OK Gary,
:verbose set backup?
backup
:h verbose set backup
E149 Sorry, no help for verbose set backup
What does verbose set backup do?
:scriptnames
1: /usr/share/vim/vimrc
2: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/syntax.vim
3: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/synload.vim
4: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/syncolor.vim
5: /usr/share/vim/vim72/filetype.vim
6: /usr/share/vim/vim72/ftplugin.vim
7: /usr/share/vim/vim72/indent.vim
8: /home/peter/.vimrc
9: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/nosyntax.vim
10: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/getscriptPlugin.vim
11: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/gzip.vim
12: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/matchparen.vim
13: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim
14: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/rrhelper.vim
15: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/spellfile.vim
16: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/tarPlugin.vim
17: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/tohtml.vim
18: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/vimballPlugin.vim
19: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/zipPlugin.vim
20: /usr/share/vim/vim72/scripts.vim
21: /usr/share/vim/vim72/ftplugin/help.vim
22: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/help.vim
as #8 we see that .vimrc file is sourced.
If this makes any difference. I have aliased vim = gvim -v in
my .bashrc file.
On 20 Jan, 06:27, Gary Johnson <garyj...@spocom.com> wrote:
> On 2010-01-19, Peter Berntsen wrote:
>
> > Running 7.2.245 under Slackware Linux 13.0 and I have noticed that
> > my .vimrc file doesn't seem to be read. For example to not keep a
> > backup file I comment out the code for that in the vimrc file like
> > this.
> > "if has("vms")
> > " set nobackup " do not keep a backup file, use versions
> > instead
> > "else
> > " set backup " keep a backup file
> > "endif
>
> > this only works when it is done in the /usr/share/vimrc file and not
> > if it is done in the ~/.vimrc file.
> > Is there something I have overlooked or is this a bug in version
> > 7.2.245?
>
> I'm not aware of any such bug in any version of vim 7.2. One thing
> you might try to find the source of the problem is to execute
>
> :verbose set backup?
>
> to see where 'backup' was last set. Another is to execute
>
> :scriptnames
>
> which will show you all the files that have been sourced.
>
> Regards,
> Gary
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