Hi Ben, I recommend reading the vimtutor through before doing anything you can't master as of now.
Regards, Covi On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Ben Farquhar <benni.farqu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > Im doing vimtutor. In particular, this: > > 1. Start editing the "vimrc" file. This depends on your system: > :e ~/.vimrc for Unix > :e $VIM/_vimrc for MS-Windows > > 2. Now read the example "vimrc" file contents: > :r $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim > > 3. Write the file with: > :w > > The next time you start Vim it will use syntax highlighting. > You can add all your preferred settings to this "vimrc" file. > For more information type :help vimrc-intro > > > And the first time i did :e~/.vimrc it was allowing me to edit. then i > got off the page as i didntk know what to type. Now i cant even open > the file to edit as when i type the command :e ~/.vimrc it says: E37: > No write since last change (add ! to override). And so i just open the > example :r $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim and use "v" to select it and > use :w vimrc to write it to my vimrc file and it says the same thing. > > help? thanks > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
