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Re:Five lines I put in a blank .vimrc by pletnes on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:05PM (#25410819)
Why nocompatible?
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Re:Five lines I put in a blank .vimrc by kolme on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:17PM (#25410936)
Not necessary, AFAIK, unless you invoke vim using the alias "vi". If you call "vim" it'll start in nocompatibe mode by default.

The nocompatible mode means adding some features to vim rendering it "incompatible" with the original vi. For example in the original vi you can only undo the last action, with compatible mode on vim will mimic this behavior.

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Re:Five lines I put in a blank .vimrc by toxik on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:30PM (#25411053)
Takes a whole stroke off your shell game!
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