On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 10:32:16AM -0400, Dave wrote:
> Hello. I've been using vim on Win up through 6.4 with no problems. I
> uninstalled 6.4 (and removed registry entries), installed 7.0e. I then:
>
> set the 2nd and 3rd lines in _vimrc to:
> source $VIMRUNTIME/daverc.vim
> source $VIMRUNTIME/davercwin.vim
>
> I then went into the vim70 dir and added those 2 files(daverc.vim and
> davercwin.vim). I didn't set VIMRUNTIME anywhere, but I never have. When I
> start 7, it doesn't see my rc changes.
>
> I also tried just leaving the default files (the "example" files) and
> addding my customization. Again, no errors, but my customizations weren't
> seen.
>
> I'm sure this is something dumb, but I'd appreciate help.
First, the usual advice is to avoid adding your own files to
$VIMRUNTIME. Among other things, it means you have to do it again when
you upgrade to a new version of vim (such as the upcoming final release
of 7.0). Why not put these files near your vimrc file? See also
:help vimfiles
Now, to figure out what is going wrong, try
:echo $VIM
:echo $VIMRUNTIME
:scriptnames
HTH --Benji Fisher
