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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Setting vim to nocompatible by default in Cygwin [Attn base-files maintainer]
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On Dec  5 22:39, Eric Blake wrote:
> Is it worth the base-files maintainer providing a default .vimrc file that
> gets installed alongside all the other default .*rc files for new users?

Sure!  It shouldn't contain too esoteric stuff, though, just a few basic
settings like, say, autoindent, nocompatible, syntax on.


Corinna

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