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Old October 7th, 2009, 01:59
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Hey Guys, I am new to BSD but very familiar with Linux. While doing an install of vim 6 I noticed that syntax highlighting was not on. So I decided to look for the vimrc. In short I guess my question is why does the default install of vim 6 not place a vimrc file under /etc. More curiosity than anything else. I was able to find a solution for me by searching through the forums.

Also just a little background information. I am using PC-BSD 7.0 on a dell D820
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Old October 7th, 2009, 04:48
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According to man vim:

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/usr/local/share/vim/vimrc
System wide Vim initializations.
If you want to enable syntax highlighting, try using :set syn=on.
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In short I guess my question is why does the default install of vim 6 not place a vimrc file under /etc.
That's simply because ports never install anything in /etc.

If you want to customize simply create ~/.vimrc and put your commands in there.
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bsdtux, read this carefully:

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Sorry about that. I will redirect those questions there. Also thanks guys for your answers. Like I said I was able to find the solution I was just more curios.

Course I think I will give this a try on my FreeBSD server and see about the3 results.

Again thanks everyone.
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I wasn't trying to scare you away Just be warned about possible consequences when you simply apply FreeBSD advice to derived products.
No worries. But that does make sense. Again thanks everyone.
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