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diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_05.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_05.txt index 00b4f9eed4..8f7e393c02 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/usr_05.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/usr_05.txt @@ -190,26 +190,21 @@ The ":map" command (with no arguments) lists your current mappings. At least the ones for Normal mode. More about mappings in section |40.1|. ============================================================================== -*05.4* Adding a package *add-package* *vimball-install* +*05.4* Adding a package *add-package* -A package is a set of files that you can add to Vim. There are two kinds of -packages: optional and automatically loaded on startup. - -The Vim distribution comes with a few packages that you can optionally use. -For example, the vimball plugin. This plugin supports creating and using -vimballs (self-installing Vim plugin archives). - -To start using the vimball plugin, add one line to your vimrc file: > - packadd vimball +You may use |:packadd| to enable packages on demand. This is useful for plugins +you want to enable only sometimes. To enable `example_package`, use the +following command: > + packadd example_package -That's all! You can also type the command to try it out. Now you can find -help about this plugin: > - :help vimball +That's all! Now you can find help about this plugin: > + :help example_package This works, because when `:packadd` loaded the plugin it also added the -package directory in 'runtimepath', so that the help file can be found. The -tags for vimball's help are already created. If you need to generate the help -tags for a package, see the `:helptags` command. +package directory in 'runtimepath', so that the help file can be found. + +A package is a set of files that you can add to Vim. There are two kinds of +packages: optional and automatically loaded on startup. You can find packages on the Internet in various places. It usually comes as an archive or as a repository. For an archive you can follow these steps: |