How to install Vimball plugin (with .vba extension)?

Question

How to install Vimball plugin (with .vba extension)?

The documentation only says:

install details Edit the vba file and enter:

 :so % 

The vimball documentation says:

All the user needs to do with vimball:

 vim someplugin.vba :so % :q 

• Should I write this in normal mode (inside Vim) or in the _vimrc file?
• Should I write the full path to the .vba file?
• I can not write vim someplugin in normal mode. Should I write :vim plugin ?

Answer 1

Open the vba file with vim and enter the command :source % right there. % refers to the current file, so using :source % when opening a file in vim tells it to run the file in the vim context, which, in the case of vba files, installs it in the appropriate directories.