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I put 'start' in ~/.vimrc, and my vim starts in input mode.

I put 'start' in /etc/vimrc, and nothing happens, for any user, including root.

How do I fix this?

UPDATE:

per queueoverflow below, I consulted :help system-vimrc, which I interpreted to mean that the most common path is indeed /etc/vimrc but the system is actually computing that from $VIM/vimrc.

echo $VIM produces blank output for both a normal user and for root.

This is a fresh Ubuntu 10.04 LTS installation, did I do something wrong?

I installed vim with sudo apt-get install vim.

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See :help system-vimrc. From serverfault.com/questions/82626/how-to-make-a-global-vimrc – queueoverflow Sep 4 '11 at 21:43
@queueoverflow I updated the question in response to your comment, thanks. – Maarx Sep 4 '11 at 22:05

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Isn't the correct path in /etc/vim/vimrc? You are missing the middle vim.

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This was my problem. Sometimes you just need a second set of eyes. Thanks. – Maarx Sep 4 '11 at 22:57
I think /etc/vim/vimrc.local is even better, it gets sourced by /etc/vim/vimrc – cmc May 2 at 7:57
Sure it is, thanks for comment. – Pavel S. May 2 at 19:45

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