Vi and Vim Tips

Disable automatic comment insertion in vi (vim)

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Disable_automatic_comment_insertion

Create ~/.vimrc and insert this line:

autocmd FileType * setlocal formatoptions-=c formatoptions-=r formatoptions-=o
colorscheme ron

Colors: https://mamchenkov.net/wordpress/2004/05/10/vim-for-perl-developers/

'peachpuff' may be another good color scheme unless colors are too dim.