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demet8
demet8

Reputation: 1109

Vim Editor Issue

If I have Vim 7.3 installed via Macports which is in opt/local, would my vim/vimrc file work in my home folder which is in usr/local? FYI my operating system is Mac running mac osx 10.5...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 236

Answers (2)

three
three

Reputation: 8478

Your home folder in Mac OS X is /Users/yourusername or the common short form ~. So if you place your .vimrc file under ~/.vimrc it will be picked up by vim.

Upvotes: 1

kev
kev

Reputation: 161674

Type :help vimrc check section c:

 c. Four places are searched for initializations.  The first that exists
is used, the others are ignored.  The $MYVIMRC environment variable is
set to the file that was first found, unless $MYVIMRC was already set
and when using VIMINIT.
-  The environment variable VIMINIT (see also |compatible-default|) (*)
   The value of $VIMINIT is used as an Ex command line.
-  The user vimrc file(s):
        "$HOME/.vimrc"  (for Unix and OS/2) (*)
        "s:.vimrc"      (for Amiga) (*)
        "home:.vimrc"   (for Amiga) (*)
        "$VIM/.vimrc"   (for OS/2 and Amiga) (*)
        "$HOME/_vimrc"  (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*)
        "$VIM/_vimrc"   (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*)
    Note: For Unix, OS/2 and Amiga, when ".vimrc" does not exist,
    "_vimrc" is also tried, in case an MS-DOS compatible file
    system is used.  For MS-DOS and Win32 ".vimrc" is checked
    after "_vimrc", in case long file names are used.
    Note: For MS-DOS and Win32, "$HOME" is checked first.  If no
    "_vimrc" or ".vimrc" is found there, "$VIM" is tried.
    See |$VIM| for when $VIM is not set.
-  The environment variable EXINIT.
   The value of $EXINIT is used as an Ex command line.
-  The user exrc file(s).  Same as for the user vimrc file, but with
   "vimrc" replaced by "exrc".  But only one of ".exrc" and "_exrc" is
   used, depending on the system.  And without the (*)!

Upvotes: 0

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