8.1 KiB
A single-file Vim plugin manager.
Somewhere between Pathogen and Vundle, but with faster parallel installer.
Pros.
- Easier to setup
- Parallel installation/update (requires +ruby)
- Smallest possible feature set
- Branch/tag support
- On-demand loading
- Dependency resolution using
Plugfile
(experimental)
Cons.
- Everything else
Usage
Download plug.vim and put it in ~/.vim/autoload
mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload
curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim https://raw.github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
Edit your .vimrc
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
" Make sure you use single quotes
Plug 'junegunn/seoul256.vim'
Plug 'junegunn/vim-easy-align'
" On-demand loading
Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree', { 'on': 'NERDTreeToggle' }
Plug 'tpope/vim-fireplace', { 'for': 'clojure' }
" Using git URL
Plug 'https://github.com/junegunn/vim-github-dashboard.git'
" Plugin options
Plug 'nsf/gocode', { 'tag': 'go.weekly.2012-03-13', 'rtp': 'vim' }
" Locally-managed plugin
Plug '~/.fzf'
call plug#end()
Reload .vimrc and :PlugInstall
to install plugins.
Commands
Command | Description |
---|---|
PlugInstall [name ...] [#threads] | Install plugins |
PlugUpdate [name ...] [#threads] | Install or update plugins |
PlugClean[!] | Remove unused directories (bang version will clean without prompt) |
PlugUpgrade | Upgrade vim-plug itself |
PlugStatus | Check the status of plugins |
PlugDiff | See the updated changes from the previous PlugUpdate |
Plug
options
Option | Description |
---|---|
branch /tag |
Branch or tag of the repository to use |
rtp |
Subdirectory that contains Vim plugin |
dir |
Custom directory for the plugin |
do |
Post-update hook (string or funcref) |
on |
On-demand loading: Commands or <Plug> -mappings |
for |
On-demand loading: File types |
frozen |
Do not install/update plugin unless explicitly given as the argument |
Options for parallel installer
Flag | Default | Description |
---|---|---|
g:plug_threads |
16 | Default number of threads to use |
g:plug_timeout |
60 | Time limit of each task in seconds |
g:plug_retries |
2 | Number of retries in case of timeout |
Keybindings
D
-PlugDiff
S
-PlugStatus
R
- Retry failed update or installation tasksq
- Close the window
Example: A small sensible Vim configuration
call plug#begin()
Plug 'tpope/vim-sensible'
call plug#end()
On-demand loading of plugins
" NERD tree will be loaded on the first invocation of NERDTreeToggle command
Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree', { 'on': 'NERDTreeToggle' }
" Multiple commands
Plug 'junegunn/vim-github-dashboard', { 'on': ['GHDashboard', 'GHActivity'] }
" Loaded when clojure file is opened
Plug 'tpope/vim-fireplace', { 'for': 'clojure' }
" On-demand loading on both conditions
Plug 'junegunn/vader.vim', { 'on': 'Vader', 'for': 'vader' }
Post-installation/update hooks
There are some plugins that require extra steps after installation or update.
In that case, use do
option to describe the task to be performed.
Plug 'Valloric/YouCompleteMe', { 'do': './install.sh' }
If you need more control, you can pass a reference to a Vim function that takes a single argument.
function! BuildYCM(info)
" info is a dictionary with two fields
" - name: name of the plugin
" - status: 'installed' or 'updated'
if a:info.status == 'installed'
!./install.sh
endif
endfunction
Plug 'Valloric/YouCompleteMe', { 'do': function('BuildYCM') }
Both forms of post-update hook are executed inside the directory of the plugin.
Make sure to escape BARs when you write do
option inline as they are
mistakenly recognized as command separator for Plug command.
Plug 'junegunn/fzf', { 'do': 'yes \| ./install' }
But you can avoid the escaping if you extract the inline specification using a variable (or any Vimscript expression) as follows:
let g:fzf_install = 'yes | ./install'
Plug 'junegunn/fzf', { 'do': g:fzf_install }
Dependency resolution
Articles
FAQ/Troubleshooting
Plugins are not installed/updated in parallel
Your Vim does not support Ruby interface. :echo has('ruby')
should print 1.
In order to setup Vim with Ruby support, you may refer to this
article.
Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV
If your Vim crashes with the above message, first check if its Ruby interface is working correctly with the following command:
:ruby puts RUBY_VERSION
If Vim crashes even with this command, it is likely that Ruby interface is
broken, and you have to rebuild Vim with a working version of Ruby.
(brew remove vim && brew install vim
or ./configure && make ...
)
If you're on OS X, one possibility is that you had installed Vim with Homebrew while using a Ruby installed with RVM or rbenv and later removed that version of Ruby.
Please let me know if you can't
resolve the problem. In the meantime, you can set g:plug_threads
to 1, so that
Ruby installer is not used at all.
Errors on fish shell
If vim-plug doesn't work correctly on fish shell, you might need to add set shell=/bin/sh
to your .vimrc.
Refer to the following links for the details:
- http://badsimplicity.com/vim-fish-e484-cant-open-file-tmpvrdnvqe0-error/
- https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/issues/12
Freezing plugin version with commit hash
vim-plug does not allow you to freeze the version of a plugin with its commit hash. This is by design. I don't believe a user of a plugin should be looking at its individual commits. Instead, one should be choosing the right version using release tags or versioned branches (e.g. 1.2.3, stable, devel, etc.)
Plug 'junegunn/vim-easy-align', '2.9.2'
If the repository doesn't come with such tags or branches, you should think of it as "unstable" or "in development", and always use its latest revision.
If you really must choose a certain untagged revision, consider forking the repository.
Migrating from other plugin managers
vim-plug does not require any extra statement other than plug#begin()
and
plug#end()
. You can remove filetype off
, filetype plugin indent on
and
syntax on
from your .vimrc as they are automatically handled by
plug#end()
.
License
MIT