Re: Packages

On 2016-03-07, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2016, Benjamin Fritz wrote:
> [in attachment]
> > +directory under your package, whereas plugins you enable on demand go in an
> > +"opt" directory so that |:packadd| can find them. See |pack-add| below.
>
> OK, I see that the intended semantics of the word "ever" is as a synonym
> of "always". I wasn't clear on that.

Yes, I was confused by the meaning of "ever" here, too.

> I would strongly advise using "always" instead. "Ever" in modern English
> is a negative-polarity word, which means you can't say "Vim should
> _ever_ load this plugin". You're limited to stating a negative ("Vim
> shouldn't ever...") or positing a conditional ("if Vim should ever...")
> or asking a question ("should Vim ever...?"), and maybe a few other uses
> I can't think of right now.
>
> "Vim should _always_ load this plugin" is fine.

I'll second that. That was a very nice explanation.

Regards,
Gary

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