/08, William O. Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Recently started using vi macros.

 When attempting to use one which accessed the external shell, got the 
following message:

 "The ! command is not supported when the secure edit option is set."


Are you running vi as root?  I believe that will automatically set secure mode.

-Ben Kaduk

On my FreeBSD 6.3 vi doesn't auto-enable secure mode when run as root.

-- Jille
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