Re: vim problem

2005-09-22 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 01:47:11PM +0200, John Oxley wrote: > I am new to Debian, just coming from FreeBSD. I pulled my vim configs > over from FreeBSD, and had to play a bit to get BackSpace working in an > xterm. You mean you had to break things to make them work the way you wanted them to, rig

Re: vim problem

2005-09-21 Thread Bob Vloon
Hi John, JO> Now I have a problem. In a lot of files, I am using: JO> # vim: set syntax=exim: JO> Or something like it at the top or bottom of config files. This used to JO> work on FreeBSD fine. Can anyone tell me where I am being silly with JO> this? Hmm, that depends on the definition of "s

vim problem

2005-09-21 Thread John Oxley
Hi, I am new to Debian, just coming from FreeBSD. I pulled my vim configs over from FreeBSD, and had to play a bit to get BackSpace working in an xterm. Now I have a problem. In a lot of files, I am using: # vim: set syntax=exim: Or something like it at the top or bottom of config files. This

Re: sudden vim problem in mutt

2003-10-01 Thread Bill Moseley
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 02:21:46PM -0700, Ric Otte wrote: > Hi, > > Well, after trying many different things, I finally got it to work. I > put the following line in my .vimrc: > au FileType mail set tw=70 fo=tcrq2 nomodeline > I've been seeing the same thing, but attributed it to me being new

Re: sudden vim problem in mutt

2003-10-01 Thread Ric Otte
Hi, Well, after trying many different things, I finally got it to work. I put the following line in my .vimrc: au FileType mail set tw=70 fo=tcrq2 nomodeline I don't know why that solved the problem, and the line: set textwidth=77 in .vimrc didn't work. But at least it is working. Thanks fo

Re: sudden vim problem in mutt

2003-10-01 Thread Jason Stechschulte
On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:50:41AM -0700, Ric Otte wrote: > I've been using mutt with vim for a couple of years with no problem. > But recently I've noticed that when I reply and begin inserting text (on > the same line as, and right before the original message), the line does > not wrap when I get

Re: sudden vim problem in mutt

2003-10-01 Thread Ric Otte
Nathan, I tried your suggestion, but that doesn't seem to change the behaviour. The lines still don't wrap (I had to hit a Return to get the above line to break). I am using Mutt 1.5.4-1 and vim 6.1-320+1. Thanks, Ric On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 01:03:30PM -0500, Nathan Poznick wrote: > Thus spake

Re: sudden vim problem in mutt

2003-10-01 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Ric Otte: > Hi, > > I've been using mutt with vim for a couple of years with no problem. > But recently I've noticed that when I reply and begin inserting text (on > the same line as, and right before the original message), the line does > not wrap when I get to 77 spaces (what I have s

sudden vim problem in mutt

2003-10-01 Thread Ric Otte
Hi, I've been using mutt with vim for a couple of years with no problem. But recently I've noticed that when I reply and begin inserting text (on the same line as, and right before the original message), the line does not wrap when I get to 77 spaces (what I have set in .vimrc). What happens is t

Re: apt-get & vim problem

2000-09-22 Thread CaT
On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 07:07:53PM -0500, William Jensen wrote: > Perfect. Thanks. Any ideas why the package manager wouldn't include that > in the regular download? At a guess, the vim-rt package is a want and not a need. you don't -need- it to run vim but you sure as hack want it. :) [11:14:1

Re: apt-get & vim problem

2000-09-22 Thread William Jensen
Perfect. Thanks. Any ideas why the package manager wouldn't include that in the regular download? Wm On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 04:59:44PM -0700, Tal Danzig wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:49:19 -0500, William Jensen said: > > : Greetings, > : > : I've done a potato install on a new system. C

Re: [jensenb@bodach.com: apt-get & vim problem]

2000-09-22 Thread CaT
On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 06:56:59PM -0500, William Jensen wrote: > I've done a potato install on a new system. Changed my sources and then did > an dist-upgrade which took quite a while. Problem is, the version of vim > that is installed doesn't have any help with it, nor does it recognize any > c

Re: apt-get & vim problem

2000-09-22 Thread Tal Danzig
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:49:19 -0500, William Jensen said: : Greetings, : : I've done a potato install on a new system. Changed my sources and then did : an dist-upgrade which took quite a while. Problem is, the version of vim : that is installed doesn't have any help with it, nor does it rec

[jensenb@bodach.com: apt-get & vim problem]

2000-09-22 Thread William Jensen
vim version is 5.7.2 - Forwarded message from William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:49:19 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: apt-get & vim problem User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i From: William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings, I&

apt-get & vim problem

2000-09-22 Thread William Jensen
Greetings, I've done a potato install on a new system. Changed my sources and then did an dist-upgrade which took quite a while. Problem is, the version of vim that is installed doesn't have any help with it, nor does it recognize any cmds like syntax on. Any ideas? Wm