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Message from discussion Please fix: make Windows Vim use same files as unix. No reason not to and it's confusing in mixed envirionments.
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Dan Wierenga  
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 More options Oct 13 2011, 11:30 am
From: Dan Wierenga <dwiere...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:30:07 -0700
Local: Thurs, Oct 13 2011 11:30 am
Subject: Re: Please fix: make Windows Vim use same files as unix. No reason not to and it's confusing in mixed envirionments.
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Chris Sutcliffe <ir0nh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/10/2011 7:47 PM, Linda W wrote:

>>    I don't set a runtime path.   I'd expect it to work the same as on
>> unix/linux.
>> Why should windows be different?

> Assuming you are trying to mix Cygwin and Windows (g)vim, in Cygwin just
> make .vim a symlink to vimfiles.  I do that and it works quite well.

And even if you're not, the newer versions of Windows (since Vista, IIRC)
support symlinks .  Open up cmd.exe and type "mklink".

 
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