On Saturday 19 December 2009 05:41:10 pm Bob wrote:
> Hi-
>
> in my ~/.vimrc file I have:
> :set ts=4
> :set nobackup
> :set ai
> :set nocindent
> :set nosi
> :set fo-=r
> :set ruler
> :set tags=./tags
>
> yet when I edit a file with vim and type:
> :set fo
>
> I see formatoptions=croql
>
> which vi produces:
> vi /usr/bin/vim
>
> When I change ts=8 and re-run vi, it changes, so it appears
> its reading my file but ignoring 'fo'. Can someone tell me
> how to fix this or why its happening? Maybe its a bug?
many things can change your formatoption setting
one might be exposed by executing
:verbose set fo?
more clues might come from
:scriptnames
poke around
sc
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