On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Bram Moolenaar <b...@moolenaar.net> wrote:

>
> Hirohito Higashi wrote:
>
> > I think it is better to change the default value of Vim body for some
> > of the options.
> >
> > i.e.
> > set wildmenu
> > set ruler
> > set showcmd
> > set tags=./tags;,tags;
> > etc...
> >
> > Obviously useful things should be changed.
>
> A few people have mentioned setting 'wildmenu'.  I also have that set.
> I wonder if there are real disadvantages to setting it by default?
>

What are the advantages to *setting* it?  This looks like a shining example
of "personal preference".

Keep in mind that most of these defaults are for options that new users
> would not even know about.  It's possible that a few users don't like it
> and have to disable it in their .vimrc.  So long as that number is
> small (less than 1%?) that would be an acceptable price for helping new
> users enjoying Vim more.
>

Much of what is in the proposal works contrary to that purpose.

> Keep in mind that most of these defaults are for options that new users
> would not even know about.

This also means some of them are going to be unexpected, even jarring, to
new users.

-Manny

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