The admin on our server gave everyone a .vim/vimrc file, which has all the settings I want, except for one I want to change. (I am not allowed to change the .vim/vimrc file) I read up on it, and I created a .vimrc file, which contains the line: set nowrap. Once this is created, all the admin settings are gone, leaving me with this ugly version I don't want. When I change the name or delete it, the admin settings are back, but I don't have the non-wrapping lines. How can I get the best of both wrold and keep the non wraping lines + the admin settings
In your .vimrc, put
source ~/.vim/vimrc " This will execute everything in that file (one which you were given)
set nowrap
source will execute everything ~/.vim/vimrc and even if there are any wraping setting in that file, the setting you provide in ~/.vimrc will override it.