" All system-wide defaults are set in $VIMRUNTIME/debian.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/vim/vimrc), since debian.vim " will be overwritten everytime an upgrade of the vim packages is performed. " It is recommended to make changes after sourcing debian.vim since it alters " the value of the 'compatible' option. runtime! debian.vim " Vim will load $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim if the user does not have a vimrc. " This happens after /etc/vim/vimrc(.local) are loaded, so it will override " any settings in these files. " If you don't want that to happen, uncomment the below line to prevent " defaults.vim from being loaded. " let g:skip_defaults_vim = 1 " Uncomment the next line to make Vim more Vi-compatible " NOTE: debian.vim sets 'nocompatible'. Setting 'compatible' changes numerous " options, so any other options should be set AFTER setting 'compatible'. "set compatible " Vim5 and later versions support syntax highlighting. Uncommenting the next " line enables syntax highlighting by default. "syntax on " If using a dark background within the editing area and syntax highlighting " turn on this option as well "set background=dark " Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when " reopening a file "au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif " Uncomment the following to have Vim load indentation rules and plugins " according to the detected filetype. "filetype plugin indent on " The following are commented out as they cause vim to behave a lot " differently from regular Vi. They are highly recommended though. "set showcmd " Show (partial) command in status line. "set showmatch " Show matching brackets. "set ignorecase " Do case insensitive matching "set smartcase " Do smart case matching "set incsearch " Incremental search "set autowrite " Automatically save before commands like :next and :make "set hidden " Hide buffers when they are abandoned "set mouse=a " Enable mouse usage (all modes) " Source a global configuration file if available if filereadable("/etc/vim/vimrc.local") source /etc/vim/vimrc.local endif