xdg vim config

To make vim load an alternative config file either use an alias or the VIMINIT variable. i.e. place either alias vim="vim -u ~/.config/vim/vimrc" or VIMINIT="source ~/.config/vim/vimrc" in your .bashrc (ironically, that one is still in my home folder).

Once that is loaded, you should source the following file after "nocompatible"

" file: ~/.config/vim/xdg.vim

if empty($XDG_CACHE_HOME)

let $XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME."/.cache"

endif

if empty($XDG_CONFIG_HOME)

let $XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME."/.config"

endif

if empty($XDG_DATA_HOME)

let $XDG_DATA_HOME=$HOME."/.local/share"

endif

set directory=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/swap,~/,/tmp

set backupdir=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/backup,~/,/tmp

set undodir=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/undo,~/,/tmp

set viminfo+=n$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/viminfo

set runtimepath+=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim,$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim/after,$XDG_DATA_HOME/vim/bundle/Vundle.vim,$VIM,$VIMRUNTIME

let $MYVIMRC=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME."/vim/vimrc"

With this file in place you should call it from your vimrc

" file: ~/.config/vim/vimrc

set nocompatible

filetype off

source $HOME/.config/vim/xdg.vim

call vundle#begin()

let vundle#bundle_dir = expand("$XDG_DATA_HOME/vim/bundle")

" include your calls to Plugin here

call vundle#end()

filetype plugin indent on

syntax on

source ~/.config.

Note that it is important that all the paths are defined BEFORE Vundle (or whatever is your plugin manager) is called, since the path to it is defined in xdg.vim.

You can check my full vim config at gitlab.

References

The vim script I modified my config from - https://gist.github.com/dkasak/6ae1c6bf0d771155f23b