On Fr, 07 Okt 2022, Enan Ajmain wrote:
> Where should `:h $VIM` point toward? Where vim is installed or where vim > configurations is situated? By default it points to where vim is > installed. But the help doc says: > > > The environment variable "$VIM" is used to locate various user files > > for Vim, such as the user startup script ".vimrc". > ^^^^^^ > > Is `$VIM` supposed to point to my user config folder or the installation > directory? What is its intended purpose? You should not be required to bother :) By default, it points to the installation folder (the parent of the vim90 folder, so typically /usr/share/vim). You can check from within Vim by doing :echo $VIM Note, it may contain the so-called system vimrc, as mentioned in the output of :version ,---- | system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" `---- Best, Christian -- Letzte Worte eines Liebhabers: "Stört's Dich wenn ich dabei lese?" -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20221007062516.GA1115470%40256bit.org.
