By the way, the OS is windows 7. And even after I removed the _vimrc file under the vim directory, vim still works.
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Denzel Li <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been using vim for years and I love it. My problem is: it seems > that my vim is using an "old" _vimrc file "hidden" somewhere rather > than the one in the vim directory. > > Here is a detailed description of my whole process of finding the problems: > It was vim7.2 win32 version on my windows 64 system. I have been > using it for years but just realized none of my source code was > indented with spaces. So I went to check the _virmrc file on the > directory installed vim, but it clearly shows: > > set expandtab > set shiftwidth=2 > set softtabstop=2 > > I then uninstalled vim7.2 (including other plugins etc) and > reinstalled vim7.3. When I use it to open some text file, it says it > can not find the colorscheme "blacklight", meanwhile the font is Dina. > These colorscheme and font are those I used before unstalling vim7.2. > It is obviously that the fresh vim7.3 is still using that _vimrc file > (hidden somewhere, not uninstalled but in windows registry?) rather > than the default one which is in the vim directory. Then it also > becomes clear why the indentation by spaces configuration did not > work: the hidden _vimrc does not set expandtab! > > It will be very appreciated if you give my any suggestion. > > Thanks. > > Denzel > -- 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
