Bug#611444: Enable syntax highlighting by default

[James Vega]

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 09:32:08AM -0500, James Vega wrote:
> tag 611444 wontfix
> thanks
> 
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:46:19PM +0100, Mathieu Parent wrote:
> > Please enable syntax highlighting by default.
> > 
> > This can be done by uncommenting the following line in /etc/vim/vimrc:
> > syntax on
> 
> You're more than welcome to do that in your own ~/.vimrc file or to
> modify /etc/vim/vimrc yourself (although I wouldn't recommend it) but
> that won't be done by the packaging.
> 
> Turning on syntax highlighting also enable filetype plugins and as
> described in /usr/share/doc/vim/NEWS.Debian.gz (quoted below) enabling
> this before the user's vimrc is sourced prevents the user from being
> able to change certain portions of Vim's behavior.
> 
>   Filetype plugins are no longer enabled by default because certain actions
>   (like preventing the loading of the default menus) *must* occur before
>   filetype detection is enabled.  By enabling filetype plugins (and detection)
>   in debian.vim, we were preventing the user from being able to make changes to
>   Vim's behavior.  Filetype plugins can be re-enabled via
>   "filetype plugin on".

As another data point:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/572627

-- 
James
GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <jamessan at debian.org>
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