On 01/27/2010 06:41 PM, L wrote: > Hi > > I come cross a remote server, when I type vim x.pl, it pops up a > default format as below. It is nice. I look through my server, can't > figure out how to set up the vi parameters. Could some one show me > how? > > I am on gnome desktop of F12. > There are a couple of ways to do this. The one I prefer is the one I first learned from Fedora's default /etc/vimrc file. That file has a nice example of loading a spec file template when you create a new .spec file (ie: when you execute "vim does-not-exist.spec"). Look it up and adapt it to suit your needs. FWIW, I've added this bit to include the name of the file in the new buffer: " autocommands if has("autocmd") ... ... " spec files autocmd BufNewFile *.spec \ 0r $HOME/.vim/template.spec | ks | call NewSpec() | 's fun NewSpec() exe "g/Name:/s/Name:/Name:\t\t" . expand("%:t:r") endfun ... ... endif The other (and possibly easier way) if you see yourself doing this very frequently is: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1172 HTH, cheers, - steve -- random non tech spiel: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ tech randomness: http://lonehacks.blogspot.com/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines