On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 11:47:03AM +0100, Paul wrote:
> This is confusing.
> 
> When the :help says "Vim default: …, set in defaults.vim", we don't
> really know what the real default is. Using 'showcmd' as an example,
> if I create a vimrc that contains only "set wrap", and run `vim`,
> 'showcmd' is off — the real default, which isn't mentioned in `:help
> 'showcmd'`.

But it is!  :help 'showcmd' says

  (Vim default: on, off for Unix,
   Vi default: off, set in defaults.vim)

So if you skip defaults.vim, and you're running vim on Unix, it'll be off.

Regards,
Marius Gedminas
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