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Asked: 2026-05-25T20:11:01+00:00

Generally on a unix system, there is a global vimrc file in the directory

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Generally on a unix system, there is a global vimrc file in the directory /etc or /etc/vim. You can also have a .vimrc file in your home directory that can customize your vi session.

Is it possible to have a .vimrc elsewhere in your directory tree so you can use different vi properties in different directories? This would be convenient because the editor properties that help you edit Python most quickly are different from those for editing, say, HTML.

This sort of thing does not seem to work be default on my mac or linux lappies. Is there a way to make it happen?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Vim has built functionality for this:

    :se exrc

    Enables the reading of .vimrc, .exrc and .gvimrc in the current
directory.  If you switch this option on you should also consider
setting the 'secure' option (see |initialization|).  Using a local
.exrc, .vimrc or .gvimrc is a potential security leak, use with care!
also see |.vimrc| and |gui-init|.

    See http://damien.lespiau.name/blog/2009/03/18/per-project-vimrc/

    For proper project support, there are several plugins have similar features. (which I don’t use, so I can’t recommend any).

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