Bug#368698: Started as vi sources .vimrc and warns about unknown configuration syntax

[Kai Weber]

Package: vim
Version: 1:7.0-017+4
Severity: normal

Hi,

I have copied the following line from /etc/vim/vimrc into my .vimrc:

" Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when
" reopening a file
if has("autocmd")
  au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$")
      \| exe "normal g'\"" | endif
endif

If I start vim as vim everything works as expected. If I start vim as
vi I get the following warning:

Error detected while processing /home/kai/.vimrc:
line   11:
E10: \ should be followed by /, ? or &
Press ENTER or type command to continue

Is this the expected behaviour? Is starting vim as vi different in
upstream or is this a Debian addition?

If I read about "compatible" in the vim-help I could not find a
information. The help says: If a .vimrc is found it always
starts in compatible mode.

Summarize: If vim is started as vi it also reads .vimrc which could lead
to warnings and errors about unknown syntax (and maybe options, too --
did not try that).


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1148306385
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6-9     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgpmg1                     1.19.6-22   General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-2       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  vim-common                   1:7.0-017+4 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii  vim-runtime                  1:7.0-017+4 Vi IMproved - Runtime files

vim recommends no packages.

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