Vim won't load plugins when I change the runtimepath.

Question

Basically I want to move everything from ~/.vim into a separate folder, let's say ~/vim_config.

I added this setup my ~/.gvimrc

set runtimepath^=~/vim_config

If I do a :set rtp the ~/vim_config folder is at the top of the list.

But no plugins are loaded. Colorschemes are loaded though.

Answer 1

Maybe this is not the solution you desire, but you could create a symbolic link instead.

ln -s ~/vim_config ~/.vim