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diff --git a/runtime/doc/starting.txt b/runtime/doc/starting.txt index 41f6d8c95..d0b15c3e2 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/starting.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/starting.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*starting.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2013 May 29 +*starting.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2013 Jun 12 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -757,11 +757,21 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order: file, but "exrc" is what Vi always used, "vimrc" is a Vim specific name. Also see |vimrc-intro|. - Recommended place for your personal initializations: - Unix $HOME/.vimrc - OS/2 $HOME/.vimrc or $VIM/.vimrc (or _vimrc) - MS-DOS and Win32 $HOME/_vimrc or $VIM/_vimrc - Amiga s:.vimrc or $VIM/.vimrc + 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 + or $VIM/.vimrc + + The files are searched in the order specified above and only the first + one that is found is read. + + RECOMMENDATION: Put all your Vim configuration stuff in the + $HOME/.vim/ directory ($HOME/vimfiles/ for MS-Windows). That makes it + easy to copy it to another system. If Vim was started with "-u filename", the file "filename" is used. All following initializations until 4. are skipped. @@ -791,12 +801,15 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order: - The environment variable VIMINIT (see also |compatible-default|) (*) The value of $VIMINIT is used as an Ex command line. - The user vimrc file(s): - "$HOME/.vimrc" (for Unix and OS/2) (*) - "s:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) - "home:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) - "$VIM/.vimrc" (for OS/2 and Amiga) (*) - "$HOME/_vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*) - "$VIM/_vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*) + "$HOME/.vimrc" (for Unix and OS/2) (*) + "$HOME/.vim/vimrc" (for Unix and OS/2) (*) + "s:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) + "home:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) + "home:vimfiles:vimrc" (for Amiga) (*) + "$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, "_vimrc" is also tried, in case an MS-DOS compatible file system is used. For MS-DOS and Win32 ".vimrc" is checked |