Warning message when sourcing .vimrc

Question

I am trying to set up a .vimrc file in my home directory. The only thing it contains is the following.

\" Enable syntax highlighting
syntax on
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Answer 1

you can run . ~/.bashrc in console
but you should run :source ~/.vimrc in vim
vim will run ~/.vimrc automatically, you don't need run it manually.

type :ver to check:

   system vimrc file: "$VIM\vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME\_vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "$VIM\_vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME\_exrc"
  2nd user exrc file: "$VIM\_exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "$VIM\gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME\_gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "$VIM\_gvimrc"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME\menu.vim"

Answer 2

Put following code on head in your ~/.vimrc.

"return" 2>&- || "exit"