Bug#837761: vim: doesn't honor local admin settings in /etc/vim/vimrc.local

2016-10-06 Thread harald
Hi James, seems you had the same idea as me, this is my new /etc/vim/vimrc.local: runtime! defaults.vim let g:skip_defaults_vim = 1 set mouse= Works like a charm :-) (just wanted to get it documented in the bug report). Thanks for your patience Kind regards Harald Jenny

Bug#837761: vim: doesn't honor local admin settings in /etc/vim/vimrc.local

2016-10-05 Thread James McCoy
On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 12:02:32PM +0200, Francois Gouget wrote: > The fix in 8.0.0022 does not sound like much of a fix: it is still > impossible to override specific defaults.vim settings. > > I'll also note that, at least in 8.0.0003, defaults.vim says: > > | " This is loaded if no vimrc file

Bug#837761: vim: doesn't honor local admin settings in /etc/vim/vimrc.local

2016-10-05 Thread Francois Gouget
Package: vim-common Version: 2:8.0.0003-1 Followup-For: Bug #837761 Dear Maintainer, The fix in 8.0.0022 does not sound like much of a fix: it is still impossible to override specific defaults.vim settings. I'll also note that, at least in 8.0.0003, defaults.vim says: | " This is loaded if no v

Bug#837761: vim: doesn't honor local admin settings in /etc/vim/vimrc.local

2016-10-03 Thread harald
Dear James, On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 01:53:43PM -0400, James McCoy wrote: > > As described in defaults.vim, you can "let skip_defaults_vim = 1" to > prevent it from applying any of its settings, so just put that in > /etc/vim/vimrc.local and your settings will be preserved. this implies that I do

Bug#837761: vim: doesn't honor local admin settings in /etc/vim/vimrc.local

2016-10-01 Thread James McCoy
Control: reassign -1 vim-runtime 2:7.4.2330-1 Control: forcemerge -1 837880 837793 On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 02:46:33PM +0200, har...@a-little-linux-box.at wrote: > while it's perfectly ok that upstream changed it's configuration I > consider it a bug that this configuration can't be overriden syste

Bug#837761: vim: doesn't honor local admin settings in /etc/vim/vimrc.local

2016-10-01 Thread harald
Dear James McCoy, while it's perfectly ok that upstream changed it's configuration I consider it a bug that this configuration can't be overriden systemwide - at least it seems the preferred way of creating a /etc/vim/vimrc.local file can't override the set mouse=a setting (currently I modified th