vimrc file, viminfo file

Question

I have a little bit convoluted question about location of vimrc file. I am using gvim/vim on windows. I tried to find the location of vimrc file. ":version" showed following data: user: $HOME/_vimrc system: $VIM/vimrc $Home: c:\\users\\xyz $VIM: c:\\program files(x86)\\vim

I tried to search for "$HOME/_vimrc". I could not find it. So, I did :e $MYVIMRC and system "vimrc" poped up. Now I am wondering how come vim is taking "vimrc" from system folder and why there is no user "vimrc" file.

However, viminfo file is getting updated in the user folder. "$HOME/_viminfo"

Thanks

Answer 1

The user .vimrc (or _vimrc, in your case) is not created by default in the $HOME directory. It is used as an override for the system vimrc configuration.

If you create that file, you can override the system vimrc profile.