What's the line setting vim option at the bottom of a text file called?

Question

The line looks like this

.. vim: set ft=help norl ts=8 tw=78 et :

And appears at the bottom of some text files, such as vim documentation.

I just want to know where I can look this topic up in the vim help to read about it.

Answer 1

It is called a modeline.

See :help modeline for more information.

Basically, it is a way to tell Vim how to render a text file.

Answer 2

It’s called a modeline. Try:

:help modeline

Answer 3

That is the modeline.

:help modeline