Vimrc

Reloading Your vimrc

If you’re tinkering with Vim’s config, did you know you can easily reload the settings file without restarting Vim? You basically just need to “source” the settings file: :source ~/.vimrc. You can use the abbreviated command, so it's just :so ~/.vimrc. If you use a plugin manager like Vundle…

Registers and the Clipboard

Recently I somehow ended up with set clipboard=unnamed in my .vimrc. I don't remember adding it, but I searched and removed it when I realised changes were overwriting my system clipboard contents. Here's what :help unnamed says, in case you're not familiar with this feature:

Highlight the Current Line

I’ve used cursorline for so long I can't even remember when I added it to my .vimrc. It highlights the current line so you can see the cursor more easily. The highlight is restricted to the current buffer, so it's easy to see in a collection of split windows as well.

Learn Vim with No Settings

Most people end up with huge .vimrc files and lots of configuration options. That can make using a standard installation of Vim tricky. So just how much vanilla Vim do you remember?

First, start Vim like this:

vim -u NONE