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List:       vim
Subject:    Re: vimrc on windows
From:       Mathias Michaelis <michaelis () tcnet ! ch>
Date:       2004-09-30 7:21:52
Message-ID: 415BB410.5090409 () tcnet ! ch
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Hi Antoine

>> o Let vim figure out $VIM and $VIMRUNTIME by itself or
>>   set $VIM=%ProgramFiles%\vim\ and let vim figure out
>>    $VIMRUNTIME.
>>
> Yes. Though I suppose it doesn't matter much. The reason I prefer
> it this way is that $VIMRUNTIME will change whenever there is a
> new version (not patchlevel) upgrade of Vim.
> 
Yes this is an advantage. Although with my configuration it is
possible to have several versions of vim installed and then select
the the desired one with $VIMRUNTIME, this would not be very practical.

>> o Put the personal _vimrc into %USERPROFILE% (that is mapped to
>>   to $HOME by vim). I can then put my myvimrc.vim and mswin.vim
>>   where I want ant source them from within _vimrc.
>>
> I noticed a few minutes ago that %HOME% doesn't exist by default.
> I added a CMD.EXE autorun script with the following line:
> 
>    set HOME=%USERPROFILE:Documents and Settings=DOCUME~1%
> 
> i.e. to equate it to the "short name" of %USERPROFILE%. You -- or
> your sysadmin -- could equate it with %USERPROFILE%\Application
> Data, I see nothing wrong with that. Matter of taste, again.
> 
In this case I would prefer

     set HOME=%USERPROFILE%\My Documents

and then handle the vim configuration directly in my personal data.
The _vimrc file I would make invisible. Like in linux. Extremly
matter of taste ...

> IIRC, $VIMINIT is for compatibility with earlier releases. I
> believe that it can be left unset. It should not be set to the
> above because it is an Ex-command, not a path.
> 
Thanks for mention this -- I didn't realise this.

> Well, I could live with your configuration if I had, or with
> something very much like it. But I'm not going to change mine
> either, as long as it works.
> 
Never touch a running system ;-)

Best regards,
Mathias
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