Whenever I start a shell in vim using :sh, it doesn't source my ~/.bashrc file. How can I get it to do this automatically?
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A:
See :help 'shell'. You can set this string to include -l or --login, which will source your .bashrc file. So, you might have a line like this in your .vimrc:
set shell=bash\ --login
Note that this will alter everything that invokes the shell, including :!. This shouldn't be much of a problem, but you should be aware of it.
The value of this command can also be changed by setting the $SHELL environment variable.
jheddings
2009-11-07 22:12:50
You're my hero. I had done :help sh in the past, unfortunately that doesn't tell you much.
Pierre-Antoine LaFayette
2009-11-07 23:40:55
Glad to help... The docs do get a little hard to traverse.
jheddings
2009-11-08 00:01:48
A:
If it doesn't source your .bashrc file, it may still source your .bash_profile file. I usually make one of them a symlink to the other. If your .bashrc performs some particularly odd one-time operations, you may have to edit it to only perform those operations with a login shell, but I've never had problems with it.
qid
2009-11-07 22:36:51
A:
~/.vimrc
cmap sh<CR> !bash --login<CR>
If you quickly enter "sh<Enter>" in command-line, you can start bash with sourcing ~/.bashrc. So dirty.
hail2u
2009-11-18 14:54:42
This problem has already been resolved in a clean way. No need to pollute our vimrc files with unnecessary mappings.
Pierre-Antoine LaFayette
2009-11-18 22:37:55