Re: netrw not working for me with Cygwin + Vim 7.2

Hey, thanks for getting back to me. Answers inline.

On Apr 23, 5:18 pm, Charles Campbell <Charles.E.Campb...@nasa.gov>
wrote:
> Kablooie!! wrote:
> > Hey all,
>
> > This is probably a newbie question, but I've done some searching
> > around and documentation reading and I just can't seem to get it
> > working.
>
> > The problem is that I've got a fresh install of cygwin, which includes
> > vim 7.2.  I'm "pretty" sure that includes the appropriate version of
> > netrw module.  But when I try:
>
> > vim scp://machine_name//path/to/file
>
> > Vim comes up with "~/scp:/machine_name:/path/to_file" [New DIRECTORY]"
> > in the bottom of the window.
>
> > It looks to me like the netrw module isn't being called in this case.
>
> > Thinking I may have messed something up in my .inputrc, .vimrc,
> > or .vim directry, I moved them all aside to "test.inputrc", etc.
>
> Hello!
>
> Please bring up vim and try
>
>   :scriptnames
>
> Does netrw show on that list?  Alternatively, type

Yep, it does:

...
12: /usr/share/vim/vim72/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim

>
>   :echo g:loaded_netrwPlugin
>   :echo g:loaded_netrw
>
> If the first one gives an error message about an undefined variable,
> then netrw's plugin/ script hasn't been loaded.  If the second one gives
> an error message, then netrw's autoload/ script hasn't been loaded yet.  
> The latter one isn't loaded until its asked for, though (via a command
> that invokes it, such as   :e .).

The first one showed "v136" in the bottom.

The second one gave me this:
E121: Undefined variable: g:loaded_netrw
E15: Invalid expression: g:loaded_netrw

And as you suggested above, I ran ":e ." and then re-ran the ":echo
g:loaded_netrw" command and got:
v136
at the bottom

Hmm, does that mean now that it's loaded, I can use it? Testing...

Yes! I can read a file into the current buffer via:
:r scp://machine//path/to/file

Now, how can I make it autoload the netrw module so that I can do it
from a cygwin command-line like this:

$ vi scp://machine//path/to/file

am I missing some environment variable? Is there a chance that vim
isn't reading my .vimrc before it tries to open the file specified on
the command-line?

Thanks for any help.
Grant

>
> Do you have
>
>   filetype plugin on
>
> in your .vimrc?  This command enables plugins (and if you also want
> indent scripts, then you might prefer   filetype plugin indent on).

Yes, I have this at the beginning of my .vimrc:
" Trying to get netrw working
set nocp
filetype plugin on

>
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
>
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