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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