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Old 02-24-2010, 12:48 PM   #1
nasridine
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how to enable backspace in vim permanently


I enabled backspace in vim by "set backspace=eol,start" and it worked. But if I close the window and open up another one, the backspace is automatically disabled again. Is there a way to enable backspace once and for all?
 
Old 02-24-2010, 12:52 PM   #2
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Err.... Perhaps you could put the command in /home/me/.vimrc?
 
Old 02-24-2010, 12:58 PM   #3
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Err.... Perhaps you could put the command in /home/me/.vimrc?
It works, thanks
 
  


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