Vim 7.2 on CentOS 6 - set ruler has no effect
Ismail, Mohd F.
I'm using CentOS 6, with vim 7.2. For whatever reason, there is no row and column info at the bottom right corner. I check the /etc/vimrc and set ruler is enabled. What could be the problem?
--Farid
Tony Mechelynck
What does Vim answer to ":echo has('cmdline_info')" (without the double
quotes but with the single ones)? If it's 0 (zero), then the 'ruler'
feature wasn't included at compile-time.
BTW, Vim 7.2 is obsolete now (though admittedly less than the Vim 5.x I
saw someone use recently). The current version is 7.3.329. If you're
interested, see
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Getting_the_Vim_source_with_Mercurial
http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm
Best regards,
Tony.
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Ben Fritz
this the case?
Ismail, Mohd F.
When I type that command in vim window, it gives me nothing. It just returns the cursor position to its initial position. Am I supposed to type it some where else?
Hi Ben Fritz,
I looked into the vimrc and there is no statusline keyword anywhere in the file. I didn't customize my vi and just use what ever was set up by CentOS people.
--Farid
________________________________________
From: Tony Mechelynck [antoine.m...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 8:19 PM
To: vim...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Ismail, Mohd F.
Subject: Re: Vim 7.2 on CentOS 6 - set ruler has no effect
Tony Mechelynck
> Hi Tony,
>
> When I type that command in vim window, it gives me nothing. It just returns the cursor position to its initial position. Am I supposed to type it some where else?
You should be using Vim in Normal mode, then type
:echo has('cmdline_info')
followed by hitting Enter. A 0 (zero, meaning "no") or a 1 (one, meaning
"yes") should appear at bottom left of your Vim screen. Anything you
type will make it disappear again.
>
> Hi Ben Fritz,
>
> I looked into the vimrc and there is no statusline keyword anywhere in the file. I didn't customize my vi and just use what ever was set up by CentOS people.
Aha! Is it ~/.vimrc or $VIM/vimrc or /etc/vimrc or something else? If
anything but the first of these, Vim will be in 'compatible' mode by
default. What do you see at the bottom of the screen if (in Normal mode)
you type
:verbose set ruler?
(with the question mark), followed by hitting the Enter key?
>
> --Farid
Oh, and BTW, the custom of these lists is to reply below, not above, the
text you're replying to.
Best regards,
Tony.
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Tony Mechelynck
Yes, and the absence of the word "statusline" from the vimrc doesn't
mean it isn't set -- it can also be named "stl". Farid, try typing
:verbose set stl?
in Normal mode, followed by Enter, and see what appears at bottom left
of your Vim screen.
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Ismail, Mohd F.
To: Ismail, Mohd F.
Cc: vim...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Vim 7.2 on CentOS 6 - set ruler has no effect
On 02/10/11 18:24, Ismail, Mohd F. wrote:
:echo has('cmdline_info')
:verbose set ruler?
>
> --Farid
Hi Tony,
I tried both with /etc/vimrc and ~/.vimrc (copying from /etc/vimrc to .vimrc in my home directory), and they both behaved similarly.
When I type :echo has('cmdline_info'), like I said, nothing happens. The cursor just go back to its original position. No 0 or 1 at the bottom left corner. The command :echo has ('cmdline_info') remains there until I go into insert mode or type some other command.
When I type :verbose set ruler?, I got, at the bottom left corner, in red background E519: Option not supported: ruler?
Below is the .vimrc file if it is of any help:
============================Begin .vimrc===============================
if v:lang =~ "utf8$" || v:lang =~ "UTF-8$"
set fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,latin1
endif
set nocompatible " Use Vim defaults (much better!)
set bs=indent,eol,start " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
"set ai " always set autoindenting on
"set backup " keep a backup file
set viminfo='20,\"50 " read/write a .viminfo file, don't store more
" than 50 lines of registers
set history=50 " keep 50 lines of command line history
set ruler " show the cursor position all the time
set showcmd
set number
" Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands
if has("autocmd")
augroup redhat
autocmd!
