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Questions about the history of Vi. DO NOT use this for command history.

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Why is it called a "vimrc" file?

Where did the name vimrc come from? Is the rc part an acronym? Are there historical reasons for picking this name? Where did the practice of using rc for configuration files first come from? For wh …
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