Quoting Yakov Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Almost every plugin begins with this check:
> if exists("g:plugin_name") | finish | endif
> let g:plugin_name = 1
> I understand this tries to save time if vim tries to load plugins 2nd time.
> But aren't plugins loaded only at vim startup ? Does vim *ever*
> ever try to load plugins 2nd time ? In which situation can vim load
> plugin 2nd time (except for some manual command) ?
Here's two reasons:
It allows new versions of the plugin to be placed in the user's .vim/
(vimfiles\) directories to override older versions that may have come with vim.
It allows users to disable a plugin by setting the loading variable.
Regards,
Chip Campbell
