Vim-plug: Hook for colorschemes

[caneta]

Hi @junegunn, I've written the following simple hook to install colorschemes.
I needed to create a symlink for color directory and, using your suggestions, I've written the following:

let g:molokai_create_symlink = 'cd ~/.config/nvim/colors/ && for FILE in `find ../plugins/molokai/ -type f -name "*.vim"`; do ln -s "${FILE}" `basename "${FILE}"`; done'
Plug 'tomasr/molokai', { 'do': g:molokai_create_symlink }

This works, but it should be great to have a function that generalizes my bash script and puts a variable with plugin name where in my example I have "molokai".

Unfortunately I have no experience with VimL, but maybe this snippet can be useful for vim-plug docs.

Thank you for your wonderful plugin manager!

[junegunn]

Hmm, I think you're somehow confused. Where did you get the idea that colorschemes need to be installed manually? You don't need such script to use a colorscheme. Maybe you tried to use it before plug#end()?

[caneta]

Ok, so what are the steps for installing a colorscheme with vim-plug?
Putting Plug 'tomasr/molokai' and colorscheme molokai it does not work because molokai.vim is searched in ~/.config/nvim/colors/ directory, and not in ~/.config/nvim/plugins/molokai/colors/molokai.vim, where vim-plug puts it...

[junegunn]

Colorschemes are not any different from other types of plugins. You don't need to worry about directories at all. Like I said, have you made sure that colorscheme molokai appears after call plug#end()?

[caneta]

Sorry, I did not understand at what you were referring to, saying "Maybe you tried to use it before plug#end()"...
You are right, putting colorscheme molokai after plug#end() it works without any symlink.
Sorry again for my dumb questions, now it's clear how it works.

[junegunn]

No problem. It seems that the requirement is not obvious to some users. I'll see if I can further clarify the documentation.