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

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 6:14 PM, skeept <skeept@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Since my previous reply, I actually checked the help, which you also
ought to have done; and IIUC

:runtime! ALL unimpaired/*.vim

will do exactly what you want, loading all unimpaired/*.vim files
under the 'runtimepath' directories and also under the opt and start
package directories.

Best regards,
Tony.

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