On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:01:49 AM UTC-5, Christian Brabandt wrote: > (Please don't top poste. Only quote the relevant part and put > > your answer below it). > > > > On Tue, August 13, 2013 15:28, Charlie Andrews wrote: > > > Hmmm I never had the behavior before 7.4. I didn't change anything in my > > > .vimrc either. > > > > You either have it in your .vimrc already (and vim 7.4 didn't find > > it and therefore starts in compatible mode) or some other > > system vimrc must have included it. > >
Actually 'backspace' defaults to an empty string even in nocompatible mode. You always need to set it to something not broken. > > You might want to check out the :version output to see, where vim > > is looking for .vimrc files and use :scriptnames to find out, > > which files have been loaded. > Also, regardless of the 'backspace' setting, using 'd' in normal mode ought to work. Charlie...what exact normal-mode command did you use that didn't delete text? Does the 'backspace' setting fix your problems in insert mode? -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
