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03-15-2013
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Difference between .vimrc and .exrc?
What is the difference between .vimrc and .exrc? I google it but didn't find the brief explanation?
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03-15-2013
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Well, .exrc was established by the original ex before there was a vi. The name vi means visual ex. The name ex means extended ed: http://www.unix.com/man-page/All/0/ed/ When the open source people wrote vi replacements, notably vim, they had the option to make additional configuration files for options in vim that are not ex/vi compatible. It is a bit like sh, ksh, bash, relative to .profile , $ENV, /etc/profile, /etc/suid-profile, .kshrc, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .bash_login.
The man page lists a bushel of config files down at the end: Man Page for vim (all Section 0) - The UNIX and Linux Forums |
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03-16-2013
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They have the same purpose.
Only vim looks for $HOME/.vimrc file. vim can also use $HOME/.exrc file, as can any vi editor. Only one of $HOME/.vimrc and $HOME/.exrc is read by vim, whichever it finds first. To prevent confusion, I would suggest just use one file, and delete the other one. I just use $HOME/.exrc file and do not have the $HOME/.vimrc file. |
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