Not reading ~/.vimrc

Question

I have a ~/.vimrc file that vim doesn\'t seem to be reading. There is a file at /etc/vimrc, and it looks like it is using that one.

My understanding is that the one

Answer 1

On OSX 10.8.0 the location of the vimrc file is: /usr/share/vim/vimrc

I just add my changes to the bottom of the file.

Of course this has the effect of making the changes for all users. For the life of me I can't seem to figure out how to get it to read ~/.vimrc. This was never an issue for me on 10.6.x

Anyway this is a quick fix even it is a bit dirty.

Cheers