Michael D. Berger wrote: > Thanks for these clues, but it is not fixed yet. > > :set hlsearch and :set nohlsearch work as expected on boxA, but > have no effect on boxB. > > boxB has only one user. It is a web server, and login is only > to examine the logs (where the highlight would be most useful) > and for web upgrade. > > Neither box has a .vimrc . Only one person uses these boxes, > so /etc/vimrc is adequate. > > A surprising difference is that boxA has a .viminfo, but boxB > does not. I copied the .viminfo from boxA to boxB, but it > had no effect. I emphasize that the /etc/vimrc for the two > boxes are identical, as I just reconfirmed. So boxA has "normal" users and boxB just has root? Run alias on both boxes: I bet you'll find root on boxB is running "vi", whereas the alias on boxA means that when you type vi, you get vim. This comes from /etc/profile.d/vim.sh which says [ `/usr/bin/id -u` -le 100 ] && return # for bash and zsh, only if no alias is already set alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim In other words, for accounts less than 100, the alias isn't set. Handle that how you wish: I'd put something into root's ~/.bash_profile. Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail address: james | Please do not put sandwiches in the disk drive. @westexe.demon.co.uk |
