Unnecessary configuration

[ImperadorSid]

What happened

In the Vim manual it says that plugins placed inside the start folder are loaded automatically. If this is true, why do I have to use the "packadd! Dracula" directive?

What I expected to happen

Loads dracula colorscheme correctly

Screenshot

Machine Info

Linux samore-lnx 5.3.0-42-generic #34~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 28 13:42:26 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

• Vim type (vim/gvim/neovim): vim

• Vim version: 8.0.1453

• OS: Linux Mint 19.3 Tina

• Terminal/Terminal Emulator/VTE: Terminal Emulator (Tilix) and Terminal Emulator (GNOME Terminal)

• TERM environment variable: xterm-256color

Aditional info

Dracula installed on start folder

Without packadd dracula directive

runtimepath=~/.vim,~/.vim/pack/themes/start/dracula,/var/lib/vim/addons,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/share/vim/vim80,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after,/var/lib/vim/addons/after,~/.vim/after,~/.vim/pack/themes/start/dracula/after

Withpackadd dracula directive

runtimepath=~/.vim,~/.vim/pack/themes/start/dracula,/var/lib/vim/addons,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/share/vim/vim80,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after,/var/lib/vim/addons/after,~/.vim/after,~/.vim/pack/themes/start/dracula/after

Dracula installed on opt folder

Without packadd dracula directive

runtimepath=~/.vim,/var/lib/vim/addons,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/share/vim/vim80,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after,/var/lib/vim/addons/after,~/.vim/after

With packadd dracula directive

runtimepath=~/.vim,~/.vim/pack/themes/opt/dracula,/var/lib/vim/addons,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/share/vim/vim80,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after,/var/lib/vim/addons/after,~/.vim/after,~/.vim/pack/themes/opt/dracula/after

[benknoble]

It has everything to do with what the runtimepath is when you do colorscheme dracula.

If you do it in your vimrc, you need dracula on the runtimepath, because we have some stuff in autoload. If you do it later, you're probably ok.