How to change VIMRUNTIME directory after build from sources

Question

How can I change $VIM and $VIMRUNTIME directory after building it from sources? It seems both directory always follow vim.exe and gvim.exe directory.

update: I built it in windows 8.1 x64 with MinGW32.

Why would you want to do this? If you do a proper installation, the runtime should be next to the Vim executables. — Ingo Karkat
– Ingo Karkat, Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 20:10

svlasov · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-28 20:08:38Z

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Something like this:

:echo $VIMRUNTIME /usr/share/vim/vim74 :let $VIMRUNTIME="/tmp" :echo $VIMRUNTIME /tmp

Or add to .vimrc:

let $VIMRUNTIME="/tmp"

answered Mar 28, 2015 at 20:00

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Vim can't remember that. It reset when vim closed.

You can put that to .vimrc.

That's my point. I want to put .vimrc file in separate directory from it's bin file.

No problem. Leave the default .vimrc with the $VIMRUNTIME setting and add a second line so /path/to/other/vimrc.