vim in Slackware

**stokes** · 08-15-2005

Is it me or is vim (vi) impossibly difficult to use in Slackware? There's no vimrc in /etc/vim/ so I can't add the syntax colours , and 'i' to insert doesn't allow me to type any characters. Are there different flavours of vim? Or do I just need to configure it somehow to behave 'normally' ?

For the moment I've been using Pico, but I would prefer vim if I can get it working the way I'm used to.

oz · 08-15-2005

Yeah, it does work a little differently than in some other distros.

You could do a google search for "vimrc", find an example of one you like, then edit to your satisfaction, then add it to your home directory like this:

/home/<user>/.vimrc

**gajon** · 08-15-2005

Code:

~$ cp /usr/share/vim/vim63/vimrc_example.vim .vimrc
~$ cp /usr/share/vim/vim63/gvimrc_example.vim .gvimrc

**stokes** · 08-18-2005

Originally Posted by gajon

Code:

~$ cp /usr/share/vim/vim63/vimrc_example.vim .vimrc
~$ cp /usr/share/vim/vim63/gvimrc_example.vim .gvimrc

What does this actually do? I've done it but my vim seems to be the same.

**gajon** · 08-18-2005

These are the vimrc files that you were looking for in /etc/vim, but instead you copy them to your home folder and then you can customize it if you with.

Make sure you are copying them to your home folder:

Code:

~$ cp /usr/share/vim/vim63/vimrc_example.vim ~/.vimrc
~$ cp /usr/share/vim/vim63/gvimrc_example.vim ~/.gvimrc

Then open up a file in vim and you'll see that it does syntax coloring now.

Code:

vim ~/.vimrc

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