Re: load two plugins for one file type

Thanks

On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 9:57 PM Gary Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2024-11-18, Riza Dindir wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > Is it possible to load two script files for one file type? For instance
> vim
> > defines its own plugin for a file type. I want to extend that, or add a
> new
> > style of mappings for that file type.
> >
> > Would it be possible to load two plugin files, one in the default vim
> plugins
> > directory, ftplugin which I do not want to change, and one in the ~/.vim/
> > ftplugin directory which I have access to (to change, update) for a file
> type?
>
> Yes.  Put your changes in a new file,
> ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/<filetype>.vim, where <filetype> is the name
> of the file type you want to affect.  For example,
> ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/python.vim.
>
> Vim loads filetype plugins in the order determined by 'runtimepath'.
> For Unix, that would normally be:
>
>     1.  ~/.vim/ftplugin/<filetype>.vim
>     2.  $VIM/vimfiles/ftplugin/<filetype>.vim
>     3.  $VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/<filetype>.vim
>     4.  $VIM/vimfiles/after/ftplugin/<filetype>.vim
>     5.  ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/<filetype>.vim
>
> Vim's default plugins are in $VIMRUNTIME; local system-wide plugins
> are in $VIM/vimfiles; and your personal plugins are in ~/.vim.
>
> By putting your changes in your "after" directory, you can override
> settings made by the other plugins for that file type and not have
> your settings overridden by them.
>
> See
>     :help ftplugin-overrule
>     :help 'runtimepath'
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
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