Two documentation fixes:

1. Removed trailing slash at end of rtp (runtimepath) parameter example.
The code behaves such that there should not be a trailing slash; can
very this easily by do a ":set runtimepath?"

2. Added a node that filetype plugins (which vim *assumes* will be
located in $(runtimepath)/ftplugin/[filetype]*) should have the
"ftplugin/[filetype]" part of the path excluded from the rtp parameter.

For example, the vim-instant-markdown plugin
(https://github.com/suan/vim-instant-markdown) will only work properly
if rtp is set to "after", rather than "after/ftplugin/markdown".

README.md

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
    Plugin 'file:///home/gmarik/path/to/plugin'
    " The sparkup vim script is in a subdirectory of this repo called vim.
    " Pass the path to set the runtimepath properly.
-   Plugin 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim/'}
+   " For filetype-based plugins, EXCLUDE the "ftplugin/[filetype]" part of the path.
+   Plugin 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim'}
    " Avoid a name conflict with L9
    Plugin 'user/L9', {'name': 'newL9'}
 

doc/vundle.txt

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ more information.
     Plugin 'file:///home/gmarik/path/to/plugin'
     " The sparkup vim script is in a subdirectory of this repo called vim.
     " Pass the path to set the runtimepath properly.
-    Plugin 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim/'}
+    " For filetype-based plugins, EXCLUDE the "ftplugin/[filetype]" part of the path.
+    Plugin 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim'}
     " Avoid a name conflict with L9
     Plugin 'user/L9', {'name': 'newL9'}