Hi,

Manfred Lotz wrote:
> Dennis Benzinger wrote:
>> Am 23.04.2009 10:21, Manfred Lotz schrieb:
>>> Hi all,
>>> When testing scripts (some have many files) I would like to put them in 
>>> a directory tree different to ~/.vim to avoid cluttering the ~/.vim tree.
>>>
>>>
>>> How can I expand the runtimepath variable in .vimrc?
>> Use the excellent online help and read :help 'runtimepath'. There is an
>> example.
>>
> 
> I had read it and tried to prepend ~/.vimtest like this
> set runtimepath=~/.vimtest,$VIMRUNTIME
> 
> in my ~/.vimrc.
> 
> However, it seemed that $VIMRUNTIME is not the same as runtimepath.
> 
> I couldn't find out how to specify runtimepath instead of $VIMRUNTIME in 
> above statement.
> 
> set runtimepath=~/.vimtest,runtimepath
> didn't do it.

if you want to put ~/.vimtest at the start of the runtimepath option use

  set runtimepath^=~/.vimtest

If you want to append it use

  set runtimepath+=~/.vimtest

See also

  :help set^=
  :help set+=

Regards,
Jürgen
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