Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Re: [OT(?)] Ubuntu 18 now defaults to 4-space tabs

* Marvin Renich <mrvn@renich.org> [190910 14:56]:
> My opinion is that the defaults.vim file should only set options that
> almost all vim users will want, and should stay completely away from
> options that are "personal taste" (i.e. leave them with the vim internal
> default settings). The most noticeable option that bothers me is the
> scrolloff setting. Some people like it, and some, like me, are bothered
> by having it non-zero. The vim default has been 0 (the vi compatible
> behavior) since the beginning of time^Wvim. A non-zero value was added
> to defaults.vim, I suppose when vim started conditionally sourcing that
> file. To repeat myself, defaults.vim should not set any options where
> there is a wide variety of personal preference.
Thanks for taking the words out of my mouth.

After a fresh install of a raspbian, I was *highly* confused by these
"defaults" and tempted to use emacs. No, joke! But still...

--
--
You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php

---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20190910130503.GA17601%40mo-online.de.

No comments:

Post a Comment