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@@ -410,20 +410,17 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order:
3. Execute Ex commands, from environment variables and/or files
An environment variable is read as one Ex command line, where multiple
- commands must be separated with '|' or "<NL>".
- *init.vim* *vimrc* *exrc*
- A file that contains initialization commands is called a "vimrc" file.
- Each line in a vimrc file is executed as an Ex command line. It is
- sometimes also referred to as "exrc" file. They are the same type of
- file, but "exrc" is what Vi always used, "vimrc" is a Vim specific
- name, "init.vim" is Neovim specific location for vimrc file. Also see
- |vimrc-intro|.
-
- Places for your personal initializations (see |base-directories|):
- Unix $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim
- (default for $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is ~/.config)
- Windows $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim
- (default for $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is ~/AppData/Local)
+ commands must be separated with '|' or <NL>.
+ *config* *init.vim* *vimrc* *exrc*
+ A file that contains initialization commands is generically called
+ a "vimrc" or config file. Each line in a vimrc file is executed as an
+ Ex command line. See also |vimrc-intro| and |base-directories|.
+
+ The Nvim config file is named "init.vim", located at:
+ Unix ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
+ Windows ~/AppData/Local/nvim/init.vim
+ Or if |$XDG_CONFIG_HOME| is defined:
+ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim
RECOMMENDATION: Put all your Vim configuration stuff in the
$HOME/.config/nvim/ directory. That makes it easy to copy it to