" In text files, always limit the width of text to 78 characters
autocmd BufRead *.txt set tw=78
" When editing a file, always jump to the last cursor position
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if line("'\"") > 0 && line ("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ exe "normal! g'\"" |
\ endif
" don't write swapfile on most commonly used directories for NFS mounts or USB sticks
autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre /media/*,/mnt/* set directory=~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp
" start with spec file template
autocmd BufNewFile *.spec 0r /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/template.spec
augroup END
endif
if has("cscope") && filereadable("/usr/bin/cscope")
set csprg=/usr/bin/cscope
set csto=0
set cst
set nocsverb
" add any database in current directory
if filereadable("cscope.out")
cs add cscope.out
" else add database pointed to by environment
elseif $CSCOPE_DB != ""
cs add $CSCOPE_DB
endif
set csverb
endif
" Switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors
" Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
syntax on
set hlsearch
endif
filetype plugin on
if &term=="xterm"
set t_Co=8
set t_Sb=?[4%dm
set t_Sf=?[3%dm
endif
" Don't wake up system with blinking cursor:
" http://www.linuxpowertop.org/known.php
let &guicursor = &guicursor . ",a:blinkon0"
=====================End .vimrc=====================================
--Farid
Tony Mechelynck
[...]
> When I type :verbose set ruler?, I got, at the bottom left corner, in red background E519: Option not supported: ruler?
That's clear enough: the 'ruler' functionality was excluded at compile-time.
But I'm curious: try running
vim --version > vim-version.txt
then pasting the file vim-version.txt in an email. Then we'll have a
better idea of how you can get a Vim version which includes that
functionality.
Best regards,
Tony.
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Ismail, Mohd F.
________________________________________
From: Tony Mechelynck [antoine.m...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 6:52 PM
To: Ismail, Mohd F.
Cc: vim...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Vim 7.2 on CentOS 6 - set ruler has no effect
On 03/10/11 06:15, Ismail, Mohd F. wrote:
vim --version > vim-version.txt
Here it is. I'll compile my own version then. Is there a guide on what's best option to include?
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Jun 25 2011 09:43:11)
Included patches: 1-411
Modified by <bugz...@redhat.com>
Compiled by <bugz...@redhat.com>
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent
-clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
+cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic
+emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path
+float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand
+jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap
+menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm
-mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte
+multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript
+printer +profile +python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind
+signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax
+tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse
+textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual
+visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup
-X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -I/usr/include/python2.6 -pthread
Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lselinux -lncurses -lacl -lgpm -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -fstack-protector -L/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -lperl -lresolv -lutil -lc -L/usr/lib64/python2.6/config -lpython2.6 -lutil -lm -Xlinker -export-dynamic
--Farid
Christian Brabandt
On Do, 06 Okt 2011, Ismail, Mohd F. wrote:
>
> Here it is. I'll compile my own version then. Is there a guide on what's best option to include?
>
>
[...]
> Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
> +arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent
> -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
Are you sure, this is the same version which has the problem. set ruler
should work just find from this version. Could it be, there is another
vim in your path, may be a tiny vim or you called it vi? Try :version
from within the vim, that has the problem and look for +cmdline_info
(enabled ruler feature) or -cmdline_info (disbaled ruler feature)
regards,
Christian
Ismail, Mohd F.
From: Christian Brabandt <cbli...@256bit.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 20:11:31 +0200
Local: Thurs, Oct 6 2011 1:11 pm
Subject: Re: Vim 7.2 on CentOS 6 - set ruler has no effect
Hi Ismail,!
regards,
Christian
Hi Christian,
You're right. There are /bin/vi and /usr/bin/vim. vim is the one with set ruler that works fine, while vi doesn't show that. Thank you for pointing that out.
--Farid
Tony Mechelynck
On RedHat and similar systems, you may have several Vim executables
installed:
/bin/vi is a "minimal" version with no arithmetic evaluation, no syntax
highlighting, no ruler, no split-windows, no multibyte support, etc. Its
only advantage is that it is guaranteed to be on a filesystem which is
always "mounted" even when running the system in single-user
emergency-repairs mode (runlevel 1 or S) and even if /usr is on
different filesystem which, in that case, may be left unmounted.
/usr/bin/vim is a normal version with most functionalities but no GUI.
/usr/X11R6/bin/gvim is a full-fledged executable with GUI. It can also
run in a terminal if the X server is not accessible or if invoked with
the -v command-line switch or from a "vim" softlink.
Since they come from distinct packages you may have one, two or all
three of them installed.
Best regards,
Tony.
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