It says a little further down "There is one exception:" that the whitespace is optional if v is the first character on the line.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 9:51 PM Gary Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > ":help modeline" says: > > There are two forms of modelines. The first form: > [text]{white}{vi:|vim:|ex:}[white]{options} > > [text] any text or empty > {white} at least one blank character (<Space> or <Tab>) > {vi:|vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:" or "ex:" > [white] optional white space > {options} a list of option settings, separated with > white space > or ':', where each part between ':' is the > argument > for a ":set" command (can be empty) > > Note that the initial white space is not optional. However, that > initial white space is not actually required. For example, create > a file containing only the line > > vim: tw=40 > > left justified, open it with > > $ vim -N -u NONE demo > > and execute: > > :verbose set tw? > textwidth=40 > Last set from modeline line 1 > > I don't particularly care whether the documentation or the behavior > is changed, but one should be to match the other. > > I tested this using 8.1.2397. > > Regards, > Gary > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/20191206025128.GA25379%40phoenix > . > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAL%2BVoZ4zChsOFQ-LPdr0w2E_HMogBoVrqBAGqeHH__Uz41%3DXTA%40mail.gmail.com.
