Re: Packages

Eric Christopherson wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 04, 2016, Matthew Desjardins wrote:
> > On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 12:37:08 PM UTC-5, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > > It does add the extra directory level, so that groups of plugins can be
> > > installed together. Some installed always, some optionally (or when
> > > needed or when specific features are present, e.g. Python).
> > >
> > > This does make it a bit more complicated, but the docs have the one
> > > extra command to do it:
> > > % mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/my/ever/always
> > > % cd ~/.vim/pack/my/ever/always
> > > % unzip /tmp/myplugin.zip
>
> Is there semantic significance to the names "my" and "ever" and
> "always"? Or are these arbitrary example directory names?
>
> If they are meaningful, what is the reason for those particular names?

It's in the help:

The directory name "my" is arbitrary, you can pick anything you like.

I see that some people think "always" has some special meaning, but it's
just the plugin name. I'll use something else.

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