[bug#43539] [PATCH] gnu: vim: Automatically find vim plugins.

[Efraim Flashner]

On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 09:50:12PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> 
> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 09:29:27PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> >> 
> >> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
> >> 
> >> > diff --git a/gnu/packages/aux-files/guix.vim 
> >> > b/gnu/packages/aux-files/guix.vim
> >> > new file mode 100644
> >> > index 0000000000..ca97f451d8
> >> > --- /dev/null
> >> > +++ b/gnu/packages/aux-files/guix.vim
> >> > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> >> > +" This appends all of the vim plugins to the end of Vim's runtimepath.
> >> > +for directory in ["/run/current-system/profile", $HOME . 
> >> > "/.guix-profile", $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT]
> >> 
> >> How about using $GUIX_PROFILE as well or instead of $HOME/.guix-profile?
> >> This would allow users to keep a separate profile for Vim things.
> >
> > That was the one part I didn't really like about my patch. Unfortunately
> > I don't seem to have $GUIX_PROFILE set on my machine.
> >
> > (ins)efraim@E5400 ~$ echo $GUIX_PROFILE
> >
> > (ins)efraim@E5400 ~$
> 
> Me neither!  But when loading profiles we suggest this approach:
> 
>    export GUIX_PROFILE=/the/location/of/the/.guix-profile
>    source $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile
> 
> The variable is set in that case, because that affects whether absolute
> store file names are used or the symlink
> “/the/location/of/the/.guix-profile”.

It seems to be the case for the default profile. And in Guix System. I
could also just add $GUIX_PROFILE as another location in the list of
directories to search.

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