Changes: Fix .vimrc

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created July 16, 2013 · complexity basic · version 7.0

By default, Cygwin does not include the improved version of vi, and this results in ~/.vimrc being ignored. To create a custom configuration file, you have two options:

Store your vi configuration settings in ~/.virc.
Install Vim via setup.exe (see note below).

For option 2, you will have to launch vi with the Vim command or add an alias to ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc. like so: echo "alias vi=vim" >> ~/.bashrc

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I went for first option, that helped, thanks! Regards, Ida

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+By default, Cygwin does ''not'' include the improved version of vi, and this results in <code>~/.vimrc</code> being ignored. To create a custom configuration file, you have two options:
+*Store your vi configuration settings in <code>~/.virc</code>.
+*Install Vim via setup.exe (see note below).
+For option 2, you will have to launch vi with the Vim command or add an alias to ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc. like so:
-<ol>
-<li>Store your vi configuration settings in ~/.virc</li>
-<li>Install vim via setup.exe (see note below)</li>
-</ol>
-For option 2, you will have to launch vi with the vim command or add an alias to ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc. like so:
 <code>
 echo "alias vi=vim" >> ~/.bashrc
 </code>
+==Comments==
+I went for first option, that helped, thanks! Regards, Ida