How to execute a file everytime before opening Vim

Question

I have recently started using vim and I really like it. I have added a few easy mappings in my vimrc file.

But the problem is I get to use a lot of remote machines a lot of time and I can't copy my vimrc on to them but most of the times I won't have enough permissions to do that.

So, I was wondering if there is any way I can put all my vim mappings in a file and tell vim to run it every time it loads, just like a vimrc?

Answer 1

The action that is "parsing" the .vimrc is called source.

In runtime, you can reapply/reparse your .vimrc by using

  :source ~/.vimrc

So if you can somehow copy your .vimrc, even if not in your home, but a folder like /tmp you should be able to source it from there, with

:source /tmp/.vimrc

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