Difference between plugin and ftplugin directories in vim
From raju
Q. In my ~/.vim directory, I see plugin and ftplugin directories. For example,
rajulocal@hogwarts:~$ ls -1 ~/.vim | grep plugin ftplugin plugin
What is the difference between the two?
A. vim supports two types of plugins:
global plugin: Used for all kinds of files filetype plugin: Only used for a specific type of file
On Linux, the ~/.vim/plugin directory contains all the global plugins. The ~/.vim/ftplugin directory contains all the plugins specific to a file type.
System Information:-
vim 7.4.488 on a machine running Debian Jessie
Ref:-
- :help plugin