[CLUE-Tech] VIM config

Keith Hellman kehellman at yahoo.com
Tue May 28 09:28:35 MDT 2002


The VIMRUNTIME env var can be specified, but it is not required.  It
defaults to a builtin value determined at vim build time.

:help VIMRUNTIME for more info...

--- "Jed S. Baer" <thag at frii.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 May 2002 08:23:39 -0600
> Matt Gushee <mgushee at havenrock.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 06:15:22AM -0600, Jeffery Cann wrote:
> > > On Monday 27 May 2002 10:45 pm, Matt Gushee wrote:
> > > > The question is: is that what $VIMRUNTIME is *for*?
> > > 
> > > This env variable points to all of the runtime files that come with
> > > the Vim distribution.  Sure, you can count on it as long as it's in
> > > your .bash_profile.
> > 
> > Okay ... if it's supposed to be in .bash_profile, have you checked
> > yours?'Cuz it's not in mine, nor in my /etc/profile. So there is no
> > $VIMRUNTIME in a normal bash environment--it's visible only when I run
> > 'env' from *within VIM*.
> 
> As with many other environment variables, there are default values,
> which
> you override when you set them in your profile.
> 
> BTW, there was an article in the March 2002 issue of Linux Magazine
> about
> vim syntax highlighting.
> 
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