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- <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
- <sect2><title>Configuring Vim</title>
- <para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-compatible mode. Some
- people might like this, but we prefer to run <command>vim</command> in its
- own mode (else we wouldn't have included it in this book, but the original
- <command>vi</command>). Create a default vim configuration file by running
- the following:</para>
- <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/vimrc << "EOF"</userinput>
- " Begin /etc/vimrc
- set nocompatible
- set backspace=2
- syntax on
- " End /etc/vimrc
- <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
- <para>The <emphasis>set nocompatible</emphasis> will make
- <command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way than the default
- vi-compatible manner. The <emphasis>set backspace=2</emphasis> allows
- backspacing over line breaks, autoindent and the start of insert. And the
- <emphasis>syntax on</emphasis> switches on <command>vim</command>'s
- semantic colouring.</para>
- </sect2>
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