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vjoe

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From: Milton Keynes

Registered: 2008-06-14

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Vim - strange behaviour

I think my vim is not working properly. I have the same .Xdefaults and vim theme in my laptop and in my university account, but I looks different on my laptop, with the line numbers and comments in black, when they should be grey. Does Archlinux overwrite the vim settings somewhere?

Here are my files:

.Xdefaults
ir_black.vim

rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

Check your $TERM settings in both locations.  Your term at home may not support as many colors as the term at school.

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vjoe

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From: Milton Keynes

Registered: 2008-06-14

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

Both rxvt.

lagagnon

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

Do you have "set nocompatible" in your ~/.vimrc file?

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quintaessentia

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From: Florida

Registered: 2010-03-19

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

Have you looked at your /etc/vimrc or /usr/share/vim/vim72/vimrc_example.vim files? I had a problem where initially everything was gray and I had to add "syntax enable" to my /etc/vimrc file.

vjoe

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From: Milton Keynes

Registered: 2008-06-14

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

I added "set nocompatible" at the top of my .vimrc and it didn't fix it.

I just had a look at /etc/vimrc and it contains:

" All system-wide defaults are set in $VIMRUNTIME/archlinux.vim (usually just
" /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/archlinux.vim) and sourced by the call to :runtime
" you can find below.  If you wish to change any of those settings, you should
" do it in this file (/etc/vimrc), since archlinux.vim will be overwritten
" everytime an upgrade of the vim packages is performed.  It is recommended to
" make changes after sourcing archlinux.vim since it alters the value of the
" 'compatible' option.

" This line should not be removed as it ensures that various options are
" properly set to work with the Vim-related packages.
runtime! archlinux.vim

" If you prefer the old-style vim functionalty, add 'runtime! vimrc_example.vim'
" Or better yet, read /usr/share/vim/vim72/vimrc_example.vim or the vim manual
" and configure vim to your own liking!

I am not sure how to solve this problem. Is there an option to reset all the settings?

Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

What is the actual TE you are running?

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vjoe

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From: Milton Keynes

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

rxvt-unicode.

Mr.Elendig

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

As discovered on irc, not lying about your TE helps

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vjoe

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From: Milton Keynes

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Re: Vim - strange behaviour

Didn't know rxvt and rxvt-unicode were that different.