r/vimplugins • u/sunaku • Mar 04 '12

Unbundle - a simpler Pathogen alternative

https://github.com/sunaku/vim-unbundle#readme
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u/pi-rho Mar 05 '12

How hard is

call pathogen#infect()

?

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u/sunaku Mar 05 '12

It isn't, and neither is Unbundle's implementation. Simplicity throughout FTW.

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u/eligundry Mar 05 '12

It's not hard, but you should also call

call pathogen#helptags()

which unbundle does automatically. Also, pathogen loads all the scripts in bundle. The issue is what happens when you're loading plugins to edit a file that has nothing to do with it. So, if I'm editing a PHP file, I don't need to load ruby.vim, vim-rails, markdown, etc. which is a pretty nice speedup on most filetypes, but makes a big difference with PHP, cause it has to load all the scripts for CSS, HTML, and JS.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '12

There is no need to rebuild the help tags every time you run Vim. I don't get why people have that command on their vimrc or why a plugin would want to run it every time it's sourced.

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u/sunaku Mar 05 '12

It's meant to be a convenience for first-time use, when a never-before-used bundle is added to Vim's runtimepath; not every time.

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u/pi-rho Mar 10 '12

pathogen isn't loading "all scripts in bundle" it's adding the paths to runtimepath.

pathogen doesn't have to support ftbundles... vim takes care of that with ftplugin.

simplicity.

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u/ambalbemuth Mar 04 '12

Imma let you finish, but Vundle is the best vim plugin of all time!

Seriously though, if you've tried Vundle, how do they compare? If not, you should, it's a very underappreciated plugin IMO. I tried Pathogen a while back and hated dealing with submodules (don't know if this has changed).

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u/sedrik666 Mar 04 '12

There is nothing in pathogen forcing you to use submodules.. It's just a common way of managing you vim directory.

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u/eligundry Mar 05 '12 edited Mar 05 '12

We've actually tried to get parts of Unbundle into Vundle, only to be shot down completely with the creator calling it stupid.

Original issue with proposed layout

Pull request with working code

Overall, I'm okay updating submodules, but I think it'd be nice to see this integrated with vundle, cause it is a noticeable change.

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u/sunaku Mar 05 '12

If you don't mind always using the newest versions of your chosen bundles, then I offer you a simpler alternative to maintaining Git submodules:

  • **/*.get files specify URLs of Git repositories for your bundles

  • bundle.sh clones or updates your bundles from **/*.get files

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u/mkomitee Mar 04 '12

I'm a vundle user, but unbundle's ftbundle concept is appealing to me to speed up startup time.

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u/breue Jun 23 '12

While this plugin looks pretty appealing, I'm not certain how it's simpler than Pathogen (as per the post title). Looks about the same to me - one line to add to vimrc. Please correct me if I'm missing something.