filetype on or filetype off?
pathogen, vim
Solution
call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles()
is not needed at all: the function is deprecated and not useful anyway.
If you really need to be safe, this is what you should have at the top of your `~/.vimrc`:
" turn filetype detection off and, even if it's not strictly
" necessary, disable loading of indent scripts and filetype plugins
filetype off
filetype plugin indent off
" pathogen runntime injection and help indexing
call pathogen#infect()
call pathogen#helptags()
" turn filetype detection, indent scripts and filetype plugins on
" and syntax highlighting too
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
However, I've had the following for quite a while without any noticeable issue:
call pathogen#infect()
call pathogen#helptags()
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
Problem
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 following this tutorial on Youtube by Martin Brochhaus to set up Vim to be useful for Python coding and he suggests the following: ``` filetype off filetype plugin indent on syntax on ``` So currently I have `filetype on` for pathogen but he is suggesting `filetype off`. What does this line of code do and how should I configure `vimrc` so Pathogen and Python are both happy?