I'm probably doing this wrong. about vim-pathogen HOT 3 CLOSED

If it were me, I'd kill the runtime! invocation (Vim does that automatically) and move the post-config chunk to .vim/after/plugin/csapprox.vim (or whatever the corresponding filename is). Don't think too much about the after in the path; it will load regardless of whether the original plugin loaded.

I don't think there's much that can be done about the pre-config chunk. I just have a section in my vimrc for plugin settings.

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Thanks! I was able to pare it down a little.
Can this be simpler?

" keep plugins nicely bundled in separate folders.
" http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2332
    runtime autoload/pathogen.vim
    if exists('g:loaded_pathogen')
        call pathogen#infect() "load the bundles, if possible
        Helptags "plus any bundled help
        runtime! bundle_config.vim "give me a chance to configure the plugins
    endif

https://github.com/bukzor/buck_dotfiles/commit/1c19e90c0b7d10b3c6da9412bf052b384b714ba8

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I just do silent! call pathogen#infect(). But that takes away the ability to conditionally load bundle_config.vim, if you care about that sort of thing.

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