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Load vim source files only if they exist
for a modular vim configuration
This is one of my favorite functions to use in vim configurations. You can load a vim file, but if it doesn't exist, fail silently.
This can be placd inside of ~/.vimrc
:
" Function to source only if file exists {
function! SourceIfExists(file)
if filereadable(expand(a:file))
exe 'source' a:file
endif
endfunction
" }
Here are some examples of my usage of it:
call SourceIfExists("~/.vim/colors.vim")
call SourceIfExists("~/.vimrc.local")
" FreeBSD-specific terminal fixes
if FREEBSD()
call SourceIfExists("~/.vim/compat/freebsd.vim")
call SourceIfExists("/usr/src/tools/tools/editing/freebsd.vim")
end
if has('gui_running')
call SourceIfExists("~/.gvimrc.local")
endif
SourceIfExists()
keeps things
DRY while
avoiding dense code there. For including all source files inside a
directory, try the Include all vim files in a
directory snippet.