I wrote:
[...]
> Another solution: When there is a .vimrc, then don't load startup.vim.
> Rely on the user already have his preferences in the .vimrc.
> Thus only apply these better defaults when the user doesn't have his own
> settings. Ah, I see Ben also had this idea.
>
> The more I think about it, the more this seems like a good solution:
> - If the user has a .vimrc, use that.
> - If there is no .vimrc, use the default .vimrc.
> - When a new user creates a .vimrc, he can source the default one or
> copy it. It's possible to do settings before this, such as adding 'M'
> to 'guioptions'.
>
> That way anybody which already has a .vimrc isn't bothered by different
> defaults. 100% backwards compatible.
>
> New users will get better defaults. When using Vim on a new system it
> also has better defaults.
>
> Only those who really want the Vi defaults or the Vim 7 defaults would
> need to create a .vimrc and set 'compatible' or 'nocompatible'.
>
> There is some confusion for users who create their .vimrc for the
> first time and don't know about the default vimrc. That can be
> documented and once discovered it's easy to fix.
I haven't heard negative comments for this idea, I'll interpret that as a
positive response. I suppose all of the readers here have a .vimrc,
thus won't be affected by the change. And new users will like (most of)
the new defaults.
I'll send out a patch to do it this way. We can fine tune after that.
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