Indeed, this worked: :set runtimepath=~/.vim/ftplugin/foo,$VIMRUNTIME
I assume I can add it to .vimrc, so I don't need to do it every time. Thanks a lot for your help !!! Cheers, Jose El dom, 11 jun 2023 a las 17:37, Gary Johnson (<garyj...@spocom.com>) escribió: > 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 > . > -- -- 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/CACUP1u8__gvsPacX5D0vKDNPL-2Tds5Tb6_hEd6J%2B9XwWcbUEQ%40mail.gmail.com.