any way to show mode in sun vi

[Mike Raffety]

It turns out that the "modeline" option is very interesting indeed.  If
you have this option set (normally it's off) through your environment or
your .exrc file (e.g., "set modeline"), ex and vi will check the first
five lines and the last five lines of the file that you are editing for
text within a line of the form: first character is a tab or space,
followed by the letters "ex" or "vi", followed by a colon, followed by a
string, terminated by another colon.  And THEN, ex/vi will EXECUTE the
string when you begin editing that file.  For example, add a line like "/*
vi:set number: */" to the beginning or end of a file, do a "setenv EXINIT
'set modeline'", and vi the file.  Voila!  You now have line numbering set
BY THE FILE YOU'RE EDITING!

The other undocumented vi "set" option is "sourceany", which, when set,
permits ex/vi to execute ~/.exrc and/or ./.exrc even when you DON'T own
it.

Both sound like potential security problems when enabled ...