Questions about general use of plugins managers.
See this question for a quick overview of plugin-managers.
Questions tagged [plugin-managers]
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What are the differences between the Vim plugin managers?
I have been looking at the different package managers for Vim, and the one I decided to use is vim-plug.
However, I have seen others like pathogen and vundle, and I honestly don't know what the difference is.
Can someone give me a brief overview of…
ZucchiniZe
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Why should I use a plugin manager
Hi I am relatively new to vim. I am fairly familiar with setting up my vimrc, installing colorschemes, and I have included a python file type plugin in my ~/.vim/ftplugin.
My question is as follows:
Do I really need a plugin manager like…
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Why should I use either dein.vim or vim-plug?
I want to install a plugin manager for vim, and after searching a bit, I saw that plugin managers for vim have evolved since last time I used one (e.g. neobundle is discontinued, etc.); and I also discovered two new ones: dein.vim and…
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What plugin manager allows installing plugins from tags
I am searching for a plugin manager that has the option to install specific plugins only from tags on GitHub. I don't want to need to specify the tag. I want it to automatically use the newest tag. This would be a good option for plugins that do not…
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Where (and how) should plugin generated files be kept
I am making a plugin, and it needs to create files and store them and read them back later. Is there a standard folder to do this? If yes, what's that folder and how to get the path for it in the runtime?
user27528
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Pathogen won't load nerdtree or other bundles
How to troubleshoot pathogen?
Using Mac OSX El Capitan. Vim 7.4 MacOS X version, not MacVim. Running from terminal.
I can run nerdtree as a plugin, but won't work with pathogen. Same case with other plugins.
I have followed the install directions…
dfreder1
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How to update plugins in Neobundle
I use NeoBundle for plugin manager but I am not sure how to update plugins. Do I have to update one by one? Or there any command to update plugins?
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