Re: .gvimrc vs. .vimrc

On 2015-03-01, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 2015-03-01 15:37, Bao Niu wrote:
> > I have a quick question here:
> > Is it safe to move everything from .vimrc to .gvimrc, or vise
> > versa? Is there any particular command that can only be executed in
> > one file but not the other? e.g. colorscheme?
>
> Commands in the gvimrc won't get executed if you invoke (non-g)vim. I
> seem to recall that direct gvim-related commands don't work if put in
> just the vimrc. You can trigger them with an autocmd, so I've seen
> folks do things like
>
> autocmd GUIEnter * set guioptions-=t
>
> in a single vimrc, so that when the GUI fires up, those commands get
> executed. That allows you to have one vimrc and then set those
> GUI-specific options when the GUI fires up.
>
> That said, I just have a vimrc for most settings, and a gvimrc for my
> few GUI-specific ones.

It's not that GUI-specific options have to be put in ~/.gvimrc, it's
that options that need to be set after Vim has started the GUI have
to be put in ~/.gvimrc (or in a GUIEnter autocommand).

For example, you can set 'guifont' and 'guioptions' in your
~/.vimrc; but you should set your :colorscheme in ~/.gvimrc or with
a GUIEnter autocommand because Vim won't know the background color
of the GUI until it starts the GUI.

In my case, I put everything in my ~/.vimrc file and use GUIEnter
autocommands to execute those few commands I've discovered have to
be executed after the GUI starts. I use both vim and gvim, but
primarily vim as it is much easier to integrate with shell commands.

Regards,
Gary

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