vim: .vimrc doesn't load properly with python files
Question:
Everytime I load a .py file, my plugins takes long to load and my vimrc seem to not load properly and shows weird behaviour. For example if I check my tabstop length with :set tabstop it says tabstop=2 as it should but when I insert one it have a length of 4.
If I reload the vimrc with :source $MYVIM it works fine, but i have to reload it everytime I open a .py file with a fresh vim instance
This behaviour startet after recompiling vim with python support.
Here my vim --version :
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jan 3 2014 04:36:01)
included patches: 1-86
Compiled by Arch Linux
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +farsi +mouse_netterm +syntax
+arabic +file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tag_binary
+autocmd +find_in_path -mouse_sysmouse +tag_old_static
-balloon_eval +float +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white
-browse +folding +mouse_xterm -tcl
++builtin_terms -footer +multi_byte +terminfo
+byte_offset +fork() +multi_lang +termresponse
+cindent +gettext -mzscheme +textobjects
-clientserver -hangul_input -netbeans_intg +title
-clipboard +iconv +path_extra -toolbar
+cmdline_compl +insert_expand +perl +user_commands
+cmdline_hist +jumplist +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+cmdline_info +keymap +postscript +virtualedit
+comments +langmap +printer +visual
+conceal +libcall +profile +visualextra
+cryptv +linebreak +python/dyn +viminfo
+cscope +lispindent +python3/dyn +vreplace
+cursorbind +listcmds +quickfix +wildignore
+cursorshape +localmap +reltime +wildmenu
+dialog_con -lua +rightleft +windows
+diff +menu -ruby +writebackup
+digraphs +mksession +scrollbind -X11
-dnd +modify_fname +signs -xfontset
-ebcdic +mouse +smartindent -xim
+emacs_tags -mouseshape -sniff -xsmp
+eval +mouse_dec +startuptime -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra +mouse_gpm +statusline -xterm_save
+extra_search -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop -xpm
system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -march=x86-64
-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lm -lncurses -lelf -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -lperl -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
Answers:
If loading a Python file within an existing vim session overrides settings from your .vimrc, that’s almost certainly because you have an autocommand triggered to run on FileType detection. For instance, I have this in my .vimrc:
au FileType python set shiftwidth=2
which resets the soft tab value to 2 spaces when I open a Python file.
You might have something similar either in your .vimrc, or even in a file in your vim/ftplugin directory.
I see that you have compiled Vim with Python and with Python3. I have seen warnings about this elsewhere. Perhaps you should reinstall Vim with either Python or Python 3 but not both.
Everytime I load a .py file, my plugins takes long to load and my vimrc seem to not load properly and shows weird behaviour. For example if I check my tabstop length with :set tabstop it says tabstop=2 as it should but when I insert one it have a length of 4.
If I reload the vimrc with :source $MYVIM it works fine, but i have to reload it everytime I open a .py file with a fresh vim instance
This behaviour startet after recompiling vim with python support.
Here my vim --version :
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jan 3 2014 04:36:01)
included patches: 1-86
Compiled by Arch Linux
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +farsi +mouse_netterm +syntax
+arabic +file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tag_binary
+autocmd +find_in_path -mouse_sysmouse +tag_old_static
-balloon_eval +float +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white
-browse +folding +mouse_xterm -tcl
++builtin_terms -footer +multi_byte +terminfo
+byte_offset +fork() +multi_lang +termresponse
+cindent +gettext -mzscheme +textobjects
-clientserver -hangul_input -netbeans_intg +title
-clipboard +iconv +path_extra -toolbar
+cmdline_compl +insert_expand +perl +user_commands
+cmdline_hist +jumplist +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+cmdline_info +keymap +postscript +virtualedit
+comments +langmap +printer +visual
+conceal +libcall +profile +visualextra
+cryptv +linebreak +python/dyn +viminfo
+cscope +lispindent +python3/dyn +vreplace
+cursorbind +listcmds +quickfix +wildignore
+cursorshape +localmap +reltime +wildmenu
+dialog_con -lua +rightleft +windows
+diff +menu -ruby +writebackup
+digraphs +mksession +scrollbind -X11
-dnd +modify_fname +signs -xfontset
-ebcdic +mouse +smartindent -xim
+emacs_tags -mouseshape -sniff -xsmp
+eval +mouse_dec +startuptime -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra +mouse_gpm +statusline -xterm_save
+extra_search -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop -xpm
system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -march=x86-64
-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lm -lncurses -lelf -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -lperl -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
If loading a Python file within an existing vim session overrides settings from your .vimrc, that’s almost certainly because you have an autocommand triggered to run on FileType detection. For instance, I have this in my .vimrc:
au FileType python set shiftwidth=2
which resets the soft tab value to 2 spaces when I open a Python file.
You might have something similar either in your .vimrc, or even in a file in your vim/ftplugin directory.
I see that you have compiled Vim with Python and with Python3. I have seen warnings about this elsewhere. Perhaps you should reinstall Vim with either Python or Python 3 but not both.