I'm trying to unclutter $HOME, and want to move my .vimrc into ~/.vim. I've already looked at this and this, but none of the solutions presented are what I'm looking for.
I do not want to alias vim with the -u flag because it won't be appropriately set if it is opened in some other way than from the shell.
I do not want to use a symbolic link because it still shows up in $HOME.
I will not compile it from source, I'd rather just use a symlink (which is what I'm currently doing) than deal with that mess.
Can anyone offer some new ideas?
If you are using 7.4, you can simply move your ~/.vimrc file into your ~/.vim/ directory:
~/.vim/vimrc <--- "vimrc", not ".vimrc"
Try this method if you don't use 7.4.
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I feel like I've literally tried everything, but no matter what I add to vimrc, I can't get it to store its annoying .swp files in /tmp. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04. I've obviously looked up this issue extensively, but again, no command I enter seems to work. I always end up with:
E510: Can't make backup file
(add ! to override)
Things I've tried:
set backupdir=$~/tmp//
set directory=$~/tmp//
set backupdir=~/tmp//
set backupdir=$HOME~/tmp//
set backupdir=/tmp//
I mean you name it, I've tried it. So, explicitly, what is the exact code I need to type in vimrc to make it so vim saves it's .swp files in my temporary folder, instead of cluttering my workspace?
Thank you.
Adding the following line to my ~/.vimrc puts .swp files for currently open buffers under /tmp
set directory=/tmp
If you've tried this without issues are you able to verify that vim is reading your vimrc at all?
It appears the issue was I didn't really understand what ~ means. I created a folder called 'tmp' in my home directory, and from there used:
set backupdir=~/tmp//
I was looking to get into learning a text editor for programming. However, I've quickly run into a little snag that I can't seem to find a solution to.
I have modified my /home/user/.nvimrc file to add some plugins and I can load it using :source ~/.nvimrc, however, it never loads automatically. :scriptnames shows a list of scripts in /usr/, but mysteriously absent from the list is the .nvimrc file in my home directory. Again, I can load it in the command line, but I'd like to not have to use :so ~/.nvimrc every time I open a file.
I am not using sudo to run vim.
How can I solve this problem? Is this something everybody has to do?
Could be this issue: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/3530
Summary:
New location is ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
To keep ~/.nvimrc you can source it from the new location:
mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim
echo 'source ~/.nvimrc' > ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
Instead of referring to your rc file directly, consider using $MYVIMRC:
:e $MYVIMRC
:source $MYVIMRC
Reference: Learn Vim the Hard Way/Editing your vimrc
:help config lists the paths for each OS:
Unix ~/.config/nvim/init.vim (or init.lua)
Windows ~/AppData/Local/nvim/init.vim (or init.lua)
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim (or init.lua)
I want to keep my custom vimrc settings in a file in my Dropbox called vimcustomvimrc.vim
I did some searching and found this http://blog.mojotech.com/a-veterans-vimrc/ line below to put in my .vimrc file so that it will load my custom settings but its not working. can you please help?
file .vimrc contens below
set runtimepath+=~/Dropbox/vim
source ~/Dropbox/vim/vimcustomvimrc.vim
You can maintain your ~/.vimrc under version control using git version control system, for example: I have a .dotfiles repo. In it I have zshrc bashrc and a subfolder called vim. So I made somthing like this...
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/vim ~/.vim
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
ln -sfvn ~/.dotfiles/zshrc ~/.zshrc
ln -sfvn ~/.dotfiles/bashrc ~/.bashrc
I think is a better solution because you can undo/redo some changes and can also add other good solutions shared on the internet easyly, things like this solution made by Steve Losh, or more specificlly Synchronizing plugins with git submodules and pathogen a great video made by Drew Neil on this matter.
The first line is not needed if you only want to source that specific file; the source line is enough.
The runtimepath option allows you to add or remove directories to the default list of directories where Vim expects to find other default directories and *.vim scripts. If you don't keep any plugin or whatnot in ~/Dropbox/vim/ there's no need to change runtimepath.
