Hello Yukihiro Nakadaira: I will try it out. Thanks.
*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 12:52 AM, Yukihiro Nakadaira < [email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 2:12 PM, FriendOfFatBeagle <[email protected]> > 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? >> > > $HOME/.vim folder is not created automatically. > You have to craete the folder by yourself. > $ mkdir ~/.vim > $ mkdir ~/.vim/plugin > ... > > -- > Yukihiro Nakadaira - [email protected] > > -- > -- > 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.
