> Interesting. So we would have a $VIMRUNTIME/python directory and we can > put Python scripts there that we include with the distribution. > > I'm sure it is only a small step that users will ask to have a python > directory in ~/.vim/python. Or more general, using 'runtimepath'. > > Then a plugin does not require to have its Python code in between a > :python << EOF and EOF. That would be a lot nicer, right? > > What do others think?
Automatically adding all items from `&rtp` to sys.path would be good. It (and python3/) is already a standard directory in frawor for python files. But I would vote against the patch to os.chdir implemented in python and (as there is no better variant) for the solution based on comparing current directories before and after `os.chdir`: 1. Implementation based on comparing current directories can be written once and easily applied to all other interfaces. 2. `os.chdir` is most common, but not the only way to change directories from python: there are also at least `posix.chdir` and calls to libc (e.g. indirectly from some bindings or directly using ctypes, though I can’t imagine why the latter may be required). 3. Proposed implementation will break once somebody deletes `os` from sys.modules for some reason (I used to use this variant to reset `os` module after mocking its methods for testing purposes; though as for all non-builtin modules touching `sys.modules`). About the implementation of `&rtp` handling: you can add there to `sys.path` a special path like `'_vim_runtimepaths_'` and add hook to `sys.path_hooks` that can handle it. Requires dropping python 2.2 support (`path_hooks` were added in python 2.3), but you won’t then need to hack `options.c` to add or remove appropriate paths from `sys.path` when changing `&rtp`. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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_dev" 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/groups/opt_out.
