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here are the details on how to use the

.exrc

file which is contains commands that are executed each time vi or vim is run.

in the dos version of vim the .exrc file is named

_vimrc

and its assumed to be in the same directory that the executable program

vim.exe or vi.exe

in DOS if you store the executable vi.exe or vim.exe in

c:\windows\command

then place _vimrc in the same path of

c:\windows\command

and all the vi commands in _vimrc will be executed everytime you fire up vi or vim.

if your a meat head and wish to place _vimrc in a different path then where you place the executable vi.exe you have to tell vim the path with

set VIM=c:\stupid\path\to\find\vimrc\file

in this case vi or vim will search for _vimrc in c:\stupid\path\to\find\vimrc\file and if it finds _vimrc it will execute all the vim commands it finds in it

i usually put these commands in the _vimrc file

se ic - so vi will ignore case when searching for stuff
se nowrapscan - causes vi to stop searching for stuff when it hits the end of file
se vb - turns off the annoying error bell and Visually Blinks for errors
se nowrap - long lines that are over 80 characters are displayed as 1 line instead of as 2 or more lines

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