can vi/ex source beginning of text on startup?

[Brandon Allbery]

I'm having a problem with .exrc and EXINIT on a Plexus P/35.  I generally
use a standard set of :set's to make C programming easier, and on ncoast!'s
vi, they work well.  But on the plexus, which has the same version (v2.13)
of vi, any attempt to place a :set in .exrc or $EXINIT will produce 
a _N_o_ _t_e_x_t_ _i_n_ _b_u_f_f_e_r
message.  Does anyone know why this might be?  Does the Microsoft-hacked
ex/vi have a smarter $EXINIT handler?  Or am I doing something wrong?

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./.exrc
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set autoindent shiftwidth=4 showmatch autowrite

--bsa
(Just had a thought:  MS ex/vi takes that.  Maybe (from net examples)
the plexus needs a colon in front?  But I put one there in $RNINIT...)
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