On 2010-01-19, Peter Berntsen wrote:
> Running 7.2.245 under Slackware Linux 13.0 and I have noticed that
> my .vimrc file doesn't seem to be read. For example to not keep a
> backup file I comment out the code for that in the vimrc file like
> this.
> "if has("vms")
> " set nobackup " do not keep a backup file, use versions
> instead
> "else
> " set backup " keep a backup file
> "endif
>
> this only works when it is done in the /usr/share/vimrc file and not
> if it is done in the ~/.vimrc file.
> Is there something I have overlooked or is this a bug in version
> 7.2.245?
I'm not aware of any such bug in any version of vim 7.2. One thing
you might try to find the source of the problem is to execute
:verbose set backup?
to see where 'backup' was last set. Another is to execute
:scriptnames
which will show you all the files that have been sourced.
Regards,
Gary
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