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Configure vim
2011/03/13
  Install and Configure vim that is more convenience than vi.

[1] Install vim
[root@dlp ~]#
yum -y install vim-enhanced

[2] Set command aliace. ( Apply to all users below. If you apply to a user, Write the same settings in '~/.bashrc' )
[root@dlp ~]#
vi /etc/profile


# last line: add

alias vi='vim'


[root@dlp ~]#
source /etc/profile
# apply new settings
[3] Configure vim. ( Apply to a user below. If you applly to all users, Write the same settings in '/etc/vimrc', some settings are applied by default though. )
[root@dlp ~]#
vi ~/.vimrc


" use extended function of vim (no compatible with vi)

set nocompatible

" specify encoding

set encoding=euc-jp

" specify file encoding

set fileencodings=iso-2022-jp,sjis

" specify file formats

set fileformats=unix,dos

" take backup

" if not, specify [ set nobackup ]

set backup

" specify backup directory

set backupdir=~/backup

" take 50 search histories

set history=50

" ignore Case

set ignorecase

" distinct Capital if you mix it in search words

set smartcase

" highlights matched words

" if not, specify [ set nohlsearch ]

set hlsearch

" use incremental search

" if not, specify [ set noincsearch ]

set incsearch

" show line number

" if not, specify [ set nonumber ]

set number

" Visualize break ( $ ) or tab ( ^I )

set list

" highlights parentheses

set showmatch

" show color display

" if not, specify [ syntax off ]

syntax on

" change colors for comments if it's set [ syntax on ]

highlight Comment ctermfg=LightCyan

" wrap lines

" if not, specify [ set nowrap ]

set wrap

 
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