Causes elvis to start each window in ex mode, instead of visual command mode. Causes elvis to start each window in input mode, instead of visual command mode. Novice users may prefer this. The -S flag is just used to make elvis permanently paranoid, for the duration of this process. Session files are discussed in the description of the -r flag, above.
Makes elvis use the named gui user interface instead of the default.
Gives an ex command to be executed after loading the first file. Read an ex script from stdin, and execute it. If a new session file is created, this causes it to use blocks of size blksize . In addition, the following options are also supported to maintain backward compatibility, although their future use is discouraged. The termcap interface is the one you'll use most often on non-graphic terminals.