From: geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid   
      
   swapjim wrote:   
      
   > I'm using GVim 9.1 on Windows to learn traditional Vi by setting 'set   
   > compatible' in the vimrc file.   
   >   
   > I then select some text using 'v' and ...   
      
   Others have addressed your actual question, but I feel I should point   
   out that there was no 'v' command in traditional vi.   
      
   I assume "set compatible" in vim only changes vim's behaviour where   
   it conflicts with traditional/POSIX vi but non-conflicting extensions   
   are still available.   
      
   Someone else gave a link to the online POSIX vi man page; you could   
   use that reference as a way to identify what things that still work   
   in vim with "set compatible" are non-standard.   
      
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   Geoff Clare    
      
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