Cool hint!
I don't seem to have a .vimrc file on my system (running Tiger).
Will this still work if I add the script to the .viminfo file (located in home folder)?

PS
.viminfo gets a current timestamp when I run vi.

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I think ~/.viminfo stores recent files and line positions, that kind of thing. There is no ~/.vimrc file unless you create one, but just go ahead and create that file. The same file will be read whether you use fink's vim or the apple provided one.

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geohar is right. Don't add it to ~/.viminfo as this only memorizes in which line you were for each file, what recent searched you have perfomed etc.

~/.vimrc (vim run commands) is the file vim scans each time you open vim to edit a file. There is none by default, but you can create one. Either just start with an empty file or you can copy the file /usr/share/vim/vim62/vimrc_example.vim and append the script from the hint at the bottom. That way, you also get some nice features that are not enabled by default.

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