Re: which plugin management system to use?

On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 12:16:55PM +0100, Paul wrote:
> Pathogen, because it's easy to use:
>
> Put in ~/.vim/autoload/
> Just one line in ~/.vimrc
>
> It keeps all the files nice and tidy in their own directory.
>
> All you have to do to install a plugin is put it into ~/.vim/bundle/[name of plugin]/.
>
> To remove a plugin, remove its directory in ~/.vim/bundle/.
>
> It's simple.

Simple sounds very appealing. Having installed just one plugin, by doing
no more than:

vim Desktop/CheckAttach-0.9.vba
:so %

I'm left wondering what practical need there might be for any kind of
"plugin management system"?

Given your advice that (paraphrased for my case) removal of the
installed .vim/ftplugin/mail_CheckAttach.vim effects an uninstall, then
that seems to be the other half of a working system.

As for "all the files nice and tidy in their own directory", it seems
that it all ends up in ~/.vim, so that requirement is satisfied without
further ado, also, innit?

If there are snags lurking in multiple plugins, then now seems a really
good time to become aware of them.

Erik

--
I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you
looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.
- Poul Anderson

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