Yes I know about the .vimrc. I did not know about the .exrcuntil you mentioned it. I googled it and it seems like the .exrc does the exact same thing as .vimrc. Is that correct?

I have a new laptop with Fedora 19 and that is the one that will not open directories unless I do :e. I have a desktop with Fedora 16 and an old laptop with Fedora 15. They all have identical .vimrc so I don't understand what the problem is.

Code:

set nocompatible
set autoindent
set smartindent
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set showmatch
set vb t_vb=
set ruler
set nohls
set incsearch
set virtualedit=all
set number
set cmdheight=2
set background=dark
"set list
"This command uses unix mode
set ff=unix

"This command uses dos mode
"set ff=dos