Re: New version of vim unsolicitedly sourcing defaults.vim?

On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 7:54 PM Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
>
> I upgraded packages on my FreeBSD box yesterday and noticed that
> vimrc behavior had changed.
>
> Prior to the upgrade, if I had a ~/.vimrc it wouldn't source the
> defaults.vim file.
>
> :help VIMINIT
>
> > The first that exists is used, the others are ignored.
>
> and it proceeds to list .vimrc (which I have) and, later down,
> defaults.vim (which should be ignored because I have a .vimrc)
>
> However, 'scrolloff' and 'mouse' are now annoyingly getting set
> (along with other defaults.vim tweaks):
>
> :verbose set scrolloff? mouse?
> mouse=nvi
> Last set from /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/defaults.vim line 85
> scrolloff=5
> Last set from /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/defaults.vim line 51
>
> According to tracing startup:
>
> :scriptnames
> 1: /usr/local/etc/vim/vimrc
> 2: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/defaults.vim
> 3: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/filetype.vim
> 4: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/ftplugin.vim
> 5: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/indent.vim
> 6: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/syntax/syntax.vim
> 7: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/syntax/synload.vim
> 8: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/syntax/syncolor.vim
> 9: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/colors/lists/default.vim
> 10: /usr/local/share/vim/vim90/syntax/nosyntax.vim
> 11: ~/.vimrc
> [snip]
>
> it's the /usr/local/etc/vim/vimrc causing the issue.
>
> Is this a FreeBSD package customization problem (and I should go
> grumble to the FreeBSD package maintainer(s)), or did the default
> system vimrc start ignoring the description in `:help VIMINIT`, and
> force defaults.vim on those of us who detest it (in which case,
> please revert this)?
>
> -Tim

Yes, it's your distro admins giving you what they think is good for
you. That's the problem with Vim executables built by distro
maintainers: they often come with a "system vimrc" doing undesired
things. If you compile your own Vim with default directory settings,
it will look for a system vimrc at /usr/local/share/vim/vimrc, find
none, and happily proceed with your ~/.vimrc (which, in my own-built
Vim, comes at the very top of the :scriptnames). What I do near (but
not at) the top of my ~/.vimrc is source the
$VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim (which, in recent versions of Vim,
sources the defaults.vim) and then undo whatever it sets that I don't
like (e.g. I have a line "filetype indent off" to counteract the
"indent" part of its "filetype plugin indent on").

Best regards,
Tony.

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