Vim ignores /etc/vimrc directive but reads from ~/.vimrc

graysky · 2016-08-05 19:15:22

It seems that the recent vim update (7.4.2143-1) changes the behavior of clicking when editing a file to visual mode. I'd like to globally disable this but setting the following in /etc/vimrc does not get applied:

set mouse-=a

Setting it in ~/.vimrc does work... wtf?

Last edited by graysky (2016-08-05 19:20:06)

alphaniner · 2016-08-05 20:05:19

As a sanity check, can you confirm /etc/vimrc is being sourced:

$ vim -V
chdir(/etc)
fchdir() to previous dir
sourcing "/etc/vimrc"
Searching for "archlinux.vim" in ...
...

graysky · 2016-08-05 22:06:20

@alpha - sure does (plus all my other custom stuff in there works):

chdir(/etc)
fchdir() to previous dir
sourcing "/etc/vimrc"
...

Can you confirm both my observation that vis mode is on by default now and that the command to disable it in /etc/vimrc is ignored?

alphaniner · 2016-08-05 22:27:53

I can confirm both when I run vim as a user with no vim config, but with my normal user it gets automagically turned off somehow.

Edit: aha (maybe). I discovered that if you run 'vim -V' and then use ':set <var>' it will tell you what last set the variable. With my dummy user and 'set mouse-=a' in /etc/vimrc, ':set mouse' reports

  mouse=a
        Last set from /usr/share/vim/vim74/defaults.vim

So I guess it boils down to sourcing order and /usr/.../defaults.vim is sourced somewhere between /etc/vimrc and ~/.vimrc ?

As for my normal user, /usr/.../defaults.vim apparently doesn't get sourced at all...

Last edited by alphaniner (2016-08-05 22:39:51)

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#1 2016-08-05 19:15:22

Vim ignores /etc/vimrc directive but reads from ~/.vimrc

#2 2016-08-05 20:05:19

Re: Vim ignores /etc/vimrc directive but reads from ~/.vimrc

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