Where should I put a .vim plugin?

Question

this is the file: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/master/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim

this is for rust [a new language from Mozilla] syntax highlight(?) in VIM They provided 3 .vim files actually. where should I put them?

Answer 1

GNU Linux (see Greg's answer): ~/.vim/syntax/rust.vim

Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vimfiles\syntax

Answer 2

That looks like a syntax highlight file, so put it in

~/.vim/syntax/rust.vim

Create the directories as necessary. See the Vim documentation on :syn-files for more information.