Re: [FC4] [VIM] Problem with color syntax and other under root

From: Justin Willmert (justin_at_jdjlab.com)
Date: 10/08/05

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    Richard England wrote:
    > Constantin CHARISSIS wrote:
    >
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> I have a problem with color syntaxing not working under vim only with the
    >> root user.
    >> Autoindent/smartindent is also not working under root only
    >>
    >> .vimrc of both root and normal user :
    >>
    >> set nocompatible
    >> set bs=2
    >> set expandtab
    >> syntax on
    >> set tabstop=2
    >> set autoindent
    >> set smartindent
    >> set shiftwidth=2
    >> set ruler
    >> set showmatch
    >> set encoding=latin9
    >> set fileencodings=latin9
    >>
    >> TERM=linux for both
    >>
    >> With the user : color syntax and indent is working
    >> With root : color syntax and indent is not working
    >>
    >> What is strange is that my 2 chars tab is working under root...
    >>
    >> I'm running FC4 i386 updated.
    >>
    >> [root@tux ~]# rpm -qa "vim*"
    >> vim-minimal-6.3.086-0.fc4
    >> vim-enhanced-6.3.086-0.fc4
    >> vim-common-6.3.086-0.fc4
    >>
    >> Using "strace vim" under root shows that vim reads the .vimrc without
    >> problem.
    >>
    >> Any idea about this problem ?
    >>
    >> Constantin Charissis
    >> DATASWIFT
    >>
    >>
    > Constantin,
    >
    > Are you certain your path for root and user are letting you get to the
    > same version of VIM?
    >
    > If you have not found a solution, you might consider visiting this URL
    > http://www.vim.org/community.php and subscribing to the VIM mailing
    > list. It's at least as helpful as this one and more likely to help you
    > solve a VIM specific issue.
    >
    One peculiarity I found was that as any normal user, you can just type
    vi and a file name and syntax highlighting is on automatically. With
    root, you have to type vim. I don't know why this is, but I'm just
    passing on what I've figured out.

    Hope that helps,
    Justin Willmert 

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