Right now, I make everyone do ~/.vimrc and put their settings there.
How can I make a global, default .vimrc for new users?
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usually by creating /etc/vimrc or /etc/vim/vimrc. Depends on your version of vim and linux/unix
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I am using CentOS – Alex Nov 01 '09 at 02:12
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9should be /etc/vimrc on CentOs – ennuikiller Nov 01 '09 at 02:16
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1It is /etc/vimrc – Alex Nov 01 '09 at 02:21
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Doesn't work on Solaris – majkinetor Nov 15 '16 at 12:22
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7I'd personally suggest `/etc/vim/vimrc.local`, at least on Ubuntu 16. It gets sourced by `/etc/vim/vimrc` and means you don't have to hack at the default file. – Matt Fletcher Jan 31 '18 at 11:25
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to create a default ~/.vimrc for all new users, you should be able to drop it into /etc/skel
If I recall correctly, that provides the template for new user's home directories.
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In Debian, it appears the file you are looking for is:
/etc/vim/vimrc
It might be different in a different distro (though I think that is not much likely).
Good luck.
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10By default it sources `/etc/vim/vimrc.local` which would be safer for updates – vvondra Nov 05 '15 at 14:05
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See :help system-vimrc:
For Unix, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2, VMS, Macintosh, RISC-OS and Amiga the system vimrc file is read for initializations. The path of this file is shown with the ":version" command. Mostly it's "$VIM/vimrc". Note that this file is ALWAYS read in 'compatible' mode, since the automatic resetting of 'compatible' is only done later. Add a ":set nocp" command if you like.
So, put your system configurations in this file. Type :help version in vim to see where, or echo $VIM at the shell to see if $VIM is defined. (Note that you may have to set $VIM for all users, such as in a system bashrc file.)
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Vim appears to have changed to loading a defaults.vim file last in the absence of ~/.vimrc. Until this is addressed, I figured I need to load defaults.vim in /etc/vim/vimrc.local the way a sample vimrc_example.vim shows, set a flag to prevent the automatic loading of defaults.vim last and then set own preferences in the same file.
" Get the defaults that most users want.
source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim
+let g:skip_defaults_vim = 1
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2917#issuecomment-631908139
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for MacVim, it's at
/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.4-98/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/vimrc
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