view is the readonly mode of vim. I would like view to read the exact same .vimrc file for its initialization as vim already does.
view does not seem to read ~/.vimrc by default (I checked by adding echo "hello, world" at the bottom). Using view -u ~/.vimrc does not work for me either. Reading :help initialization it seems that there are special files for evim and eview, but not for view.
Unsurprisingly, vim -R reads .vimrc files. How do I make view do the same?
Version info
vim
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jun 14 2019 11:41:55)
Included patches: 1-160, 399, 402-403, 1099
Modified by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Compiled by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +farsi +mouse_netterm +syntax
+arabic +file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tag_binary
+autocmd +find_in_path -mouse_sysmouse +tag_old_static
-balloon_eval +float +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white
-browse +folding +mouse_xterm -tcl
++builtin_terms -footer +multi_byte +terminfo
+byte_offset +fork() +multi_lang +termresponse
+cindent +gettext -mzscheme +textobjects
-clientserver -hangul_input +netbeans_intg +title
-clipboard +iconv +path_extra -toolbar
+cmdline_compl +insert_expand +perl +user_commands
+cmdline_hist +jumplist +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+cmdline_info +keymap +postscript +virtualedit
+comments +langmap +printer +visual
+conceal +libcall +profile +visualextra
+cryptv +linebreak +python/dyn +viminfo
+cscope +lispindent -python3 +vreplace
+cursorbind +listcmds +quickfix +wildignore
+cursorshape +localmap +reltime +wildmenu
+dialog_con -lua +rightleft +windows
+diff +menu +ruby/dyn +writebackup
+digraphs +mksession +scrollbind -X11
-dnd +modify_fname +signs -xfontset
-ebcdic +mouse +smartindent -xim
+emacs_tags -mouseshape -sniff -xsmp
+eval +mouse_dec +startuptime -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra +mouse_gpm +statusline -xterm_save
+extra_search -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop -xpm
system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/etc"
f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/usr/share/vim/vim74"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D__linux__ -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -L. -Wl,-z,relro -fstack-protector -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -Wl,-z,relro -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lm -lnsl -lselinux -lncurses -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -fstack-protector -L/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -lperl -lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
view
$ view !$
view --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jun 14 2019 11:42:11)
Included patches: 1-160, 399, 402-403, 1099
Modified by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Compiled by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Small version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl -farsi -mouse_sgr -tag_old_static
-arabic -file_in_path -mouse_sysmouse -tag_any_white
-autocmd -find_in_path -mouse_urxvt -tcl
-balloon_eval -float -mouse_xterm +terminfo
-browse -folding +multi_byte -termresponse
+builtin_terms -footer -multi_lang -textobjects
-byte_offset +fork() -mzscheme -title
-cindent -gettext -netbeans_intg -toolbar
-clientserver -hangul_input -path_extra -user_commands
-clipboard +iconv -perl -vertsplit
-cmdline_compl -insert_expand -persistent_undo -virtualedit
+cmdline_hist +jumplist -printer +visual
-cmdline_info -keymap -profile -visualextra
-comments -langmap -python -viminfo
-conceal -libcall -python3 -vreplace
-cryptv -linebreak -quickfix +wildignore
-cscope -lispindent -reltime -wildmenu
-cursorbind -listcmds -rightleft +windows
-cursorshape -localmap -ruby +writebackup
-dialog -lua -scrollbind -X11
-diff -menu -signs -xfontset
-digraphs -mksession -smartindent -xim
-dnd -modify_fname -sniff -xsmp
-ebcdic -mouse -startuptime -xterm_clipboard
-emacs_tags -mouse_dec -statusline -xterm_save
-eval -mouse_gpm -sun_workshop -xpm
-ex_extra -mouse_jsbterm -syntax
-extra_search -mouse_netterm -tag_binary
system vimrc file: "/etc/virc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/etc"
f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/usr/share/vim/vim74"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D__linux__ -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -Wl,-z,relro -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lm -lselinux -lncurses -lacl -lattr -ldl
viewactually from Vim, and not something else (say, heirloom vi)? What doview --versionandvim --versionreport?VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4at the top. However, view reportsSmall version without GUIcompared to vim'sHuge version without GUI. Nothing in the lists of included features (which are obviously different) suggest that initialization would be different. Both commands print similar list ofvimrcfiles withviewreporting one more thanvim:system vimrc file: "/etc/virc". I'll add both outputs to the question.viewis reading your.vimrcfile but you're not seeing the effects of it. For example, if you expected to see syntax highlighting, that's disabled on the "small" version of Vim in RHEL/CentOS 7. Use:scriptnamesto check which Vim script files were read by Vim (orview), that might tell you more or confirm whether.vimrcis being read or not...viewbinary is provided by Vim, it should read your:vimrc. Check the output of:scriptnamesto make sure.+eval, thenechomsg()won't work as well. @andrybak, you might need to linkviewto yourvimbinary (the huge version). Or useupdate-alternatives, which is for Debian, so use the correct alternative for Redhat/CentOS