Re: How can I keep vim from keeping context

On 09/12/11 17:14, Bruce wrote:
> I've been annoyed by it for years, but maybe it has become more
> aggressive.
>
> I *HATE* colors because I cannot read blue on black or yellow on
> white.
> Those colors are all too common.
>
> I *HATE* finding myself in the middle of a file because several months
> ago I
> edited the same file and that is where I left off.
>
> VIM is waaaay too smart for its own good.
>
> Yesterday, I googled the answer to shutting down VIM's memory:
>
> set viminfo='0,:0,<0,@0,f0,/0'
>
> cool except that vim responded with, "I saw that in your vimrc file,
> and
> I do know what you want to do, but I am not going to honor it because
> you left off something or other (and I won't tell you what)."
>
> OK, not quite true, but this is true:
>
>> Error detected while processing /old-home/bkorb/.vimrc:
>> line 39:
>> E527: Missing comma: viminfo='0,:0,<0,@0,f0,/0'
>> Press ENTER or type command to continue
>
> and adding a comma yields another error and fixing that goes back to
> this.
> Entirely equivalent to "I won't tell you what."
>
> Morals to the story:
>
> 1. Clear error messages are crucial
> 2. How do I tell VIM that I want it to be a stupid (non-fancy) text
> editor?
>

So let's have a look at that :set statement of yours. The 'viminfo'
option is a comma-separated list. What are you setting it to?

'0 Don't remember file marks
:0 Don't remember command-line history
<0 Don't save registers
@0 Don't remember input history
f0 Don't store file marks
/0' HUH? /0 would mean "don't remember search history",
but why the apostrophe after it?

This said, if you don't want to keep anything in the viminfo, just use

:set vi=

(i.e. set the option to the empty string).

What Vim was telling you was not "I know what you're trying to achieve
and I won't do it because you left out something that I know and won't
tell", it was just simply: "I don't understand".

Best regards,
Tony.
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