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Asked: 2026-06-16T19:16:38+00:00

I tried to install a plugin netrw.vba using vimball on vim 7.3 with :source

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I tried to install a plugin netrw.vba using vimball on vim 7.3 with :source %, but got this error 

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E492: Not an editor command: UseVimball

I came across this post Trying to install a vimball having vimballPlugin installed, and followed the steps mentioned there to try fixing it, but did not work. :scriptnames shows {...}/gvim73/share/vim/vim73/plugin/vimballPlugin.vim so it seems to be loaded correctly.

What else could I explore to figure out this issue? Is there some setting I missed here?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In case the plugin/vimballPlugin.vim script has been loaded, the only conditions that prevent the definition of the command are:

    1. you have :set compatible, falling back to old vi behavior (usually not what you want)
    2. you have defined g:loaded_vimballPlugin somewhere, explicitly suppressing the plugin
    3. something does :delcommand UseVimball after the plugin is sourced

    Find out which applies to you, and fix it.

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