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12-18-2014

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Configuring vi / vim ?

Just got a new server running Oracle Linux 6 (a derivitive of RHEL, but I'm not sure the version correlation). This is my first hands on with this verision, having worked in the past with OL 5 (as well as some older Solaris, HPUX and AIX).

Connected with putty.

When I'm editing a file in INSERT mode and paste in a several lines I've copied out of some other source (pasting from the Windows clipboard), if the pasted text includes a comment ('#') every line following will be commented and indented - and with the indent increasing on each line -- each following line indented from the previous.

Obvoiously a config issue, but I've never actually tried to do any persistent configuration for vi. After googling a bit, came to no conclusion except that I do not have the commonly reference config files - vimrc, etc.

I'm not the SA and did not actually install the machine, but I do have root access for a while.

I'm open to any pointers. Especially for exactly what to look at to compare this config to one of my other machines that behave in what I would consider a 'normal' fashion. Smilie

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ltsp-config

ltsp-config(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    ltsp-config(8)

NAME

       ltsp-config - Configure certain parts of an LTSP server

SYNOPSIS

       ltsp-config TOOL [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       ltsp-config generates or updates configuration files for certain parts of an LTSP server, like lts.conf, the DHCP server, nbd-server etc.

OPTIONS

       dnsmasq		 Configure dnsmasq.

	 --no-proxy-dhcp Don't enable proxyDHCP mode for detected subnets.

       isc-dhcp-server	 Configure isc-dhcp-server.

       lts.conf 	 Create a sample lts.conf.

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       -d --directory	 A directory to search for configuration templates, in addition to "/usr/share/doc/ltsp-server/examples".

       -h --help	 The application help page.

       -l --language	 Preferred language for configuration files.

       -o --overwrite	 Overwrite existing configuration files.

SEE ALSO

       dnsmasq(8), dhcpd.conf(5), lts.conf(5), nbd-server(5)

AVAILABILITY

       ltsp-config is part of ltsp package and the latest versions are available in source form from https://launchpad.net/ltsp.

MAN PAGE AUTHOR

       Copyright  2012 Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later
       version.

								    2012-05-28							    ltsp-config(8)

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