[arch-general] Vim configuration: custom runtimepath + ftdetect

[Jakub Klinkovský]

On 14.02.14 at 14:36, Emil Lundberg wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 3:21 AM, Jakub Klinkovský <j.l.k at gmx.com> wrote:
> > I have moved ~/.vim to ~/.config/vim, the configuration is as follows:
> >
> > in ~/.profile:
> >   export VIMINIT='let $MYVIMRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim/vimrc" | source $MYVIMRC'
> >
> > in ~/.config/vim/vimrc:
> >   set viminfo+=n$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/viminfo
> >   set runtimepath=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim,$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim/after,$VIM,$VIMRUNTIME
> >
> > Now, the thing is that files from ~/.config/vim/ftdetect/ are not respected. On
> > the other hand, if I create ~/.vim/ftdetect/ (leaving the vimrc and everything
> > else under ~/.config), the files are correctly sourced.
> >
> > Is this a bug or am I missing something here? According to ':help ftdetect' the
> > runtimepath should be respected.
> >
> > For completeness: I have vim-hg-7.4.179 installed, the PKGBUILD is here:
> > https://github.com/lahwaacz/archlinux-dotfiles/blob/master/Build/vim-hg/PKGBUILD
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > jlk
> 
> I moved my vim config in exactly the same way a few days ago, but I
> use symlinks instead of configuration options.
> 
> $ ln -s ~/.config/vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
> $ ln -s ~/.config/vim ~/.vim
> 
> Works just fine for me.
> 
> /Emil

Sure the symlinks work - but that will not help on the quest of cleaning my
$HOME folder and totally kills the reason for moving into ~/.config/

--
jlk
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