introduction, and a beginner question about vimrc files

2010-05-24 Thread Jose Caballero
Hi, this is my first post in this list, so I wanted to introduce myself and say hello to everyone here. I have a very basic question, as a beginner I am using vi. I use vim 6.3.82, on Red Hat. I have no root privileges. Right now I have all my mappings and abbreviations and those things in a sin

Re: introduction, and a beginner question about vimrc files

2010-05-24 Thread Francisco Dibar
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Jose Caballero wrote: > Right now I have all my mappings and abbreviations and those things in a > single file: ~/.vimrc > Clearly that is not efficient given I am using the same setup if I edit a > python script, a HTML document, a C++ one, etc. Not good. Hi, wel

RE: introduction, and a beginner question about vimrc files

2010-05-24 Thread John Beckett
Jose Caballero wrote: > I use vim 6.3.82, on Red Hat. I have no root privileges. That version is extremely obsolete. It is possible to install your own version (without root privilege), but really you should use a large cluestick on your admins. > Right now I have all my mappings and abbreviation

Re: introduction, and a beginner question about vimrc files

2010-05-24 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2010-05-24, Jose Caballero wrote: > Hi, > > this is my first post in this list, so I wanted to introduce myself and say > hello to everyone here. > > I have a very basic question, as a beginner I am using vi. > I use vim 6.3.82, on Red Hat. I have no root privileges. > > Right now I have all

Re: introduction, and a beginner question about vimrc files

2010-05-25 Thread Jose Caballero
2010/5/24 Gary Johnson > On 2010-05-24, Jose Caballero wrote: > > Hi, > > > > this is my first post in this list, so I wanted to introduce myself and > say > > hello to everyone here. > > > > I have a very basic question, as a beginner I am using vi. > > I use vim 6.3.82, on Red Hat. I have no ro