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Allow gvim to be started from windows or the cygwin shell, peacefully co-existing with a symlinked .vimrc
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" because cygwin sets $HOME, ~/.vimrc will be read if you launch gvim from cygwin.
" If you have a _vimrc as well, this will be read in preference on windows.
" You can then source your normal windows rc (which you probably pointed back at your unix one directly,
" avoiding symlinks.
" If you have pathogen, this will make it work on gvim launched from cygwin as well!
let &rtp = &rtp.','.'D:/opt/cygwin/home/<user name here>/dotfiles/home/.vim' " Where your bundles are.
so D:/opt/vim/_vimrc " Whatever your windows rc is.
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