I am learning Vim .... on Linux Mint Cinnamom Rebecca (17.1), 64 bits
I am learning plugins for Vim from here: http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/vim/ There is a free download book. Excerpts from page 60 of book (http://files.swaroopch.com/vim/byte_of_vim_v051.pdf): “ 2. To install your own plugins or plugins that you have download from somewhere, you can use your own plugin directory: • $HOME/.vim/plugin/ on Linux/BSD/Mac OS X … “ The Vim help files also mentioned this via vim command, :help plugin USING A GLOBAL PLUGIN First read the text in the plugin itself to check for any special conditions. Then copy the file to your plugin directory: system plugin directory ~ Unix ~/.vim/plugin/ My $HOME is : ~ $ echo $HOME /home/foffb But there is no $HOME/.vim folder, even after I enable “Show hidden files”. The vim folder I found is here, and plugin folder also shown is like so: /usr/share/vim/addons/plugin So I downloaded highlight_current_line.vim (found here http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1652) as suggested in the book, and put it in the only Vim plugin folder I found: /usr/share/vim/addons/plugin/highlight_current_line.vim When I ran vim, and I moved cursor over a line of texts, the line is not highlighted ! Meaning plugin, "highlight_current_line.vim", does not work. Questions … too many, but here are a few for now: 1) Why do I not a have same folder structure for Vim as mention in the Vim's help docs and the “A Byte of Vim” book? Meaning there is no .vim under $HOME folder. AND .... This is all the vim stuff I have under $HOME : ~ $ locate $HOME/.vim/plugin No returned result .... ~ $ locate $HOME/.vim /home/foffb/.viminfo 2) Where should I put the plugin? Where does your .vim folder reside in your Linux? 3) What else did I missed? Thanks. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
