Bug#441111: vim: please set syntax=on by default on the gral config file

[Tatiana de la O]

James Vega wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 10:46:20PM +0200, Marie 3Jane Marie-France TEssier-Ashpool wrote:
>> Please set syntax=on as default on the install config file.
> 
> What's the gral config file?

/etc/vim/vimrc

> 
>> There are almost no moments in which 
>> you will not want the syntax, and 
>> those moments are lived by people 
>> that knows how to edit a config file.
> 
> If you're referring to simply having syntax highlighting enabled, we've
> chosen not to enable it by default. 

Why? Has that decision been revisited lately? More and more people is
using the system, so the usecases may vary...
Is there a place in which me, as a user, can give an opinion about
default options, and see what other users think? (I don't pretend to
know everything abot config files anyway... maybe the reason is unkown
to me and I also agree)

 You can easily enable it by adding
> "syntax on" to your ~/.vimrc file.

I know, but many people don't know about all this config files fiddling,
that's why I would like to have it enabled by default.
People that don't know how to enable-disable or that vim has syntax even.
Is there a place in which I can see the discussion about syntax
highlighting disabled by default, and why it has been decided like that?

Sorry for the inconveniences, and thanks for your time.


Tatiana