>
> Try reading the vim manual sometimes q=
> [ESC] :help [RETURN]
That was nice and easy on Unix where you could read the documentation
on any command just by typing
man command
but when every command has documentation in different places, accessed
using different commands, it takes a lot more effort to find
the information you want for an unfamiliar command....
Especially when acessing the documentation requres using the very tool I
am having trouble with :-/ You can just bet that the critical bit of
information would be in an invisible colour...
Obviously if I decide to learn a new editor I will invest the time to
read the documentation in return for the benefits I am looking to get.
But it is a bit of a distraction to have to read documentation to find
out how to keep my basic tools working the way they always used to...
> Just put "syntax off" into your ~/.vimrc
> or, if you want to make it site-wide, change the line from "syntax
> on" to "syntax off" in /etc/vim/vimrc
Ok - that did the trick. Thanks. I changes /etc/vim/vimrc, so that now
only people that are 'vim aware' enough to fiddle with their ~/.vimrc
will get the non-vi behaviour.
I think it would be nicer if the '-C' option turned it off, and that
being invoked with the name 'vi' should cause that option to be assumed.
Likewise for any other change that I havn't stunbled over yet...
But at least I can get back to other more pressing issues now.
Thanks again.
Regards,
DigbyT
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