MacVim not loading ftplugins

Question

I've been wrestling with macvim for the past few days using an ftplugin. I can't seem to solve my issue, despite numerous attempts.

MacVim is installed on my computer (via Homebrew) and is using the proper python.

    bash-3.2# mvim --version
    VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Sep 24 2013 14:52:41)
    MacOS X (unix) version
    Included patches: 1-754
    Compiled by Homebrew
    Huge version with MacVim GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
    [irrelevant stuff omitted]
    +persistent_undo +postscript +printer +profile +python/dyn -python3 +quickfix 

I have a .vimrc that simply says filetype plugin on. There is nothing else in my .vimrc; I tried using a clean file in case that was my issue.

If relevant, I am trying to use the vim-rst-tables plugin (https://github.com/nvie/vim-rst-tables).

I pip installed vim_bridge and can do :python import vim_bridge within vim without any issues.

Anyways, if I keep the filename, rst-tables.vim in ~/.vim/ftplugin/ - the return of :scriptnames does not show anything related to ~/.vim/ftplugin/*. If I change the plugin name from rst-tables.vim to rst.vim, I see 36: ~/.vim/ftplugin/rst.vim. This seems like it would be a good thing, but still none of the functionality works - i.e. ,,c and ,,f.

If anyone has any insight or more information I could provide that would help in debugging, it would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

The name rst-tables.vim won't work, as per the rules (cp. :help ftplugins), it must be either rst_tables.vim or rst/tables.vim. Renaming should get it sourced. Any remaining issues with the plugin should be addressed to the plugin's author; he's best suited to help. You can check whether expected mappings have been defined with e.g. :verbose map ,,c.