Where is my vimrc?

Penguin of Wonder · 2007-01-26 04:12:34

Okay, so I just finished installing Arch last night. I'm really still in the process of getting everything setup the way I like it, but some things are still really nagging me. The biggest one at the moment is where on earth is the apparent default .vimrc and .gvimrc files? I don't know why anyone would think I would want to use their vimrc but I obviously don't. Anybody know where they stashed them?

Thanks!

battra · 2007-01-26 04:35:01

$ locate vimrc
/usr/share/vim/vimrc_example.vim
$

Penguin of Wonder · 2007-01-26 05:48:49

I tried that method. Well actually I used slocate. Only I didn't find anything because I was searching for ".vimrc" I assumed the file would be hidden. Hmm. Thats two surprises.

If I create a local .vimrc will it override the system wide setting?

pbw · 2007-01-26 06:26:16

yeeupp, just toss it in ~/.

phrakture · 2007-01-26 08:34:38

You are aware of:

$ pacman -Qo /etc/vimrc
/etc/vimrc is owned by vim 7.0.178-1

I assume?

Penguin of Wonder · 2007-02-15 22:27:46

phrakture wrote:

You are aware of:
$ pacman -Qo /etc/vimrc
/etc/vimrc is owned by vim 7.0.178-1
I assume?

No I didn't know that. Thank you I guess, but how does that help me?

Next question. Apparently my vimrc doesn't have priority over the one in /etc/vimrc. It something is stipulated in both the one in /etc is used instead. If I remove the file it seems to come back on its own. Is there anyway to get rid of it for good? Or at least convince vim to stop using it?

phrakture · 2007-02-15 22:42:19

The system wide vimrc is the vimrc_example that comes with vim. If you have a user based ~/.vimrc, the system-wide vimrc is not read. If you are not happy with the defaults, create your own file with YOUR defaults. This is actually the way all good linux applications function - read /etc/something only if ~/.something doesn't exist.

Perhaps we're going about this the wrong way:
What is it in /etc/vimrc that you do not like? There's very little in there. Here's an online version:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/vimrc_example.vim

You are using 'vim', right, and not 'gvim'? There's a difference.

elasticdog · 2007-02-15 22:42:25

It wasn't quite clear from your earlier response, but you did make the ~/.vimrc file in your home directory, and it is hidden, correct? That is how it should be...if vim is able to read it, then the /etc/vimrc file should never get read, so I think that's the issue you're seeing here.

As far as deleting the /etc/vimrc file and having it come back...that should only happen when the vim package gets updated and a new version thus gets installed. Just fix the issue with your local vimrc file and you shouldn't have to worry about it anymore.

Penguin of Wonder · 2007-02-15 22:48:13

I have a vimrc and a gvimrc file in /etc. Along with those, I have a vimrc in my /home that is hidden. After further reviewing both of the rc files it appears my problems stem from gvimrc file, not the vimrc. A full color scheme isn't set there, but certain parts of one are and it kept overiding my vimrc while in the GUI. I've never used a gvimrc file before, I guess I'll have to create one.

Sorry about being a pain in the neck. Thanks for the help though.

lang2 · 2007-02-15 23:20:01

if you fire up vim and run command

:scriptnames

in it, you should find them in the output.

phrakture · 2007-02-15 23:49:07

Penguin of Wonder wrote:

I have a vimrc and a gvimrc file in /etc. Along with those, I have a vimrc in my /home that is hidden. After further reviewing both of the rc files it appears my problems stem from gvimrc file, not the vimrc. A full color scheme isn't set there, but certain parts of one are and it kept overiding my vimrc while in the GUI. I've never used a gvimrc file before, I guess I'll have to create one.

Typically, I just symlink my ~/.vimrc to ~/.gvimrc, and use a single file with some "if has(gui)" sections

Penguin of Wonder · 2007-02-16 00:17:13

Symlinking is a good idea. I hadn't thought of that actually. I have some of those "if has(gui)" statements in mine but I don't really see the need for them most of the time unless you would for some reason want it different in gvim than vim. I think that would only confuse me.

bzklrm · 2007-02-20 20:40:39

phrakture wrote:

Typically, I just symlink my ~/.vimrc to ~/.gvimrc, and use a single file with some "if has(gui)" sections

Shouldn't it be rather 'if has("gui_running")'?

from :he feature-list

gui            Compiled with GUI enabled.
gui_running        Vim is running in the GUI, or it will start soon.

Penguin of Wonder · 2007-02-20 21:00:07

bzklrm, your right it should be. But I knew what he meant. Thanks for clearing it up though in case someone else was curious.

phrakture · 2007-02-20 21:51:39

bzklrm wrote:

phrakture wrote:
Typically, I just symlink my ~/.vimrc to ~/.gvimrc, and use a single file with some "if has(gui)" sections
Shouldn't it be rather 'if has("gui_running")'?

yeah, it should - I was writing from memory

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#1 2007-01-26 04:12:34

Where is my vimrc?

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