I have created a system wide config file in /etc/vimrc but vim is not sourcing it. The same config file works like a charm if I put it into ~HOME/.vimrc
$ vim -V ... could not source "$VIM/vimrc" ... It seems to be a difference between vi and vim, the former uses directly /etc while the latter refers to $VIM $ vi --version ... system vimrc file: "/etc/virc" fallback for $VIM: "/etc" .. $ vim --version ... system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" fallback for $VIM: "/etc" -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple