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I've read that pathogen works on nvim, i tried to follow the vim installation process:

mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle && \
curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim

Changing the .vim/bundle part:

mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.local/share/nvim/bundle && \
curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim

my init.vim is:

execute pathogen#infect()
set guicursor=
set clipboard+=unnamedplus

when i launch nvim i get:

E117: unknown function: pathogen#infect()
E15: invalid expression: pathogen#infect()
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mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.local/share/nvim/bundle

This is wrong for Neovim. ~/.config/nvim is the replacement for ~/.vim.

mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/autoload ~/.config/nvim/bundle is what you should use.

If you want to your config to work with both Vim and Neovim, then I would recommend symlinks.

mkdir -p ~/.config/
ln -s ~/.vim ~/.config/nvim 
ln -s ~/.vimrc ~/.config/nvim/init.vim

~/.local/share/nvim/init is also part of 'runtimepath', so if you wanted to keep plugins separate from your personal config, that would be an alternate place to put the bundle directory.

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  • Thank you for your answer, I was copying/pasting stuff and I did not changed everything I needed on the commands. However, I will not mark this answer as the solution, because in order to get pathogen you need to put the autoload folder inside ./config/nvim github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen/issues/50. Obs: I'm loving neovim, thank you for your work.
    – Renato Melo
    Feb 1, 2018 at 16:58
  • This time it's my fault for not reading close enough. :) ~/.local/share/nvim/site is part of 'runtimepath', not ~/.local/share/nvim. Either ~/.local/share/nvim/site/{autoload,bundle} or ~/.config/nvim/{autoload,bundle} can be used. I'll update the answer.
    – jamessan
    Feb 1, 2018 at 17:15

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