On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 07:07:58AM -0400, James Vega wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 08:43:10AM +0200, jandl wrote:
> > Dear colleagues,
> > I have 2 problems with gvim
> >
> > 1/ when I start gvim in Windows XP (double click on icon), gvim opens
> > without invoking the _gvimrc.vim. I have _gvimrc.vim located in
> > c:\programs\vim. I have also tried to put _gvimrc.vim into
> > c:\programs\vim\vim70 but it was not automatically started from there
> > either.
> >
> > 2/ I am using gvim for edition my latex files and have the Latex-Suite
> > as an add-in. That has generated some conflict: whenever I press a '.'
> > I get '<C-R>=<SID>SmartDots()<CR>'.
> >
> > Here is my _gvimrc.vim:
> > [snip]
> > " To use it, copy it to
> > " for Unix and OS/2: ~/.gvimrc
> > " for Amiga: s:.gvimrc
> > " for MS-DOS and Win32: $VIM\_gvimrc
>
> As your _gvimrc says, there should be no ".vim" extension on your
> _gvimrc (or _vimrc). :) That will fix 1).
>
> As for 2), you may have to edit the plugin to change that mapping so it
> doesn't override a normal Vim command.
I think there is a good chance that, since the gvimrc file is never
:souce'd, the OP is running with 'compatible' set, and that this causes
the problem. If so, then fixing the first problem will fix the second.
HTH --Benji Fisher
