Commit: runtime(doc): Add a note about handling symbolic links in starting.txt

[Christian Brabandt]

runtime(doc): Add a note about handling symbolic links in starting.txt

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/af0fed598889cbc2fbf286c1e282c27b92215e8d
Author: h-east <h.eas...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Dec 19 20:51:36 2024 +0100

runtime(doc): Add a note about handling symbolic links in starting.txt

closes: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/16257

Signed-off-by: h-east <h.eas...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/doc/starting.txt b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
index 7ce4d6f16..94ed836fc 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/starting.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*starting.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Oct 05
+*starting.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Dec 19


VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order:
The $MYVIMRC or $MYGVIMRC environment variable will be set to the first found
vimrc and/or gvimrc file while $MYVIMDIR is set to the users personal runtime
directory 'rtp' (typically the first entry in 'runtimepath').
+Note: These environment variables resolve symbolic links, but 'rtp' does not.


Some hints on using initializations ~