Create a second config file named ~/.cvimrc containing: set secure set viminfo= set noswapfile set nobackup set nowritebackup set history=0 set noshelltemp function Scramble() %!base64 -e | aespipe -e aes256 -T | base64 -e endfunction function Unscramble() %!base64 -d | aespipe -e aes256 -d | base64 -d endfunction map :call Scramble() map :call Unscramble() Create a shell script named cvim (copy it to /usr/bin) containing: #!/bin/sh vim -S $HOME/.cvimrc "$@" Make the new script executable (do this as root, or use ~/bin/ instead of /usr/bin): $ chmod 750 /usr/bin/cvim