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#### 4.9.1 Flags

Syntax: `Flags`
Abbreviation: `FLAG`

displays a list of all the status flags for ne and their associated commands. It is not recorded when recording a macro.

         FLAG COMMAND      ABBR  DESCRIPTION
           i   Insert        I    inserts new characters (vs. replacing)
           a   AutoIndent    AI   aligns cursor under previous line after <Return>
           b   SearchBack    SB   searches search backward rather than forward
           c   CaseSearch    CS   searches are case sensitive
           w   WordWrap      WW   breaks long lines as you type
           f   FreeForm      FF   allows cursor to move beyond the end of lines
           p   AutoPrefs     AP   use automatic preferences based on file extension
           v   VerboseMacros VM   record macros using use long command names
           u   DoUndo        DU   record edits for later undoing
           r   ReadOnly      RO   changes are not allowed
           t/T Tabs          TAB  TAB key inserts TABs instead of spaces
           T   ShiftTabs     ST   Shift may insert TABs (only if 't' is also set)
           d   DelTabs       DT   BS and DEL may remove tabs worth of space
           B   Binary        B    affects file loading/saving
           M   Mark          M    mark set for line-oriented block operations
           V   MarkVert      MV   like mark, but block is rectangle
           R   Record        REC  actions are being recorded in a macro
           P   PreserveCR    PCR  affects how <CR> chars are loaded from files
           C   CRLF          CRLF use CR/LF as line terminator
           *   Modified      MOD  document has been modified since last saved
           @   UTF8IO        U8IO I/O (keyboard and terminal) are UTF-8 encoded
         A/8/U UTF8          U8   the document encoding (ASCII, 8-bit or UTF-8)

The `RequestOrder` and `AutoMatchBracket` flags' states are not indicated on the status bar. See RequestOrder and AutoMatchBracket respectively.