On 17/06/09 22:54, Ben Fritz wrote:
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> On Jun 17, 8:17 am, Ben Badgley<[email protected]> wrote:
>> How do you actually use the scripts? Is it dependent upon each script?
>
> For ready-made scripts, it is a little dependent on the script. Most
> (I think) will tell you how to install, but in general:
>
> "Plugin" scripts often define mappings and commands to use from within
> Vim accessible at any time. Simply put the .vim file(s) in $HOME/.vim/
> plugin for *nix systems and $HOME/vimfiles/plugin for Windows
> systems.
>
> "Filetype plugin" scripts define mappings, commands, etc. for use for
> a specific filetype. These usually go in $HOME/.vim/ftplugin or
> $HOME/.vim/after/ftplugin (again, use vimfiles instead of .vim for
> Windows).
>
> New or updated syntax definitions also come in script form, and go in
> $HOME/.vim/syntax
>
> Color schemes go in $HOME/.vim/colors
>
> There are a few other locations as well, but really the script should
> tell you about them if needed. Regardless, most scripts come with (or
> should come with) documentation, which should go in $HOME/.vim/doc.
> After you've placed it there, go into Vim and type :helptags
> $HOME/.vim/doc to allow you to use Vim's :help command with the new
> documentation.
>
> To figure out where $HOME points to, simply :echo $HOME from within
> Vim.
And if you're on Windows, replace $HOME/.vim by $HOME/vimfiles
everywhere above. (Vim can use forward slashes as path separators, even
on Windows.)
Best regards,
Tony.
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