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diff --git a/runtime/doc/starting.txt b/runtime/doc/starting.txt index 32c0d5d91..9c972fd25 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/starting.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/starting.txt @@ -784,8 +784,6 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order: Places for your personal initializations: Unix $HOME/.vimrc or $HOME/.vim/vimrc - OS/2 $HOME/.vimrc, $HOME/vimfiles/vimrc - or $VIM/.vimrc (or _vimrc) MS-Windows $HOME/_vimrc, $HOME/vimfiles/vimrc or $VIM/_vimrc Amiga s:.vimrc, home:.vimrc, home:vimfiles:vimrc @@ -811,7 +809,7 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order: a. If vim was started as |evim| or |eview| or with the |-y| argument, the script $VIMRUNTIME/evim.vim will be loaded. *system-vimrc* - b. For Unix, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2, VMS, Macintosh, RISC-OS and Amiga + b. For Unix, MS-Windows, VMS, Macintosh, RISC-OS and Amiga the system vimrc file is read for initializations. The path of this file is shown with the ":version" command. Mostly it's "$VIM/vimrc". Note that this file is ALWAYS read in 'compatible' mode, since the @@ -827,22 +825,22 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order: I The environment variable VIMINIT (see also |compatible-default|) (*) The value of $VIMINIT is used as an Ex command line. II The user vimrc file(s): - "$HOME/.vimrc" (for Unix and OS/2) (*) - "$HOME/.vim/vimrc" (for Unix and OS/2) (*) + "$HOME/.vimrc" (for Unix) (*) + "$HOME/.vim/vimrc" (for Unix) (*) "s:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) "home:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) "home:vimfiles:vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) - "$VIM/.vimrc" (for OS/2 and Amiga) (*) - "$HOME/_vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*) - "$HOME/vimfiles/vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*) - "$VIM/_vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*) - Note: For Unix, OS/2 and Amiga, when ".vimrc" does not exist, + "$VIM/.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) + "$HOME/_vimrc" (for Win32) (*) + "$HOME/vimfiles/vimrc" (for Win32) (*) + "$VIM/_vimrc" (for Win32) (*) + Note: For Unix and Amiga, when ".vimrc" does not exist, "_vimrc" is also tried, in case an MS-DOS compatible file - system is used. For MS-DOS and Win32 ".vimrc" is checked - after "_vimrc", in case long file names are used. - Note: For MS-DOS and Win32, "$HOME" is checked first. If no - "_vimrc" or ".vimrc" is found there, "$VIM" is tried. - See |$VIM| for when $VIM is not set. + system is used. For MS-Windows ".vimrc" is checked after + "_vimrc", in case long file names are used. + Note: For Win32, "$HOME" is checked first. If no "_vimrc" or + ".vimrc" is found there, "$VIM" is tried. See |$VIM| for when + $VIM is not set. III The environment variable EXINIT. The value of $EXINIT is used as an Ex command line. IV The user exrc file(s). Same as for the user vimrc file, but with @@ -855,12 +853,12 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order: d. If the 'exrc' option is on (which is NOT the default), the current directory is searched for three files. The first that exists is used, the others are ignored. - - The file ".vimrc" (for Unix, Amiga and OS/2) (*) - "_vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*) - - The file "_vimrc" (for Unix, Amiga and OS/2) (*) - ".vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*) - - The file ".exrc" (for Unix, Amiga and OS/2) - "_exrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) + - The file ".vimrc" (for Unix, Amiga) (*) + "_vimrc" (for Win32) (*) + - The file "_vimrc" (for Unix, Amiga) (*) + ".vimrc" (for Win32) (*) + - The file ".exrc" (for Unix, Amiga) + "_exrc" (for Win32) (*) Using this file or environment variable will cause 'compatible' to be off by default. See |compatible-default|. @@ -948,9 +946,9 @@ Some hints on using initializations ~ Standard setup: Create a vimrc file to set the default settings and mappings for all your edit sessions. Put it in a place so that it will be found by 3b: - ~/.vimrc (Unix and OS/2) + ~/.vimrc (Unix) s:.vimrc (Amiga) - $VIM\_vimrc (MS-DOS and Win32) + $VIM\_vimrc (Win32) Note that creating a vimrc file will cause the 'compatible' option to be off by default. See |compatible-default|. @@ -990,10 +988,9 @@ version 5.0) are not recognized. MS-DOS line separators ~ -On MS-DOS-like systems (MS-DOS itself, Win32, and OS/2), Vim assumes that all -the vimrc files have <CR> <NL> pairs as line separators. This will give -problems if you have a file with only <NL>s and have a line like -":map xx yy^M". The trailing ^M will be ignored. +On MS-Windows, Vim assumes that all the vimrc files have <CR> <NL> pairs as +line separators. This will give problems if you have a file with only <NL>s +and have a line like ":map xx yy^M". The trailing ^M will be ignored. Vi compatible default value ~ @@ -1145,11 +1142,11 @@ will try to get the value for $VIM in this order: problem). The file name ("help.txt" or any other) is removed. Then trailing directory names are removed, in this order: "doc", "runtime" and "vim{version}" (e.g., "vim54"). -3. For MSDOS, Win32 and OS/2 Vim tries to use the directory name of the - executable. If it ends in "/src", this is removed. This is useful if you - unpacked the .zip file in some directory, and adjusted the search path to - find the vim executable. Trailing directory names are removed, in this - order: "runtime" and "vim{version}" (e.g., "vim54"). +3. For Win32 Vim tries to use the directory name of the executable. If it + ends in "/src", this is removed. This is useful if you unpacked the .zip + file in some directory, and adjusted the search path to find the vim + executable. Trailing directory names are removed, in this order: "runtime" + and "vim{version}" (e.g., "vim54"). 4. For Unix the compile-time defined installation directory is used (see the output of ":version"). @@ -1573,11 +1570,10 @@ remembered. VIMINFO FILE NAME *viminfo-file-name* -- The default name of the viminfo file is "$HOME/.viminfo" for Unix and OS/2, - "s:.viminfo" for Amiga, "$HOME\_viminfo" for MS-DOS and Win32. For the last - two, when $HOME is not set, "$VIM\_viminfo" is used. When $VIM is also not - set, "c:\_viminfo" is used. For OS/2 "$VIM/.viminfo" is used when $HOME is - not set and $VIM is set. +- The default name of the viminfo file is "$HOME/.viminfo" for Unix, + "s:.viminfo" for Amiga, "$HOME\_viminfo" for Win32. For the last two, when + $HOME is not set, "$VIM\_viminfo" is used. When $VIM is also not set, + "c:\_viminfo" is used. - The 'n' flag in the 'viminfo' option can be used to specify another viminfo file name |'viminfo'|. - The "-i" Vim argument can be used to set another file name, |-i|. When the |