svn commit: r372654 - in head/editors/vim: . files

[Alexander Kabaev]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:33:28 -0800
Stephen Hurd <shurd at sasktel.net> wrote:

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> Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> >> Log:
> >>   Use vimrc from distribution.
> >>  
> >>   Suggested by: many.
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> > Just in case it was not voiced before: IMHO, this is a change that
> > changes vim into something far less usable than before and rams that
> > down everyone's throat unceremoniously, leaving one with no other
> > sensible recourse other than maintaining own package build with this
> > option disabled. It this really something we should be doing to
> > 'attract young talent and look cool', as this supposedly was the
> > driving force for this commit? Since that talent, evidently, is
> > unable to configure own editor using one-liner in .vimrc, does it
> > warrant the sacrifice?
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> Since this is the upstream default example, it's exactly what @sample
> is for.  If you simply replace the vimrc with your preferred one (or
> an empty file if that's your preference), it won't be overridden
> again, no need to maintain your own package or install from ports.

There is no such thing as upstream there as every Linux distribution
seems to ship own version of the /etc/vimrc file and they happen to
have saner defaults compared to what we install now.

RE: @sample, thanks for the tip, it definitely helps.


-- 
Alexander Kabaev
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