Is there a different runtime configuration file for Vim than gVim?

Question

I have a .vimrc file in my home directory in which I have put some vim commands but those commands only work in gVim and not in Vim. What is the problem? Is there another config file for Vim?

By the way, here is my .vimrc file:

  1 colorscheme desert
  2 " To save, ctrl-s.
  3 nmap <c-s> :w<CR>
  4 imap <c-s> <Esc>:w<CR>a
  5 " Set the boolean number option to true
  6 set number
  7 highlight LineNr term=bold cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkGrey ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE     guifg=DarkGrey guibg=NONE
  8 " Set the shift width(for Python programmnig)"
  9 set sw=4
 10 "Convert all tabs to an equivalent spaces"
 11 set expandtab
 12 set softtabstop=4
 13 retab
 14 "Show cursor position in status bar"
 15 set ruler

PS. I only cannot run the command Ctrl-s in the vim and I am able to run other commands in vim as gVim.

Answer 1

http://pangea.stanford.edu/computing/unix/shell/loginstuck.php

Ctrl-S in terminal is XOFF, so the terminal may be interpreting it and not passing it on to vim.

Try setting a different colorscheme or other visible change to make sure your .vimrc is loaded.

Alternatively, run ":nmap" to see what your current normal mode mappings are to confirm you have them.

UPDATE: The fix is to undefine the stop sequence explicitly

stty stop undef

or to disable XON/XOFF flow control as suggested by @Sam Brinck

stty -ixon

Answer 2

You can use a .gvimrc