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diff --git a/chapter06/config-vim.xml b/chapter06/config-vim.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 7fa0650ac..000000000 --- a/chapter06/config-vim.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2><title>Configuring Vim</title> - -<para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-compatible mode. Some -people might like this, but we prefer to run <command>vim</command> in its -own mode (else we wouldn't have included it in this book, but the original -<command>vi</command>). Create a default vim configuration file by running -the following:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/vimrc << "EOF"</userinput> -" Begin /etc/vimrc - -set nocompatible -set backspace=2 -syntax on - -" End /etc/vimrc -<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen> - -<para>The <emphasis>set nocompatible</emphasis> will make -<command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way than the default -vi-compatible manner. The <emphasis>set backspace=2</emphasis> allows -backspacing over line breaks, autoindent and the start of insert. And the -<emphasis>syntax on</emphasis> switches on <command>vim</command>'s -semantic colouring.</para> - -</sect2> - |