vim_setup.txt

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fun! EnsureVamIsOnDisk(plugin_root_dir)
          " windows users may want to use http://mawercer.de/~marc/vam/index.php
          " to fetch VAM, VAM-known-repositories and the listed plugins
          " without having to install curl, 7-zip and git tools first
          " -> BUG [4] (git-less installation)
          let vam_autoload_dir = a:plugin_root_dir.'/vim-addon-manager/autoload'
          if isdirectory(vam_autoload_dir)
            return 1
          else
            if 1 == confirm("Clone VAM into ".a:plugin_root_dir."?","&Y\n&N")
              " I'm sorry having to add this reminder. Eventually it'll pay off.
              call confirm("Remind yourself that most plugins ship with ".
                          \"documentation (README*, doc/*.txt). It is your ".
                          \"first source of knowledge. If you can't find ".
                          \"the info you're looking for in reasonable ".
                          \"time ask maintainers to improve documentation")
              call mkdir(a:plugin_root_dir, 'p')
              execute '!git clone --depth=1 git://github.com/MarcWeber/vim-addon-manager '.
                          \       shellescape(a:plugin_root_dir, 1).'/vim-addon-manager'
              " VAM runs helptags automatically when you install or update 
              " plugins
              exec 'helptags '.fnameescape(a:plugin_root_dir.'/vim-addon-manager/doc')
            endif
            return isdirectory(vam_autoload_dir)
          endif
        endfun

        fun! SetupVAM()
          " Set advanced options like this:
          " let g:vim_addon_manager = {}
          " let g:vim_addon_manager.key = value
          "     Pipe all output into a buffer which gets written to disk
          " let g:vim_addon_manager.log_to_buf =1

          " Example: drop git sources unless git is in PATH. Same plugins can
          " be installed from www.vim.org. Lookup MergeSources to get more control
          " let g:vim_addon_manager.drop_git_sources = !executable('git')
          " let g:vim_addon_manager.debug_activation = 1

          " VAM install location:
          let c = get(g:, 'vim_addon_manager', {})
          let g:vim_addon_manager = c
          let c.plugin_root_dir = expand('$HOME/.vim/vim-addons', 1)
          if !EnsureVamIsOnDisk(c.plugin_root_dir)
            echohl ErrorMsg | echomsg "No VAM found!" | echohl NONE
            return
          endif
          let &rtp.=(empty(&rtp)?'':',').c.plugin_root_dir.'/vim-addon-manager'

          " Tell VAM which plugins to fetch & load:
          call vam#ActivateAddons([], {'auto_install' : 0})
          " sample: call vam#ActivateAddons(['pluginA','pluginB', ...], {'auto_install' : 0})
          " Also See "plugins-per-line" below

          " Addons are put into plugin_root_dir/plugin-name directory
          " unless those directories exist. Then they are activated.
          " Activating means adding addon dirs to rtp and do some additional
          " magic

          " How to find addon names?
          " - look up source from pool
          " - (<c-x><c-p> complete plugin names):
          " You can use name rewritings to point to sources:
          "    ..ActivateAddons(["github:foo", .. => github://foo/vim-addon-foo
          "    ..ActivateAddons(["github:user/repo", .. => github://user/repo
          " Also see section "2.2. names of addons and addon sources" in VAM's documentation
        endfun
call SetupVAM()

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