On 06/03/09 23:26, John Beckett wrote:
> Edmon wrote:
>> I am running Gvim 7.2 on Vista.
>>
>> I want to modify startup settings and fonts and for some
>> reason _vimrc is being opened in read only mode, and I cannot
>> get to open it other way.
>
> I do not want to understand Vista, but on XP a user does not have write
> permission to files under the "Program Files" directory. If you install
> from some package (such as "Vim without Cream") you will probably end up
> with your files under Program Files.
>
> I run as a user (not in Administrators or Power Users groups), and put
> all my tools (and Vim) under a bin directory where I do have write
> permission.
>
> This tip has a little info on where you might put vimrc:
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vimrc
>
> John
Even when installing from "Vim without Cream", the normal place for a
vimrc is what Vim regards as $HOME, and that is normally not under
"Program Files" but under that particular user's personal directory -- see
:echo $HOME
when running Vim.
However, if Vim finds no $HOME/_vimrc and no $HOME/.vimrc, on Windows it
will also look for $VIM/_vimrc, and that indeed ussssssually means
C:\Program Files\Vim\_vimrc. If that's where your _vimrc is now, try the
following:
:view $VIM/_vimrc
:saveas $HOME/_vimrc
The file should not be readonly anymore, and you ought to be able to
edit it normally using Vim, or any other editor for that matter. Also, a
_vimrc in $HOME will be preferred to one in $VIM so you don't need to
delete that other version (which would require administrator's
privileges, and on Vista, IIUC, even an administrator's account does
_not_ have those privileges until or unless you explicitly ask for
them), unless that $VIM/_vimrc shouldn't be available to all users.
Note that regardless of whether or not a $HOME/_vimrc is present, Vim
looks first for a $VIM/vimrc (with no underscxore or dot prepended) and
sources it if found. (This is called a "system vimrc".) Only then does
it look for $HOME/_vimrc, sources it if found, and looks for it at other
places if not found.
Best regards,
Tony.
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