Hi.
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:45:19 -0500
David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu 24 Aug 2017 at 12:37:45 (+0300), Reco wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 03:38:10PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote:
> > > On 21/08/17 05:31, Reco wrote:
> > > > In jessie and before that one could put needed customizations
> > > > into /etc/vim/vimrc (and it works as of stretch)
> > > > or into /etc/vim/vimrc.local (and it's ignored in stretch).
> > >
> > > Looking at a stretch box (installed clean, not upgraded), /etc/vim/vimrc
> > > has this at the bottom:
> > >
> > > " Source a global configuration file if available
> > > if filereadable("/etc/vim/vimrc.local")
> > > source /etc/vim/vimrc.local
> > > endif
> > >
> > > So it should be read. Is yours not readable by the user? (I don't have
> > > one at all; I haven't felt the need yet)
> >
> > No, permissions for /etc/vim/vimrc.local are 644.
> > The problem is (had to use strace to figure this one out) that on vim
> > start /etc/vim/vimrc.local is read first, and
> > /usr/share/vim/vim80/defaults.vim after it.
> >
> > Therefore any customizations put into /etc/vim/vimrc.local can be
> > overridden by defaults.vim, which is happpening for 'mouse' and
> > 'incsearch' at least.
> >
> > Unless you forbid vim to interpret defaults.vim at all.
> > It can be achieved by creating user's .vimrc, or 'g:skip_defaults_vim=1'.
>
> How does all this relate to man vim which appears to be
> at least a decade old/out of date?
vim(1) does not mention defaults.vim, so it must be a case of obsolete
documentation.
That, and I'm too lazy to view vim source.
Reco
