On Sep 28, 11:04 am, "Christian Brabandt" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, September 28, 2011 4:05 pm, Dwayne Henderson wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > >>> The example files are only that - examples. They are not used > >>> unless your own vimrc or gvimrc sources them, and whether or not > >>> they do, it's your choice. > > >> No, I'm pretty sure gVim went ahead and sourced them (or at least > >> one of them) anyway. So my only choice was to edit them, and take > >> out the parts I didn't need. > > They shouldn't and are certainly not source on my Win XP system.
By default, a fresh Vim install on Windows DOES source the vimrc_example.vim. $VIM/_vimrc contains: set nocompatible source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim behave mswin If any user lacks a personal .vimrc/_vimrc, that user's Vim will use $VIM/_vimrc. Most of the things the OP complains about are set in vimrc_example.vim. I agree that backups are annoying and should probably not be on by default for new users, but I disagree about turning off indent, filetype plugins, etc. I think that is certainly a useful default, it's part of what makes Vim able to compete with modern point-and- click editors. -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
