I have a huuuuuuuge .vimrc configuration file. When I need to edit an /etc file, for example, I use sudo. like: sudo vim /etc/passwd But, using sudo I loose my user’s ~/.vimrc file, as vim uses it’s default. I have…
I have a huuuuuuuge .vimrc configuration file. When I need to edit an /etc file, for example, I use sudo. like: sudo vim /etc/passwd But, using sudo I loose my user’s ~/.vimrc file, as vim uses it’s default. I have…
As I have mentioned here, Vim creates backups for the files edited everywhere. To avoid this, you can set the backupdir or bdir variable to tell Vim where to put its backups. The default path for the backupdir is the…