Paul McFerrin wrote:
> As one of those users using "vi" for the past 30 years, I have some
> questions pertaining mainly to Vim 7.2.
>
> I don't like changes in "default" behavior of certain programs. Vim7.2
> is one. How can I turn off "autoindent". In my .vimrc file, I have
> "set noautoindent" and issued in comand mode ":set notutoindent" but it
> still autoindents. If I insert a new line below a .vimrc comment line,
> not oinly is the line autoindent'd but it also places another comment
> (") character. I don't like editors that second guess you and they be
> incorrect.
>
> Another new feature I don't care for: It highlights pairs of special
> characters. Like "(......)", if your cursor is on the opening "(", the
> closing ")" character is higligthed with green square which makes the
> character unreadable with my vision problems. I would like to be able
> to change the color to something different or disable than option.
>
> Another option I would like to disable, the "u"ndo command. I'm a 30
> year veteran of the real "vi" command and ANY MORE than a single "u" is
> ignored.in deleting characters. I frequently use two (uu) commands to
> find my place on the screen. Now the "u" command will undo multiple
> edits and not just undo the undo command.
>
> I'm sorry if I missed any answers in my documentation.
>
> Call me picky,
> -Paul
>
Have you tried compatible mode? Ie. don't have a .vimrc, use .exrc
(after all, the original vi didn't use .vimrc files).
Assuming that you have a reason for wanting some vim extensions, and so
wish to keep your .vimrc:
I'm not sure why you're getting autoindent anyway. Try
:set noai nocin
Find out what your formatoption is currently:
:echo &fo
and remove 2 and c from it.
Put
let g:loaded_matchparen = 1 " don't load matching
parenthesis plugin
in your .vimrc.
To handle undo:
set cpo+=u
I suggest looking over all the cpo options.
Regards,
Chip Campbell
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