On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 13:30, bardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> This line is controversial for the following simple reasons :
>> [...]
>
> You're right it's controversial. If I understood correctly the large
> majority of devs/TUs is made by vim users, so this could be a reason
> to leave it in. I'll be happy to ditch it in any case, though, if some
> vim guru explained (and meybe wikified) how to get the same result
> with your .vimrc or whatever way it's done. After all, those who don't
> like it will continue to remove it, and those who like it will
> continue to use it in their rc file.
>
> Corrado
>
The point is that it's NOT in vimrc. vimrc might have something like
ts=8 sw=8, and another might like 4, or two, or 6. This way the mode
is set for that file while you edit it, without having to manually
change anything.
