Ideally, starting the program as 'vim' would automatically give the user the
improvements promised in the name. And 'vi' would hide all those improvements.
Here is my list of options to set when run as 'vim':
set nocompatible
Just because.
set autoindent
It's smart enough to cover most basic needs.
set backspace=indent,eol,start
Because the default behavior weirds out new users.
set hidden
Because 'nohidden' is too inflexible and 'hidden' would prevent new users from
using tab pages as file proxies.
set ruler
Minimal information.
set wildmenu
Makes command-line completion incredibly useful.
syntax on
Syntax highlighting has been an expectation for a long time.
I'm partial to 'filetype plugin indent on' too but it *may* do a bit too much
for some users. 'filetype on' (automatic with 'syntax on' is a good start,
though.
Some common issues:
- Indentation settings are too complex. Autodetection should be a built-in
feature.
- When switching buffers/windows, the cursor position should be more
predictable by default, adding vimscript to one's 'vimrc' shouldn't be needed
for that.
- '$MYRUNTIME' would be a very useful addition.
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