Pathogen is a Vim runtime manager. Designed to allow you to install plugins and runtime files in their own directories.
Questions tagged [pathogen]
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Vim + Pathogen not loading help docs
Currently I use Pathogen to organize my vim plugins. It seems to do this fine and without a hitch but for some reason the helptags are not generated. I don't think my file structure is at fault (although it could be) because as far as I can tell…

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How to uninstall/remove plugin with pathogen for Vim
How do I uninstall a plugin I installed with pathogen?

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How to make vim pathogen to reload plugins?
Is it possible to make vim to reload pathogen plugins without restarting vim?
I have opened vim with many files, then I add plugin to:
~/.vim/bundle
Since now I'd like to force vim to use the new plugin.

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Unknown function: pathogen#infect
I just installed MacVim (and did an override of Vim). And I am trying to get Pathogen to work. When I start Vim, I get the following error:
Error detected while processing /Users/nir/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim:
line 1:
E477: No ! allowed:…

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filetype on or filetype off?
I use the Pathogen plugin for gvim. When configuring I set the following in my vimrc file:
call pathogen#infect()
call pathogen#helptags()
call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles()
filetype on "force reloading *after* pathogen loaded
Now I'm…

whytheq
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Vim: "E185: Cannot find color scheme solarized"
Setting up a new machine and trying to get Solarized running in Vim. Getting the following error when I run vim:
E185: Cannot find color scheme solarized
Tried to follow Pathogen install instructions from the Solarized README on the official repo.…

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Installing pathogen vim plugin on Windows
I was going to install the pathogen plugin in GVIM for windows but the instructions say to install in the \vimfiles\autoload folder which I don't have. How would I install pathogen?

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Vim Pathogen won't load - E117: Unknown function: pathogen#infect
This should be a very straightforward problem. I have a simple .vimrc file. It is 15 lines in its entirety:
filetype off
set nocompatible
call pathogen#infect()
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on
set hlsearch
set colorcolumn=79
set number
set…

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Vim: Pathogen not loading
I've recently moved to a new MacBook, taking my vim dot files with me. Whilst Pathogen works fine on my old MacBook, it's not loading at all on my new one. I've now reinstalled Pathogen from scratch and it's not working with the most basic setup…

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Vim running slow with LaTeX files
I'm using Vim with a bunch of plugins (pathogen, ctags, snipmate, supertab, ...), and everything works fine for all kinds of file extensions.
However, when I'm try to edit .tex files it presents two problems which seem related. First, Vim starts to…

Jonatas Eduardo
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How to install nerdtree plugin on linuxmint for vim74
I am relatively new to the linux world and have started recently exploring the options it provides and I am fascinated by the power of vim editor.I have recently installed vim74 (the latest version of vim editor for linux)on my mintlinux machine.…

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SnipMate with Pathogen
I've just installed pathogen on my ~/.vim and add the new command to run the bundles
:call pathogen#infect()
I've already add to my ~/.vim/bundle folder vim-surround and NERDtree and everything works great. Nevertheless, when I tried to add…

Jonatas Eduardo
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vim, pathogen, and load order of ftplugin files
I've been using Vim and pathogen for a while, and things were working fine, but recently I've started having load order issues with my ftplugin configuration.
The specific problem I'm having right now is that python-mode is overriding my ftplugin…

Jim Stewart
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Cannot get Pathogen to work in Vim
I know there are multiple posts on this question but I have tried with no avail to get this simple part of Vim to work. I would like to get the pathogen plugin to work with Vim. As a few points, I am working on a Windows system. I have downloaded…

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How to use pathogen and Vundle at the same time with vim?
I'm a vim newbie setting up some plugins. Some recommend installation via Vundle, others via pathogen. Is it possible to use both package managers at the same time in this circumstance? If so, is it just a matter of installing both and installing…

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