vimrc settings for user dont work for root

Question

I have modified the .vimrc file in my user. The settings dont work when i switch to superuser. When i check the contents of the file (using vim editor) i can see the mapped keystrokes of newlines (with all the text extending on the rightside beyond screen on same line), but when i check the contents of .vimrc as root, i see all the text in the same window screen one below the other (this may be a very stupid difference, but that is the only difference i noticed. all the data in the file is same).

i am unable to understand what is wrong and how can i correct it.

Answer 1

root is a user too, when you start vim with root, vim load the root's Home/.vimrc usually it is /root/.vimrc

You can cp or ln -s your user's vimrc to /root if this is a personal desktop machine.

I hope I understood your problem.