The :verbose output.
<screen scrape>
formatoptions=tcql
Last set from /usr/share/vim/vim70/scripts.vim
</screen scrape>
Thanks! That sure looks like a solid hint.
About netrw. I had to google what "netrw" was. I am fairly certain
I'm not using it assuming we're talking about this:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/netrw/
I use putty from Windoze to ssh into my RHEL box from which I run vim.
Thanks for the tips, sc. Great info. I never know about :verbose
before.
On Jul 2, 3:57 pm, _sc_ <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday 02 July 2009 2:28 pm, Jeffery wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > The formatoptions=tcql when I open .conf files. The "l" is the
> > problem. From the vim online help:
>
> > <screen scrape>
> > "l" Only break a line if it was not longer than 'textwidth' when the
> > insert
> > started.
> > </screen scrape>
>
> > This is kind of annoying, and I want it to stop. I verified it does
> > this on .conf files but not on .sh files, for example.
>
> > The default formatoptions=tcq (from vim online help), and using
> > the :set command seems to confirm this.
>
> > I tried adding the line "set formatoptions-=l" to my .vimrc, but it
> > did not work.
>
> > Here is the entirety of conf.vim. I do not see where is might be
> > messing with the formatoptions flags. At this point, I'm mystified
> > enough to post this query here.
>
> > <screen scrape>
> > " Vim syntax file
> > " Language: generic configure file
> > " Maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]>
> > " Last Change: 2005 Jun 20
>
> > " Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
> > if exists("b:current_syntax")
> > finish
> > endif
>
> > syn keyword confTodo contained TODO FIXME XXX
> > " Avoid matching "text#text", used in /etc/disktab and /etc/gettytab
> > syn match confComment "^#.*" contains=confTodo
> > syn match confComment "\s#.*"ms=s+1 contains=confTodo
> > syn region confString start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+
> > oneline
> > syn region confString start=+'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'+ end=+'+
> > oneline
>
> > " Define the default highlighting.
> > " Only used when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
> > hi def link confComment Comment
> > hi def link confTodo Todo
> > hi def link confString String
>
> > let b:current_syntax = "conf"
>
> > " vim: ts=8 sw=2
> > </screen scrape>
>
> a suggestion and a question -- first the suggestion:
>
> try :verbose set fo?
>
> and see if it can tell you where the errant fo is being set
>
> and the question: i see you are using an older vim, which implies
> you are also using an older netrw -- in older netrws there was a
> problem with it altering formatoptions for buffers in the same
> session -- did you in fact use netrw to find and open your conf
> file?
>
> sc
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