vimrc and vim defaults

vimrc and vim defaults

[AJ ONeal]

Why does vimrc go in /usr/share/vim/vimrc rather than /etc/vimrc like on
other distros?

Would it be a sin to include some "reasonable defaults" so that it's
actually the vim that people expect rather than vi?

AJ ONeal

Re: vimrc and vim defaults

[Philip Balister]

On 09/15/2010 02:32 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
> Why does vimrc go in /usr/share/vim/vimrc rather than /etc/vimrc like on
> other distros?

This explains why vim has been driving me nuts.

> Would it be a sin to include some "reasonable defaults" so that it's
> actually the vim that people expect rather than vi?

This would be great. I'd love to look at any patches you have.

Philip

Re: vimrc and vim defaults

[AJ ONeal]

Here's what I've done so far - just enough to not drive me mad:

opkg install vim-syntax

vim /etc/share/vim/vimrc

" most important
syntax on
set nocompatible
set backspace=indent,eol,start
" tab stuff
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set smarttab
set expandtab
set softtabstop=2
" sometimes useful
"set ignorecase

AJ ONeal


On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Philip Balister <philip@balister.org>wrote:

> On 09/15/2010 02:32 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
>
>> Why does vimrc go in /usr/share/vim/vimrc rather than /etc/vimrc like on
>> other distros?
>>
>
> This explains why vim has been driving me nuts.
>
>
>  Would it be a sin to include some "reasonable defaults" so that it's
>> actually the vim that people expect rather than vi?
>>
>
> This would be great. I'd love to look at any patches you have.
>
> Philip
>
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