On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 09:32:08AM -0500, James Vega wrote: > tag 611444 wontfix > thanks > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:46:19PM +0100, Mathieu Parent wrote: > > Please enable syntax highlighting by default. > > > > This can be done by uncommenting the following line in /etc/vim/vimrc: > > syntax on > > You're more than welcome to do that in your own ~/.vimrc file or to > modify /etc/vim/vimrc yourself (although I wouldn't recommend it) but > that won't be done by the packaging. > > Turning on syntax highlighting also enable filetype plugins and as > described in /usr/share/doc/vim/NEWS.Debian.gz (quoted below) enabling > this before the user's vimrc is sourced prevents the user from being > able to change certain portions of Vim's behavior. > > Filetype plugins are no longer enabled by default because certain actions > (like preventing the loading of the default menus) *must* occur before > filetype detection is enabled. By enabling filetype plugins (and detection) > in debian.vim, we were preventing the user from being able to make changes > to > Vim's behavior. Filetype plugins can be re-enabled via > "filetype plugin on".
As another data point: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/572627 -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <james...@debian.org>
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