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Creating a system-wide vimrc file, as suggested by Greg.

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1<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
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3<sect2><title>Configuring Vim</title>
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5<para>By default, <userinput>vim</userinput> runs in vi-compatible mode. Some
6people might like this, but we prefer to run <userinput>vim</userinput> in its
7own mode (else we wouldn't have included it in this book, but the original
8<userinput>vi</userinput>). Create a default vim configuration file by running
9the following:</para>
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11<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/vimrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
12" Begin /etc/vimrc
13
14set nocompatible
15set backspace=2
16syntax on
17
18" End /etc/vimrc
19<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
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21<para>The <userinput>set nocompatible</userinput> will make
22<userinput>vim</userinput> behave in a more useful way than the default
23vi-compatible manner. The <userinput>set backspace=2</userinput> allows
24backspacing over line breaks, autoindent and the start of insert. And the
25<userinput>syntax on</userinput> switches on <userinput>vim</userinput>'s
26semantic colouring.</para>
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28</sect2>
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