Re: Generating helptags for vim plugins

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On 2023-02-21 11:32, nils@promisedlandt.de wrote:
> I also think that having each plugin in its own folder is the most 
> robust solution. Both vim and neovim have package loading that works 
> with no or minimal configuration for quite a few years now, and to me 
> it makes sense if guix adds the plugins in the structure the built-in 
> loaders expect.
> However, I would not expect the user to have to :packadd each plugin 
> separately. Having plugins autoload is the behaviour with the current 
> guix packages, and I think that's the most common use case anyway.
> For that, I think all that needs to be done is to install the plugins  
> at ~/.guix-home/profile/share/vim/plugins/pack/guix/start/<plugin_name>
> and then having set packpath=~/.guix-home/profile/share/vim/plugins in 
> the system vimrc.
> 
> For neovim plugins, the path would be 
> ~/.guix-home/profile/share/nvim/site/pack/guix/start/<plugin_name>.

Hi! Whichever way you go I recommend you avoid hardcoded paths and 
instead use search paths. This way you can have Vim and its plugins in a 
non-default profile and no collisions or unexpected sourcing will happen 
in `guix shell`. `--pure` should be pure!

See my old patch for more info: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/54221#30>

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