Re: setttings where all users home directories are set to HOME

In reply to ``setttings where all users home directories are set to HOME''
sent 21 September 2011, Wednesday by Lacis, Alf

You can try to use `$USER' in this case (assuming you are on *nix): from
normal vimrc do

source ~/.$USER-vimrc
and put user-specific settings into `$HOME/.$USER-vimrc' file. You can, of
course, create an alias: `alias vim="vim -u ~/.$USER-vimrc"'.

Original text:
> Hi,
>
> At a customer site, all users home dirs are set to the same $HOME.
>
> How do I have a unique settings file? Can I specify a personal settings
> file on the command line?
>
> Alf
>
> Think green - keep it on the screen.
>
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