Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 426084
abbreviations in VIM
Last modified: 2008-06-24 10:32:40 EDT
Description of problem: Vim is not supposed to have default abbreviations/autocorrects, but they are present (and changing my c++ comments!). Locale issue - Whilst editing a c++ source file in vim I noticed when I entered the following //Executes "set colour" it was changed to //Executes "set color" Which is not quite right. Clearing the vim abbreviation list (:help abb) solves the peoblem Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC7 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.at a shell type "vim file.cpp" 2.type "//colour" 3.observe Actual results: //color Expected results: //colour Additional info: Vim is not supposed to have default abbreviations. see :help abb "There are no default abbrevations in vim"
please try again with vim-7.1.211 from FC7-updates. I think this was caused by a comment plugin which has been enabled for some time until I removed it.
I have tested this in FC9, it is still there! However this problem is more major in this case - Now it actually modifies your *source code* whilst you are programming. for example make a new .cpp file and save it. then re-open it and type #include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> using namespace std; int main() { const char *wtih = "weak tih"; cout << wtih << endl; } then save. This will cause the code to change, where the wtih variable will be renamed to with! If you are depending on external headers your code wont compile - or even worse if there is a with and a wtih named variable, then the wrong one will be referenced if you dont notice the as-you-type substitution.
I've checked the F-7 and F-9 sources and there's no abbreviation for p.e. colour. The :ab command on a F-9 vim shows 'No abbreviation found'. Please check your ~/.vimrc, ~/.vim/* and your /etc/vimrc for abbreviations. The command ':verbose abbreviate' will tell you exactly in which file those abbreviations have been set.