jkb wrote:
> My vim just got updated to 7.2 today.  Now, when I edit a 
> file containing only the line
> 
> vi: a
> 
> I get this error message:
> 
> Error detected while processing modelines:
> line    1:
> E518: Unknown option: a
> Press ENTER or type command to continue

The line is an invalid modeline. For more info:
  :help modeline

Or, do you understand modelines and expect 'a' to do something?

If you were previously editing with 'compatible' on (ugh!), you would
not have had such an error because modelines are a Vim (not vi) feature.

John


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