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From: Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@inwind.it>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: vim 7.4.838 doesn't source system wide config file
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:38:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <246117058.15102281442482733557.JavaMail.httpd@webmail-60.iol.local> (raw)

I have created a system wide config file in /etc/vimrc but vim is not sourcing 
it. The same config file works like a charm if I put it into ~HOME/.vimrc

$ vim -V

...
could not source "$VIM/vimrc"
...

It seems to be a difference between vi and vim, the former uses directly /etc 
while the latter refers to $VIM

$ vi --version

...
system vimrc file: "/etc/virc"
fallback for $VIM: "/etc"
..

$ vim --version

...
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
fallback for $VIM: "/etc"


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