On Apr 9 13:51, René Berber wrote: > On 4/9/2015 12:34 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Apr 9 09:54, Weston Turner wrote: > >> I corroborate the original poster's experience with this issue. > >> > >> Steps to reproduce the issue: for example open a file with vim > >> under Cygwin, press: up, up, down, down, left, left, right, > >> right. Vim under Cygwin places: > >> > >> C C D D B B A A > >> > >> in the file due to the arrow keys being pressed. Vim under bash > >> on Linux or the Mac terminal does not treat the arrow keys as > >> file input, but rather simply uses them to move the cursor about > >> in the file. > > > > WJFFM, as on Linux, in command mode as well as in insert mode. > > You probably have a .vimrc on Cygwin, and the same or /etc/vimrc on Linux.
I have a.vimrc, yes. > > The real question: > > Why vim on Cygwin doesn't install, or use if you add one, /etc/vimrc? > > On Linux I have one with the following contents (which fixes the > thread problem): > > " Begin /etc/vimrc > > set nocompatible > set backspace=2 > syntax on > set background=dark > if (&term == "iterm") || (&term == "putty") > set background=dark > endif > > " End /etc/vimrc > > The 5th line doesn't work with the version installed on Cygwin, so you > have to comment it; but it would be nice to also have syntax highlighting. Indeed. I just tested this by moving my ~/.vimrc to /etc/vimrc and then /etc/virc, and in both cases syntax highlighting is not activated even though a `set nocompatible' preceeds `syntax on', while the same works fine on Fedora. Yaakov, any idea? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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