note Tommy Yes, I did try the cinkeys method also, which worked in some, but not all cases for me. I do have some good news though. I did get the functionality finally with the .vimrc file I quote below. However I still plan to <a href="http://publius-ovidius.livejournal.com/242806.html">borrow some coolness</a> from [ovid]. <code> :set nocompatible :filetype plugin indent on :syntax enable :set background=dark :set tabstop=3 :set shiftwidth=3 :set softtabstop=3 :set ignorecase :set expandtab :set modeline :set ruler :set showmatch :set nohlsearch :autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e :nnoremap <F5> :set invpaste paste?<CR> :set pastetoggle=<F5> :let perl_fold = 1 :set foldmethod=syntax :set cursorline :set cursorcolumn :autocmd FileType perl highlight OverLength ctermbg=green ctermfg=white guibg=#E293AA :match OverLength /\%81v.*/ :set number :set backspace=eol,indent,start :autocmd BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal g'\"" | endif </code> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-222307"> -- <br /> [Tommy] </div></div> 817406 817473