Re: Sourcing an arbitrary vimscript right after all vimrc files have been executed?Z

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Dun Peal wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I read about the -S command line flag, as well as the --cmd flag.
>
> Problem is, I need to source an arbitrary vimscript right after all
> vimrc files have been read, but before the first file has been read.
> So --cmd is too early for me, while -S is too late.
>
> What I need is a flag --foo, such that:
>
> vim --foo bar.vim
>
> Would act as if the following line has been appended to ~/.vimrc:
>
> source bar.vim
>
> Does such a thing exists?

Here's what I do to set up an 'alpine' (mail client) mode (essentially
adds an extra conditionally-sourced file at the end of .vimrc):

At end of .vimrc:

if exists("g:alpine")
" do alpine-specific stuff
endif

Then, invoke Vim as: vim --cmd 'let g:alpine=1'

Modified for sourcing an arbitrary file:

At end of .vimrc:

if exists("g:extrasource")
exe "source ".g:extrasource
endif

Invoke as:
" careful of 'special' chars in filename (including spaces)
vim --cmd 'let g:extrasource='./path/to/extra.vim

--
Best,
Ben

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