Also, there's a lot of bullshit in that article: if I were you I would take it with a grain of salt.
In Vim, is it possible to change the default location of the user vimrc file, i.e., from $HOME/.vimrc to some other location ?
Another solution might be to create a symlink to you preferred location. I have my .vimrc in $HOME/.vim/.vimrc and symlink to it. This way I can have it in a git repo and backup it.
You must start vim with the command vim -u ./path/to/your/vimrcfile
vim -u NONE is a good way to start Vim without any plugin or customisation.
See :help starting.txt for more information.
The VIMINIT variable is my preferred method. The problem with aliasing vim with the -u flag is that if vim is opened in some way other than from the shell command your configuration won't get pulled in. Setting $VIMINIT does not suffer from this drawback. Check this out for more information.
export VIMINIT='source $MYVIMRC'
export MYVIMRC='~/.vim/vimrc' #or any other location you want
Note that Vim normally sets the MYVIMRC variable, though I'm not sure exactly what it's used for. Based on my testing, using VIMINIT in this fashion will result in it not being automatically set on startup as it would normally be. This is why I'm setting it myself.
This works for neovim too!
On Windows, I have the _vimrc that's in my home directory contain one line, source c:\path\to\my.vimrc.
I have not yet worked out a good way to move the entirety of my vimfiles folder, but that's less critical as it's all stuff I've installed from elsewhere. I.e., it'd be easy to restore if I lost it. (I know that I can change runtimepath but my problem is more coming up with a "good" way to do so.)
Update
After six years I extended slightly from what I mention in the comments below; as I put stuff into 'after' and wanted to just keep rtp clean I got something that has been solid for a while now. Today in my %USERPROFILE%\_vimrc I do hardcode the actual paths to things and it changes on every machine I use (and I basically do the same thing on *nix) but this gets copied around mostly-manually when setting up a new PC. I also have a version which I can use to launch Vim on another connected machine on the network, e.g. a co-worker's machine, so I get my config and all that, but the gist is:
set runtimepath^=E:/dotfiles/vim
set runtimepath+=E:/dotfiles/vim/after
set runtimepath-=~/vimfiles
set runtimepath-=~/vimfiles/after
runtime vimrc
and then %USERPROFILE%\_gvimrc just has one line:
runtime gvimrc
(Both vimrc and gvimrc are in the /dotfiles/vim folder and also on Bitbucket.)
I see two options, depending on your needs.
Have ~/.vimrc import the other location
create an alias in your bashrc alias vim="vim -u otherlocation"
I edited
C:\Program Files\Vim\_vimrc
and changed both the runtimepath and sourced my own .vimrc.
I also use these settings in Cygwin (and have them version controlled). So it's this in practice (added at the bottom of the _vimrc file):
let &runtimepath = 'C:\cygwin\home\cygwinaccount\.vim,' . &runtimepath
source C:\cygwin\home\cygwinaccount\.vimrc
Bliss ! :)
In linux:
You can edit .bashrc or .zshrc startup script and add the following lines to change the default location of .vimrc file
export VIMINIT='source $MYVIMRC'
export MYVIMRC='~/.vim/.vimrc' # Note the . (dot) before vimrc. If that is what you have called it.
I feel like the simplest solution is to just have a single line in ~/.vimrc that loads the vimrc from the other location, i.e.:
source PATH/TO/OTHER/LOCATION/.vimrc
I just installed Cygwin on my work machine and would like to use the .vimrc file I use on my Linux box at home.
Is that possible, or does it need to have Cygwin-specific settings?
Where would I put the .vimrc file?
I'm a little unsure of what directory I'm being dropped into at the bash prompt under Cygwin, but I think I'd create a subdirectory called .vim there, right?
