I was instructed to use:
vim -u NONE {file}
and that solved all three problems identified. I'm happy now that I
made vim an alias.
When I first noticed a problem, I did not have a .vimrc file; only the
global one in /usr/share/vib/...
- Pau
Charles E. Campbell, Jr. wrote:
> Paul McFerrin wrote:
>
>> As one of those users using "vi" for the past 30 years, I have some
>> questions pertaining mainly to Vim 7.2.
>>
>> I don't like changes in "default" behavior of certain programs. Vim7.2
>> is one. How can I turn off "autoindent". In my .vimrc file, I have
>> "set noautoindent" and issued in comand mode ":set notutoindent" but it
>> still autoindents. If I insert a new line below a .vimrc comment line,
>> not oinly is the line autoindent'd but it also places another comment
>> (") character. I don't like editors that second guess you and they be
>> incorrect.
>>
>> Another new feature I don't care for: It highlights pairs of special
>> characters. Like "(......)", if your cursor is on the opening "(", the
>> closing ")" character is higligthed with green square which makes the
>> character unreadable with my vision problems. I would like to be able
>> to change the color to something different or disable than option.
>>
>> Another option I would like to disable, the "u"ndo command. I'm a 30
>> year veteran of the real "vi" command and ANY MORE than a single "u" is
>> ignored.in deleting characters. I frequently use two (uu) commands to
>> find my place on the screen. Now the "u" command will undo multiple
>> edits and not just undo the undo command.
>>
>> I'm sorry if I missed any answers in my documentation.
>>
>> Call me picky,
>> -Paul
>>
>>
> Have you tried compatible mode? Ie. don't have a .vimrc, use .exrc
> (after all, the original vi didn't use .vimrc files).
>
> Assuming that you have a reason for wanting some vim extensions, and so
> wish to keep your .vimrc:
>
> I'm not sure why you're getting autoindent anyway. Try
> :set noai nocin
> Find out what your formatoption is currently:
> :echo &fo
> and remove 2 and c from it.
>
> Put
> let g:loaded_matchparen = 1 " don't load matching
> parenthesis plugin
>
> in your .vimrc.
>
> To handle undo:
>
> set cpo+=u
>
> I suggest looking over all the cpo options.
>
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
>
>
> >
>
>
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