How to create the .vimrc file with windows 10











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So I am using windows and vi (not vim) but I don't know how to create my .vimrc file. I have looked at other questions on stack exchange and online and I can't get _vimrc to work. I also tried using .vimrc. I use windows 10. Can I please get step by step instructions on the creation of the file to make changes work?










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    Please describe what you have tried that didn't work.
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    Nov 26 at 3:28






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    see superuser.com/a/86269/181876
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  • I cant add code because of a glitch. I just went to my home directory and did vi .vimrc. In the file I added different 'set' commands, saved, exited, then entered vi again. The settings did not work. Then I tried the exact same thing again but with a file named _vimrc in the home directory. That didnt work either. The code I have is coppied from this link. codeincomplete.com/posts/my-vimrc-file
    – Hrittik Chatterjee
    Nov 27 at 4:40















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So I am using windows and vi (not vim) but I don't know how to create my .vimrc file. I have looked at other questions on stack exchange and online and I can't get _vimrc to work. I also tried using .vimrc. I use windows 10. Can I please get step by step instructions on the creation of the file to make changes work?










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    Please describe what you have tried that didn't work.
    – fixer1234
    Nov 26 at 3:28






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    see superuser.com/a/86269/181876
    – xaa
    Nov 26 at 12:33










  • I cant add code because of a glitch. I just went to my home directory and did vi .vimrc. In the file I added different 'set' commands, saved, exited, then entered vi again. The settings did not work. Then I tried the exact same thing again but with a file named _vimrc in the home directory. That didnt work either. The code I have is coppied from this link. codeincomplete.com/posts/my-vimrc-file
    – Hrittik Chatterjee
    Nov 27 at 4:40













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So I am using windows and vi (not vim) but I don't know how to create my .vimrc file. I have looked at other questions on stack exchange and online and I can't get _vimrc to work. I also tried using .vimrc. I use windows 10. Can I please get step by step instructions on the creation of the file to make changes work?










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So I am using windows and vi (not vim) but I don't know how to create my .vimrc file. I have looked at other questions on stack exchange and online and I can't get _vimrc to work. I also tried using .vimrc. I use windows 10. Can I please get step by step instructions on the creation of the file to make changes work?







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    Please describe what you have tried that didn't work.
    – fixer1234
    Nov 26 at 3:28






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    see superuser.com/a/86269/181876
    – xaa
    Nov 26 at 12:33










  • I cant add code because of a glitch. I just went to my home directory and did vi .vimrc. In the file I added different 'set' commands, saved, exited, then entered vi again. The settings did not work. Then I tried the exact same thing again but with a file named _vimrc in the home directory. That didnt work either. The code I have is coppied from this link. codeincomplete.com/posts/my-vimrc-file
    – Hrittik Chatterjee
    Nov 27 at 4:40














  • 1




    Please describe what you have tried that didn't work.
    – fixer1234
    Nov 26 at 3:28






  • 1




    see superuser.com/a/86269/181876
    – xaa
    Nov 26 at 12:33










  • I cant add code because of a glitch. I just went to my home directory and did vi .vimrc. In the file I added different 'set' commands, saved, exited, then entered vi again. The settings did not work. Then I tried the exact same thing again but with a file named _vimrc in the home directory. That didnt work either. The code I have is coppied from this link. codeincomplete.com/posts/my-vimrc-file
    – Hrittik Chatterjee
    Nov 27 at 4:40








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Please describe what you have tried that didn't work.
– fixer1234
Nov 26 at 3:28




Please describe what you have tried that didn't work.
– fixer1234
Nov 26 at 3:28




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1




see superuser.com/a/86269/181876
– xaa
Nov 26 at 12:33




see superuser.com/a/86269/181876
– xaa
Nov 26 at 12:33












I cant add code because of a glitch. I just went to my home directory and did vi .vimrc. In the file I added different 'set' commands, saved, exited, then entered vi again. The settings did not work. Then I tried the exact same thing again but with a file named _vimrc in the home directory. That didnt work either. The code I have is coppied from this link. codeincomplete.com/posts/my-vimrc-file
– Hrittik Chatterjee
Nov 27 at 4:40




I cant add code because of a glitch. I just went to my home directory and did vi .vimrc. In the file I added different 'set' commands, saved, exited, then entered vi again. The settings did not work. Then I tried the exact same thing again but with a file named _vimrc in the home directory. That didnt work either. The code I have is coppied from this link. codeincomplete.com/posts/my-vimrc-file
– Hrittik Chatterjee
Nov 27 at 4:40















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