[FC4] [VIM] Problem with color syntax and other under root

[Justin Willmert]

Richard England wrote:
> Constantin CHARISSIS wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a problem with color syntaxing not working under vim only with the
>> root user.
>> Autoindent/smartindent is also not working under root only
>>
>> .vimrc of both root and normal user :
>>
>> set nocompatible
>> set bs=2
>> set expandtab
>> syntax on
>> set tabstop=2
>> set autoindent
>> set smartindent
>> set shiftwidth=2
>> set ruler
>> set showmatch
>> set encoding=latin9
>> set fileencodings=latin9
>>
>> TERM=linux for both
>>
>> With the user : color syntax and indent is working
>> With root : color syntax and indent is not working
>>
>> What is strange is that my 2 chars tab is working under root...
>>
>> I'm running FC4 i386 updated.
>>
>> [root at tux ~]# rpm -qa "vim*"
>> vim-minimal-6.3.086-0.fc4
>> vim-enhanced-6.3.086-0.fc4
>> vim-common-6.3.086-0.fc4
>>
>> Using "strace vim" under root shows that vim reads the .vimrc without
>> problem.
>>
>> Any idea about this problem ?
>>
>> Constantin Charissis
>> DATASWIFT
>>  
>>
> Constantin,
> 
> Are you certain your path for root and user are letting you get to the 
> same version of VIM?
> 
> If you have not found a solution, you might consider visiting  this URL 
> http://www.vim.org/community.php and subscribing to the VIM mailing 
> list.  It's at least as helpful as this one and more likely to help you 
> solve a VIM specific issue.
> 
One peculiarity I found was that as any normal user, you can just type 
vi and a file name and syntax highlighting is on automatically. With 
root, you have to type vim. I don't know why this is, but I'm just 
passing on what I've figured out.

Hope that helps,
Justin Willmert