VIM 8.0 introduced a new way to handle (optional) plugins via the :packload command. This plugin aims at facilitating the handling of optional packs by loading packs when certain triggers are invoked. The goal of this approach is to reduce startup time without interferring with your workflow.

A trigger could be

• Invocation of a command (see :Autocommand)
• Invocation of a map (see :Automap)
• Editing a file with a specific filetype (see :Autofiletype)
• Editing a file matching a specific file pattern (see :Autofilepattern)

How to use this plugin

• Edit ~/.vim/packrc/autorc.vim
• Add autopack commands (:Autocommand, :Automap, :Autofiletype, :Autofilepattern) as needed
• Optionally, run :Automakeprelude in order to collect filetype-detect information from optional plugins. This will be loaded on startup.
• Optionally, configure (optional) plugins in packs (i.e. plugins in pack/PACK/opt/PLUGIN) via packrc/before/PLUGIN.vim and packrc/after/PLUGIN.vim scripts)
• "Filetype packs", i.e. packs matching pack/ft_{FILETYPE}/opt/* in you 'runtimepath' are automatically enabled when editing a file with the respective filetype
• Restart vim

Example autorc.vim file >

Automap ttoc_vim nnoremap \<Leader>cc :TToC\<cr>
Autocommand trag_vim Trag
Autofiletype workbook_vim r
Autofilepattern ttodo_vim *todo.txt *TODO.TXT

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Install

Either use the zip archive:

• Download the zip archive
• Extract it to ~/.vim/pack/tml/start/autopack

or install from github:

• Start a terminal
• Change the working directory to ~/.vim/pack/tml/start/
• Type: git clone https://github.com/tomtom/autopack_vim

NOTE: On Windows, ~/.vim might be ~/vimfiles. Please see 'runtimepath' for details.

NOTE: If you want to have autopack-related commands available in your VIMRC file or if you want to load packrc configuration files for packs in a start subdirectory, you should move the plugin directory to pack/tml/opt/autopack_vim instead and add :packadd autopack_vim to your vimrc file.

Dependencies:

tlib (optional)

http://github.com/tomtom/tlib_vim

License: GPLv3 or later