On 2023-06-10, Jose Caballero wrote: > > El sáb, 10 jun 2023 a las 18:51, Gary Johnson escribió: > > On 2023-06-10, Jose Caballero wrote: > > Hi, > > apologies if this is a silly question. > > > > > > I am trying to write documentation for my plugins in the > ~/.vim/ftplugin/ > foo/ > > directory. > > This is what I have tried: > > > > 1) created ~/.vim/ftplugin/foo/doc/ > > 2) created file ~/.vim/ftplugin/foo/doc/testfoo.txt with content > > > > *testfoo* this is a test > > > > 3) :helptags ~/.vim/ftplugin/foo/ > > 4) But when I try > > > > :help testfoo > > > > it doesn't work. > > > > What am I missing? > > I don't know for sure--I haven't tested this--but ":help > add-local-help" uses as an example, > > :helptags ~/.vim/doc > > Note that that path ends with the doc directory. So try this: > > :helptags ~/.vim/ftplugin/foo/doc > > HTH, > Gary > > > > > Hi > > Actually, yes, that's what I tried ( :helptags ~/.vim/ftplugin/foo/doc/ ). I > typed it wrong in my first post. > But not working.
Another thing is that doc directories all have to be in directories in 'runtimepath'. So, you could either add ~/.vim/ftplugin/foo to your 'runtimepath', or probably better, move testfoo.txt file to ~/.vim/doc. Regards, Gary -- -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20230611163637.GB21417%40phoenix.
