On 2010-01-20, Peter Berntsen wrote:
> On 20 Jan, 06:27, Gary Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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.
> OK Gary,
>
> :verbose set backup?
> backup
>
> :h verbose set backup
> E149 Sorry, no help for verbose set backup
>
> What does verbose set backup do?
It will show you where 'backup' was last set. See
:help :set-verbose
For you it just printed "backup". That indicates that either it has
not been set since vim was started or that it was last set from the
command line. It was not set in any of your configuration files.
> :scriptnames
>
> 1: /usr/share/vim/vimrc
> 2: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/syntax.vim
> 3: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/synload.vim
> 4: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/syncolor.vim
> 5: /usr/share/vim/vim72/filetype.vim
> 6: /usr/share/vim/vim72/ftplugin.vim
> 7: /usr/share/vim/vim72/indent.vim
> 8: /home/peter/.vimrc
> 9: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/nosyntax.vim
> 10: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/getscriptPlugin.vim
> 11: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/gzip.vim
> 12: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/matchparen.vim
> 13: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim
> 14: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/rrhelper.vim
> 15: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/spellfile.vim
> 16: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/tarPlugin.vim
> 17: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/tohtml.vim
> 18: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/vimballPlugin.vim
> 19: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/zipPlugin.vim
> 20: /usr/share/vim/vim72/scripts.vim
> 21: /usr/share/vim/vim72/ftplugin/help.vim
> 22: /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/help.vim
>
>
> as #8 we see that .vimrc file is sourced.
That verifies that both /usr/share/vim/vimrc and /home/peter/.vimrc
were sourced, so setting 'backup' in either place should work.
The example you gave showed the commands preceded by comment
characters ("). If they are actually commented-out in your
~/.vimrc, that would explain why they aren't being executed.
> If this makes any difference. I have aliased vim = gvim -v in
> my .bashrc file.
It shouldn't make any difference.
Regards,
Gary
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