NERDTree on windows

Question

I have installed nerdtree using pathogen as per instruction given in the github site.

The packages are located under /vimfiles/bundle as shown below.

/Vim/vimfiles/bundle
$ ls
nerdtree  python-mode  vim-pathogen-master

I have added the below lines to my _vimrc file

call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles()
filetype off
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on

But still when I try using NerdTree I get a not an editor command error. It would be great if you could help me resolve this.

Answer 1

No. You didn't follow the instructions and you cloned both pathogen and nerdtree in the wrong directory.

Your configuration (vimrc/plugins/colorschemes/…) should be in your %UserProfile% directory:

%UserProfile%\vimfiles\
%UserProfile%\_vimrc

On Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\karthikbharadwaj\vimfiles\
C:\Documents and Settings\karthikbharadwaj\_vimrc

On Windows Vista/7/8:

C:\Users\karthikbharadwaj\vimfiles\
C:\Users\karthikbharadwaj\_vimrc

Pathogen's README is very clear about what to install, where to install it and what lines you must add to your %UserProfile%\_vimrc; I have no idea where you got that runtime_append_all_bundles() idea.

The file pathogen.vim should be in %UserProfile%\vimfiles\autoload\.

Your %UserProfile%\_vimrc should look like:

filetype off

execute pathogen#infect()
execute pathogen#helptags()

filetype plugin indent on
syntax on

Answer 2

I had the same issue until I changed my vimrc to add the following line; call pathogen#infect()

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