Am 03. Jul, 2003 schw=E4tzte Kevin Brown so: > > I set bg=3Ddark in my ~/.vimrc file and everything is fine. The problem= is > > that when I run "su -" and then run "vi" on a file I'm back to dark blu= e > > text on a black background. I looked for a global .vimrc file but can't > > find one. Any pointers? > > Yeah, the global one is not a .vimrc, but vimrc. On my Gentoo box it can= be > found in /usr/share/vim/vim62/ The location of vimrc appears to vary based on the dist, then. /etc/vim/vimrc on post-potato debian. locate vimrc That should help you find it. ciao, der.hans --=20 # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.AZOTO.org/ # A Polish friend of mine got an offer for a free account from AOL. The # login ID was "HELLO" and the passwd "CYMBAL". She says "cymbal" is # Polish for "sucker". "Hello sucker" a greeting from AOHell :).