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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] NeoVim and vim-syntax
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 22:55:16
Message-Id: 20170531235459.605dd783@snowblower
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] NeoVim and vim-syntax by "Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov"
1 On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 02:32:24 +0700
2 "Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov" <gentoo@×××.name> wrote:
3 > - implementing "nvim-syntax" (and `app-nvim/*`?) and duplicate all
4 > the installed files
5 >
6 > - patching NeoVim source to include Vim's runtimedirs (incl. "after"
7 > dir), // NeoVim upstream highly disagree with such way, if any
8 >
9 > - patching VIMRUNTIME environment variable,
10 >
11 > - making a wrapper,
12 >
13 > - rewrite all the existing ebuilds to take nvim into account and
14 > force all newcomers to also take it,
15 >
16 > - symlinking a directory,
17 > // mostly bad way, since opposite plugin compatibility is not
18 > garanteed and users can install nvim-only plugins in the future
19 >
20 > - making postinst hook to regenerate content of NeoVim's
21 > site-directory (maybe, by symlinking installed vim modules there)
22 >
23 > or even:
24 >
25 > - making eselect module for user to rule that.
26
27 - Have a separate anyvimishthing directory, and make both vim and
28 neovim look there, and only make plugins that have been tested to work
29 with both install to that directory.
30
31 --
32 Ciaran McCreesh

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] NeoVim and vim-syntax Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] NeoVim and vim-syntax Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] NeoVim and vim-syntax "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] NeoVim and vim-syntax "Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov" <gentoo@×××.name>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] NeoVim and vim-syntax Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>