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Where can I find vimrc file in Windows?
However, Vim will not create a vimrc file for you automatically, you will need to create it yourself. Example: It depends on how you got vim on your computer. I have a generic answer instead – create a vimrc file in your user’s home directory, it’s probably the “correct” answer as well.
How to run a C programming file in Vim?
When your project becomes larger, you can also write a makefile and compile the current project with :make, if there are any errors, vim will jump to them automatically. Use the following mapping code in your .vimrc file for compiling and running a c programming file. F8 key is for run the mapping. “%” is to take the current file name.
Where do I put my plugins in Vim?
In Vim, :echo $HOME tells you where you are supposed to put your _vimrc. In your case, your _vimrc should be C:\\Users\\Alphabet\\_vimrc and you should put your plugins and whatnot in C:\\Users\\Alphabet\\vimfile\\.
Why is Vim editing _ vimrc not saving in gvim?
The issue I am running into right now is that after opening up _vimrc and adding in the line stated above, I cannot save the file, even when forcing it (with w!). I was wondering why this is and how I can go about fixing this. As an added note, I am running this in GVIM.
Where is the Vim settings file on Windows?
It is not accepting this file (whether it is named _vimrc or _gvimrc, I tried both) as the settings file as the font has not changed on the next start-up and still writes backup files. my _vimrc / _gvimrc is stored at C:/Users/ /_vimrc and is working fine.
Do you need to run Vim as an administrator?
Using the following command. As ghiscoding mentions in a comment, you may need to run Vim as an administrator to be able to save your changes. On Windows systems, the best way to find the value of $HOME is from within Vim, as follows. These commands are useful to see what directories your Vim is using:
Why does Vim fail to set the winminheight?
If the order of the settings are reversed vim might fail to set the winminheight saying “E36: Not enough room”. In this case it helps to set the winheight less than the screen height and then set winminheight before setting winheight=999 again. So to have the settings in .vimrc: