On Sep 25, 9:39 pm, Charles E Campbell Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Agree, so why not simply provide .vim files, which does not need to be > > decompressed at all? > > > I usually distribute my scripts in plain .vim format. Trying to integrate > > everything into one single .vim isn't quite difficult. > > > For Windows Vim user, it would be much better too see something end with > > .vim than .vba, (change it to .vima would be great.) > > Here are some reasons: > > * syntax files should go into syntax directories > * plugin/ vs autoload/ -- putting everything into one file means > slower startup > * ftplugin/ and plugin/ -- sometimes plugins work with multiple > filetypes (ex. my AutoAlign, which has a common portion and separate, > typically small, sections for various filetypes). Its cleaner than > using a lot of autocmds. > > I'm sure I could come up with more reasons if pressed. >
You missed one huge one: * A good plugin should come with good documentation which integrates with the Vim :help. Vimball archives allow you to put the .txt help file in the same archive, and will even (if I remember correctly) automatically run :helptags after copying it to the appropriate location. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
