Re: Make vim use the right external program

On 2011-03-28, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 03/28/2011 08:11 AM, BPJ wrote:
> >How can I make
> >
> >:!perl ...
> >
> >use the perl symlinked at ~/bin/perl
> >rather than /usr/bin/perl without actually
> >having to type :!~/bin/perl every time?
>
> What's your $PATH set to?
>
> You can find out what your system thinks it's set to with
>
> set PATH
>
> at the command-prompt and you can show what Vim thinks it is by
> issuing
>
> :echo $PATH
>
> your ~/bin directory should precede /usr/bin in the path. If it
> follows /usr/bin or is absent, you need to set your path
> accordingly (and export it if you're on *nix). Usually you can
> tweak this in your .bashrc, .bash_profile, or your Environment
> Variables dialog on (win32).
>
> In my .bash_profile it reads:
>
> if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
> export PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
> fi
>
> and in my Win32, I have a local User setting something like
>
> PATH=c:\users\tchase\bin;%PATH%

Or, if you want that PATH setting only when using Vim, or if you're
launching gvim from your window manager and you put your PATH
setting in a shell configuration file that's not read into your
window manager's environment, you can set PATH within your ~/.vimrc
like this:

let $PATH = "~/bin:" . $PATH

(Unfortunately, :let doesn't have a ^= operator like :set has.)

Regards,
Gary

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