[email protected] wrote:
[email protected] 写于 2010-09-26 09:51:37:
The more steps required, the more likely he is to move
on to something else without trying the plugin.

Agree, so why not simply provide .vim files, which does not need to be
decompressed at all?

Well, in my case, the Txtfmt plugin consists of 3 .vim files (each of which goes in a different directory), and 1 .txt file. Apart from the obvious inconvenience of forcing a user to download and deal with 4 different files, the fact is that the script upload page permits you to upload only 1 file per release.


I usually distribute my scripts in plain .vim format. Trying to integrate
everything into one single .vim isn't quite difficult.

Actually, this is precisely what Vimball does! It creates a single, plain-text file that contains all the plugin scripts, plus the Vim script required to split them into their respective destination directories. You simply open the file with Vim and execute...

:so %

...at the command line. An autocommand even prompts you to do this, in case you're unfamiliar with vimball and neglected to read the instructions on the download page. Moreover, since Vim knows where it will look for plugin scripts, it can figure out an appropriate place to install them. It uses the first directory in 'rtp' by default. Of course, you can easily override this default by setting g:vimball_home. It is a solution that requires only Vim to work. If you can run Vim, you can easily install the plugin.

Is it only the file extension and its obvious association with Visual Basic that bothers you?

Sincerely,
Brett Stahlman


For Windows Vim user, it would be much better too see something end with
.vim than .vba,  (change it to .vima would be great.)

--
Sincerely, Pan, Shi Zhu.


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