I launched vi as vi -V and got this:
chdir(/cygdrive/c/Users/johntron)
chdir(/etc)
chdir(/cygdrive/c/Users/johntron)
could not source "/etc/virc"
chdir(/cygdrive/c/Users/johntron)
chdir(/cygdrive/c/Users/johntron)
chdir(/cygdrive/c/Users/johntron)
could not source "$HOME/.virc"
chdir(/cygdrive/c/Users/johntron)
chdir(/cygdrive/c/Users/johntron)
chdir(/cygdrive/c/Users/johntron)
could not source "$HOME/.exrc"
Realizing vi was looking for .virc and not .vimrc like all the other *nix systems I've ever used, I just ran this to fix the problem:
cp ~/.vimrc ~/.virc
... or if if you've configured symlinks:
ln -s ~/.vimrc ~/.virc
I'm pretty sure this was a problem, because Cygwin installs vi, and not vi improved; however, the loading screen if you launch vi with no parameters still says vi improved. Regardless, I installed vim via setup.exe and running vim (not vi) does indeed try to load ~/.vimrc as expected. You can simply add an alias vi=vim to your ~/.profile to use the improved version by default.
Cygwin (as of version 1.7.25) installs vi (not vim!) by default. If you also install vim you will have two commands: /usr/bin/vi and /usr/bin/vim.
Unlike in other *nix (e.g. debian) both commands slightly differ in their behaviour on starting vi/vim.
Both commands will load Vi Enhanced but they differ in the files they look for to initialize the editor:
/usr/bin/vi looks first for /etc/virc and then for $HOME/.virc
/usr/bin/vim looks first for /etc/vimrc and then for $HOME/.vimrc.
Both files (in /etc and in $HOME) will be sourced if found!
You can check it yourself entering vi -V and vim -V.
Use .vimrc if you call vim and .virc if you call vi. Or simply alias vi=vim for using .vimrc
1) Yes it is possible. It doesnt need any cygwin specific settings, though you can add some windows specific ones. Just make sure to install vi (vim gvim equivalent) properly.
2) the same place as on *nix -- user home directory
Beware one thing: there is a Cygwin port of vim, and a native win32 port of vim. Both have their advantages and their flaws when dialogue with cygwin or native-win32 applications is concerned.
A category on vim.wikia is dedicated to cygwin related tips.
Some parts of file system of Cygwin use your "host" file system as its own. Within cygwin, there is a user home directory (which actually resides under your "Documents and Settings/Username" folder), so you should place it there.
Just place your .vimrc somewhere you know how to access via cygwin and do a
directory/you/know$ cp .vimrc ~/
It will work--at least worked with default vim on my Cygwin installation several months ago.
I don't see any reason why your Linux ~/.vimrc
should not work in your cygwin install.
To go to your home directory in cygwin,
cd ~
or
cd $HOME
In Windows, you can use WinSCP to connect to your Linux box, open your Linux .vimrc in the WinSCP default editor, copy the contents. Then switch to the Cgywin terminal and type
getclip > ~/.vimrc
Start vi/vim to see if your new settings have taken effect:
vi
I had to rename / symlink my .vimrc file to .virc in a directory like /home/Leo/.virc or more generally $HOME/.virc.
I just created my own and worked out of box:
1) vim ~/.vimrc
Once inside the .vimrc (blank file) I like to copy the example from:
2) :r $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
3) :wq
Then check any file should have lots of color and stuff
4) vim .vimrc (or whatever file, e.g. ~/.bashrc)
simply navigate to your home directory which is
c:/Users/user_name/
create the file using
vi .vimrc
set your preferences here, and they would surely reflect
like
set nu "show line numbers
set ai "auto indentations
colors blue " or elflord or whatever you like.
save and try.
I had issue with Cygwin vi tabstop. It was always defaulting to 8. While launching it was giving error "Failed to source defaults.vim" Tried to follow various solutions but below worked for me.
Create .vim directory under current user home ($HOME) directory.
Create .virc file under .vim directory.
Add below line to .virc
set tabstop=4
Cygwin version details
CYGWIN_NT-10.0-22000 3.3.5-341.x86_64 x86_64 Cygwin