diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 83de7ac..2c58949 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/). For a steady stream of TILs from a variety of rocketeers, checkout [til.hashrocket.com](https://til.hashrocket.com/). -_526 TILs and counting..._ +_527 TILs and counting..._ --- @@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ _526 TILs and counting..._ - [View Commit History of a File](vim/view-commit-history-of-a-file.md) - [Viewing Man Pages with man.vim](vim/viewing-man-pages-with-man-vim.md) - [Vim Without The Extras](vim/vim-without-the-extras.md) +- [What Is On The Runtime Path](vim/what-is-on-the-runtime-path.md) - [Whole Line Auto-Completion](vim/whole-line-auto-completion.md) - [Wrap With Some Room](vim/wrap-with-some-room.md) diff --git a/vim/what-is-on-the-runtime-path.md b/vim/what-is-on-the-runtime-path.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5eae269 --- /dev/null +++ b/vim/what-is-on-the-runtime-path.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# What Is On The Runtime Path? + +All of the plugins, syntax highlighting, language-specific indentation that +extend the default behavior of Vim are on the runtime path. If something +isn't on Vim's runtime path, then Vim won't know about and as a result will +not load it at _runtime_. + +How do we see what is on the runtime path? + +The `rtp` option is the shorthand for `runtimepath`. Calling `set` on either +of these will show us the list of runtime paths, or at least some of them. + +``` +:set rtp +``` + +This will generally be a truncated list if you have a lot of plugins. To be +sure you are seeing all of them, use `echo` instead. + +``` +:echo &rtp +``` + +See `:h rtp` for more details. + +h/t Chris Erin