Kai Weber wrote:
where can I find an overview of the $HOME/.vim directory hierarchie? I
have not found an overview, seems I have to read all the vim
documentation for ":help ftplugin", ":help initialization" and so on.
<snip>
Hello!
I have the following help file which I use; see attached.
Place it in: .vim/doc
Bring up vim, type: :helptags ~/.vim/doc
(adjust path as needed)
Regards,
Chip Campbell
*dotvim.txt* The .vim Directory Structure Feb 20, 2007
*.vim-after* *.vim-ftplugin* *.vim-plugin*
*.vim-doc* *.vim-indent* *.vim-syntax*
Copyright: (c) 2004-2007 by Charles E. Campbell, Jr. *dotvim-copyright*
The VIM LICENSE applies to dotvim.vim and dotvim.txt
(see |copyright|) except use "dotvim" instead of "Vim"
No warranty, express or implied. Use At-Your-Own-Risk.
==============================================================================
1. The <.vim/> directory tree *.vim* *vimfiles*
(see also |'runtimepath'|)
The user's local plugins and whatnot are stored under:
>
.vim/ Unix
vimfiles/ PC,Mac
<
filetype.vim |new-filetype|
new filetypes triggered by filename
menu.vim |menu.vim|
gui menus
scripts.vim |new-filetype-scripts|
new filetypes triggered by file contents
after/compiler/ |write-compiler-plugin|
overrule a compiler plugin
after/filetype.vim |43.2|
overrule filetype
after/ftplugin |ftplugin-overrule|
overrule filetype settings after loading the global plugin
after/plugin
user-specified additions to pre-existing plugins
after/syntax/ |mysyntaxfile-add|
user-specified additions to pre-existing syntax highlighting
ex. after/syntax/c.vim
autoload/ |autoload|
Starting with vim 7.0, scripts can be broken into an
always-loaded portion in .vim/plugin and a loaded on
demand portion in .vim/autoload.
colors/ |:colorscheme|
holds colorscheme files
compiler/ |:compiler|
holds compiler files
doc/ |write-local-help| |add-local-help|
put in your own help files such as this one
ftdetect/ |new-filetype| |plugin-filetype|
Filetype detection scripts. Note that:
>
set filetype=foo overrules
setf foo sets filetype only when not set yet
<
ftplugin/ |write-filetype-plugin|
filetype-based plugins (ex. ftplugin/tex/tex.vim)
indent/ |filetype-indent-on| |indent-expression|
user-specified indenting associated with <syntaxfile>.vim
keymap/ |mbyte-keymap|
specify keymap files (multibyte related)
lang/ |:menutrans|
menu and messages translations
plugin/ |write-plugin| |filetype-plugins| |plugin-special|
files herein will be loaded automatically at every
invocation of vim
syntax/ |mysyntaxfile| |new-filetype|
new user-specified <syntaxfile>.vim files
spell/ |spell-load|
holds dictionaries of words for spell checking
systags |ft-c-omni|
May be used to help complete system functions
tutor/ |tutor|
files for vimtutor
.vim/after
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