How to reference/source a custom .vimrc file

Question

Is there a way to reference (or \"source\") another user\'s .vimrc file?

When I kuu (a variant of su that uses kerberos security tokens) to

Answer 1

Use an alternate .vimrc file without plugins as mentioned, and add an alias in .bash_profile or something.

alias svim='vim -u ~/.vimrc_simple'

Really I prefer the following:

alias vvim='vim -u ~/.vimrc_vundle'

In order to keep vim as a lightweight command, as plugin loading seems to slow down program instantiation.