Thanks Chip.
*Signature:* "*Bad* *company* *corrupts* *good* character". -anonymous writer ".... Beautiful quotes ....". -Dalai Lama, http://thinkexist.com/quotes/dalai_lama/ Live Long And Prosper, FriendOfFatBeagle On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Charles Campbell < [email protected]> wrote: > FriendOfFatBeagle wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > 1: that's not automatic; you need to mkdir $HOME/.vim yourself > 2: depends on how your plugin is delivered. A vimball will set itself > up, pretty much, for example, with a simple vim plugin.vmb and :so %. > If its not a vimball, perhaps the plugin comes with directions. > Tarballs need you to be in some directory (often $HOME/.vim) before > un-tarring. The other distribution methods (vundle, etc) really need > you to install the associated plugin first -- but I'm sure that they > come with directions, so at least read their installation directions. > 3: what kind of vim do you have? try using :version to see. In > particular, you don't want a "Tiny" version if you're intending to use > plugins. I myself use 7.4 with patches 1-725, Huge (for the nonce). > > Regards, > Chip Campbell > > -- > -- > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_use/8xgv2Z0yEw0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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.
