The 90s called; they want their 256 colors back

[Hans Fugal]

Michael Torrie wrote:
> Hans Fugal wrote:
>> any reason you don't just put that in ~/.gvimrc?
> 
> Mainly because gvim sources .vimrc and I like to have one file that
> works in both the terminal and the gui.  It's annoying that macvim won't
> source vimrc.  Why is there a separate rc file for gvim anyway?  I'd
> prefer everything all in one place.

But that's the whole point. You use .vimrc for almost everything, except 
you put gvim-specific things in .gvimrc. I usually have only one or two 
lines in .gvimrc - font, maybe a different colorscheme, etc.

gvim (and macvim) do indeed source .vimrc first, then .gvimrc after. 
:help gvimrc


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