> I meant for the web downloader, where does that come from? I assume always > from git.
What web downloader? All sources are defined in VAM-kr. > > You can use git archive from github, but this is a fallback option only in > > case git, mercurial and bazaar executables are not available or mercurial > > and bazaar do not have respectively hg-git and bzr-git plugins installed. > > It is disabled by default, ask MarcWeber why. For details see `:h > > vam#vcs#GitCheckout`. > > Thanks, I may take a look at that another day. If you have to you may copy this function and make it always use archives. Though following advice by @MarcWeber (use http://) for git URLs would be better. I do not know whether this will be blocked > > Note that when you use github archive it will get redownloaded on each > > :UpdateAddons call. > > Good to know, I'll need to make sure not to call that unless I really want to > update. > > > If you do have git why do you prefer zip archive? > > Because my workplace's IT somehow blocks access to github and other places > when using git tools but not when using a browser. I can download an archive > from github when I point my browser to the project webpage but git > clone/fetch/pull all fail. Hg and SVN also fail when pointing to servers > outside the LAN. You mean `git clone http://…` or `git clone git://…`? > > > That is good to know. I was under the impression VAM always tried to pull > > > in updates and then run. I didn't know it could act just like Pathogen. > > I do not remember any time when VAM tried to pull updates without explicit > > request from the user. Such behavior is neither the default nor available > > with some option I know about. > I think I got this impression (which I now know to be mistaken) because VAM > will automatically download any plugins you tell it to activate, IF their > folder is empty or does not exist. Or at least that's my current > understanding. Depending on the settings it may or may not ask. MarcWeber in his examples always writes the setting to make it ask. I have an explicit setting to make it not ask. Only source code remembers the default (ask). I do not remember history of this setting. -- -- 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.
