How do I install snipMate?

Question

I have downloaded snipMate.zip form vim.org. The install instruction says that:

• unzip it and paste it in .vim directory.
• There should be :filetype plugin on in .vimrc file

I have did both but non of the snippets are working. This is the first time I'm installing any plugin.

Answer 1

Did you put the snipMate directory that you get after unzipping directly inside ~/.vim? Like that: ~/.vim/snipMate?

It's its content that you have to put into ~/.vim:

.vim
├── after
│   └── plugin
│       └── snipMate.vim
├── autoload
│   └── snipMate.vim
├── doc
│   └── snipMate.txt
├── ftplugin
│   └── html_snip_helper.vim
├── plugin
│   └── snipMate.vim
├── snippets
│   ├── autoit.snippets
│   ├── cpp.snippets
│   ├── c.snippets
│   ├── html.snippets
│   ├── javascript.snippets
│   ├── java.snippets
│   ├── mako.snippets
│   ├── objc.snippets
│   ├── perl.snippets
│   ├── php.snippets
│   ├── python.snippets
│   ├── ruby.snippets
│   ├── sh.snippets
│   ├── _.snippets
│   ├── snippet.snippets
│   ├── tcl.snippets
│   ├── tex.snippets
│   ├── vim.snippets
│   └── zsh.snippets
└── syntax
    └── snippet.vim

After that, put this line in your ~/.vimrc:

filetype plugin on

and run this command in Vim to make the snipMate doc available:

:helptags ~/.vim/doc

If you do all that, you should be able to read the snipMate doc, which you should do before anything else:

:help snipmate

Good luck.