Re: Any way to make packadd load plugins in start when -u NONE or --noplugins are passed

On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 11:16:50 PM UTC-5, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 5:44 AM, skeept wrote:
> > I have some plugins in the locations:
> >
> >
> > ~/.vim/pack/bundle/start
> > ~/.vim/pack/bundle/opt
> >
> > if I start vim with
> > vim --noplugins
> > vim -u NONE
> >
> > then I can load plugins from opt but not from start.
> > So if a plugin say, unimpaired is in
> >
> > ~/.vim/pack/bundle/opt
> >
> > I can load it with
> > packadd unimpaired
> > (and completion works too).
> > However if it is under start, no completion and if I try to load it explicitly I get the error:
> >
> > E919: Directory not found in 'packpath': "pack/*/opt/unimpaired"
>
> That is intentional, see :help :packadd
> >
> >
> > Would it be possible to change the behavior to make it load the plugins on demand present in start when one of these 2 options are passed?
>
> No need. To load ~/.vim/pack/bundle/start/unimpaired.vim
>
> just do
> :runtime pack/bundle/start/unimpaired.vim
>
> see :help :runtime
>
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Jorge Rodrigues
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.

Thanks Tony,

I understand that this is the implemented behavior but I am trying to argue that in this case the behavior should be changed to allow to add plugins from start when those options are passed from the command line.

:runtime pack/bundle/start/unimpaired.vim

in my opinion is not practical, packadd is a lot more practical as you don't need to specify the path, just the package name, and also completion is offered.

I am not very familiar with vim's code base, although I compile it often for windows and cygwin.

If in the author/maintainers opinion this behavior would be accepted I will try to submit a patch for this. I would not be able to do it immediately but within a month time.

Please let me know if there is interest in doing this or not.

Thank you.


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