Automatically reload .vimrc in multiple sessions

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I usually develop with vim open in multiple tabs/terminals. When I make a change to my vimrc, this means closing and reopening all sessions of vim. Is there a way to automatically reload your vimrc in ALL open sessions? It seems like if this was possible, the answer would be easy to find, but I thought I would ask anyway.

I've already looked here. As the answer suggests, it doesn't work for regular vim (only gvim)

Whether console Vim supports message passing depends on build configuration. If you want to use it in console Vim, just build it with `clientserver` feature turned on. See the question that Connor suggests in his answer below. — xaizek, Aug 04 '12 at 20:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '12 at 23:14

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You can reload your vimrc without exiting vim:

:source ~/.vimrc

But you'll need to do this across all open instances of vim.

answered Aug 03 '12 at 23:14

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I know you can do this, but I was looking for a more magical way. Also, IIRC this won't work 100% of the time because it doesn't unmap anything. If there was an automatic method you could add in a :mapclear with it. – xthrd Aug 03 '12 at 23:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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See this answer about clientserver on a Mac (assuming this might be your problem).

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Aug 04 '12 at 00:18

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Automatically reload .vimrc in multiple sessions

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