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# 8  
Old 07-03-2007
Is your version of 'vi' actually a link to 'vim'? If so, you might want to use .vimrc instead. I don't think vim looks at .exrc files. (At least not on my Linux box.)
# 9  
Old 07-05-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by nathan
Is your version of 'vi' actually a link to 'vim'? If so, you might want to use .vimrc instead. I don't think vim looks at .exrc files. (At least not on my Linux box.)
But my unix is HP-UNIX version 11i

Regds

Sas
# 10  
Old 12-05-2007
I am facing same prob ! pls help
# 11  
Old 12-11-2007
MySQL .exrc is not working
In all modern versions of vi, you have to first set the exrc option in your home directory's .exrc file before vi will read the .exrc file in the current directory:

set exrc

This mechanism prevents other people from placing, in your working directory, an .exrc file whose commands might jeopardize the security of your system.
# 12  
Old 12-12-2007
An alternative is to set the EXINIT shell variable.
But I use a $HOME/.exrc all the time ('cos I like the "set ai" functionality).
# 13  
Old 02-05-2009
I'm sure you've already found and fixed your problem by now, but... for others who may run into the problem (like I recently did), you may want to check to make sure you DON'T have EXINIT defined in your environment. If it is, this will override anything you have in your .exrc file.
 
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