Vim has many more features than Vi, but most of them are disabled by
default. To start using more features you have to create a "vimrc" file.
- 1. Start editing the "vimrc" file.
- `:call mkdir(stdpath('config'),'p')`{vim}
- `:exe 'edit' stdpath('config').'/init.vim'`{vim}
+ 1. Start editing the "vimrc" file. This depends on your system:
+ for UNIX-like for Windows
+ `:e ~/.vimrc`{vim} `:e ~/_vimrc`{vim}
- 2. Write the file with:
+ 2. Now read the example "vimrc" file contents:
+ `:r $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim`{vim}
+
+ 3. Write the file with:
`:w`{vim}
+ The next time you start Vim it will use syntax highlighting.
You can add all your preferred settings to this "vimrc" file.
For more information type `:help vimrc-intro`{vim}.