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I installed vim end pasted my vimrc file in /home/user, vim reads the vimrc file perfectly fine, but when I type :e $MYVIMRC it opens a new file named $MYVIMRC, why?










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  • What does :echo $MYVIMRC give you?
    – Ingo Karkat
    Nov 7 at 14:34










  • Both Vim 8 and neovim support :e $MYVIMRC.
    – Jim Stewart
    Nov 7 at 15:50










  • :echo $MYVIMRC doesn't give any output, nothing happens.
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I installed vim end pasted my vimrc file in /home/user, vim reads the vimrc file perfectly fine, but when I type :e $MYVIMRC it opens a new file named $MYVIMRC, why?










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  • What does :echo $MYVIMRC give you?
    – Ingo Karkat
    Nov 7 at 14:34










  • Both Vim 8 and neovim support :e $MYVIMRC.
    – Jim Stewart
    Nov 7 at 15:50










  • :echo $MYVIMRC doesn't give any output, nothing happens.
    – KeyboardDestroyer
    Nov 8 at 15:16













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  • What does :echo $MYVIMRC give you?
    – Ingo Karkat
    Nov 7 at 14:34










  • Both Vim 8 and neovim support :e $MYVIMRC.
    – Jim Stewart
    Nov 7 at 15:50










  • :echo $MYVIMRC doesn't give any output, nothing happens.
    – KeyboardDestroyer
    Nov 8 at 15:16


















  • What does :echo $MYVIMRC give you?
    – Ingo Karkat
    Nov 7 at 14:34










  • Both Vim 8 and neovim support :e $MYVIMRC.
    – Jim Stewart
    Nov 7 at 15:50










  • :echo $MYVIMRC doesn't give any output, nothing happens.
    – KeyboardDestroyer
    Nov 8 at 15:16
















What does :echo $MYVIMRC give you?
– Ingo Karkat
Nov 7 at 14:34




What does :echo $MYVIMRC give you?
– Ingo Karkat
Nov 7 at 14:34












Both Vim 8 and neovim support :e $MYVIMRC.
– Jim Stewart
Nov 7 at 15:50




Both Vim 8 and neovim support :e $MYVIMRC.
– Jim Stewart
Nov 7 at 15:50












:echo $MYVIMRC doesn't give any output, nothing happens.
– KeyboardDestroyer
Nov 8 at 15:16




:echo $MYVIMRC doesn't give any output, nothing happens.
– KeyboardDestroyer
Nov 8 at 15:16

















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