Re: .vimrc from URL

[A.J.Mechelynck]

Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
On pią sty 5 2007, Maurí­cio wrote:
Or else, have the following at the top of the vimrc:
        let g:vimrcdate =               "4 Jan 2007 22:49 UTC"
        echo This vimrc was last changed on" g:vimrcdate
        if input("Do you want to continue? ") !~? "y"
                qall!
        endif

Since this requires specific .vimrc OP can explicitly source netrw
at the beginning of .vimrc; open net address; write it to temporary
file; source that file; remove temporary file.

m.




I repeat: when the vimrc is sourced, the plugins (such as netrw) are NOT YET 
sourced. So if the vimrc tries to issue

        :view http://users.example.net/firstname.lastname/vim/vimrc

there will be an error: "invalid filename", "path not found", "file not 
found", whatever. The Net will not be accessed because netrw is not yet available.


Best regards,
Tony.