Objectionable settings about vim-sensible HOT 6 CLOSED

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I'm boggling at 'incsearch'. That was my go-to example of "stuff everyone agrees on." Also, I've never had a crap connection for which 'incsearch' was the deciding factor in usability (and if I ever win that jackpot, I'll just override it.) I'll keep your input in mind, but it's going to take more than one person to change my mind on this.

Are you sure you read the help for 'fileformats' and not 'fileformat'? All this does is tell Vim to consider that the file might be Mac format after checking for UNIX and DOS line endings.

'smartcase' is relevant only if 'ignorecase' is set. I can't stand 'ignorecase', and this option makes it slightly more tolerable. But I think I'll drop it just because an ineffective setting has the potential to confuse.

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@tpope leave smartcase, just in case. I think you were right from the beginning on that one. Maybe just a comment in front of it, stating it is in effect only whenever ignorecase is on.

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Thanks for the feedback. I was reasonably sure that I'm in the minority with finding incsearch incredibly annoying (I have had the connection issue I described, but it's not a regular occurance by any stretch) but thought it was at least putting that vote out there.

You're right about fileformats, I missed the trailing s. As you were.

The help for smartcase is a little confusing, after reading it I thought it implied ignorecase, but I now see that isn't the case. Maybe leaving it in, with a comment describing it's effect and intention would be the right middleground.

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@zehrizzatti the other half of this is that I'd rather discourage the use of 'ignorecase' rather than compensate for it. The more 'ignorecase' burns people, the less people will set it. Hopefully.

I have some ideas about other ways to battle 'ignorecase'. But that's for another plugin.

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I just discovered another person that doesn't like incsearch. So now there are at least two of you!

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