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Neovim Documentation: Using Vim Packages for Extension

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k2enemy

9mo ago· 4 min readen

Summary

This is Neovim documentation explaining how to use Vim packages for extending Nvim functionality. It covers how Nvim automatically searches under 'packpath' and 'runtimepath' for package functionality during vimrc parsing, including examples of how plugins are loaded and how filetype detection works with packages.

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To allow for calling into package functionality while parsing your vimrc, :colorscheme and autoload will both automatically search under 'packpath' as well in addition to 'runtimepath'.
In the example Nvim will find "pack/foo/start/foobar/plugin/foo.vim" and load it.
If the "foobar" plugin kicks in and sets the 'filetype' to "some", Nvim will find the sy
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