Bug#839112: vim: please provide vim-legacy packages
Ulrich Klauer
ulrich at chirlu.de
Sat Oct 1 18:03:57 UTC 2016
retitle 839112 Please revert to previous default settings
thanks
I also consider this change of defaults (the "mouse=a" change, at
least) a bug and would like to have it reverted. It is a very
disruptive change; to me, it was a sudden "WTF?! Pasting text from
another terminal no longer works!".
If, on the other hand, this is going to stay, users definitely need to
be warned about this change when upgrading the package. Furthermore in
that case, /etc/vim/vimrc needs updating. It currently says (and has
said for years), among other things:
> " The following are commented out as they cause vim to behave a lot
> " differently from regular Vi. They are highly recommended though.
> (...)
> "set mouse=a " Enable mouse usage (all modes)
It should instead say something to the effect of mouse usage being
enabled for all modes by default despite it being very differently
from Vi, and how to disable it.
Ulrich
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