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diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml index fdb2b9d59..fd23e5ef3 100644 --- a/chapter06/vim.xml +++ b/chapter06/vim.xml @@ -61,7 +61,34 @@ installed. For more information read the Vim documentation.</para> </sect2> -&c6-cf-vim; +<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> &aa-vim-shortdesc; &aa-vim-desc; |