hSATAC's vimrc

Author: Ash Wu (aka. cAt) [email protected]

Forked from vgod's vimrc https://github.com/vgod/vimrc

HOW TO INSTALL

1. Check out from github

• Mac Os/Linux:

       $ git clone https://github.com/hSATAC/vimrc ~/.vim
       $ cd ~/.vim
       $ git submodule update --init
  

• Windows: (or you could checkout into your $VIM if you want to build a portable gvim)

       $ git clone https://github.com/hSATAC/vimrc ~/vimfiles
       $ cd ~/vimfiles
       $ git submodule update --init            
  

2. Install ~/.vimrc and ~/.gvimrc

• Mac Os/Linux:

       $ ./install-vimrc.sh
  

• Windows7:

       > install-win32.bat
  

3. (Optional, if you want taglist) Install the Exuberant Ctags (http://ctags.sourceforge.net/)

• Mac Os: The built-in ctags is not compitable with taglist.vim

       $ brew install ctags
  

• ArchLinux: sudo pacman -S ctags

• Windows:

       Download win32 ctags from http://ctags.sourceforge.net/
       put ctags.exe into your $VIM
  

UPGRADE PLUGIN BUNDLES

All plugins were checked out as git submodules, which can be upgraded with git pull. For example, to upgrade Command-T

 $ cd ~/.vim/bundle/command-t
 $ git pull
 
 // update all bundles
 $ git submodule foreach git pull origin master

HOW TO USE

see the "USEFUL SHORTCUTS" section in vimrc to learn my shortcuts.

PLUGINS

• Pathogen: Pathogen let us install a plugin as a bundle in ~/.vim/bundle seprately.

• matchit: extended % matching for HTML, LaTeX, and many other languages.

• Nerd Tree: A tree explorer plugin for navigating the filesystem. <F5> to toggle

  Useful commands:

  • :Bookmark [name] - bookmark any directory as name
  • :NERDTree [name] - open the bookmark [name] in Nerd Tree

• vim-surround: deal with pairs of surroundings.

  • ysiw (you surround in word)
  • cs (change surround)
  • ds (delete surround)
  • S (surrond in visual mode)

• SuperTab: Do all your insert-mode completion with Tab.

• snipMate: TextMate-style snippets for Vim

  :help snipMate to see more info.

• VisIncr: Produce increasing/decreasing columns of numbers, dates, or daynames.

• Zoom: Use +, -, 0 keys to zoom in/out like firefox or macvim.

• taglist: taglist, list functions, structures. <F8> to toggle.

• tagbar: tagbar, Vim plugin that displays tags in a window, ordered by class etc. <F7> toggle.

• multiple-cursors: Ctrl + n to multiple select, v to enter visual mode, i to enter insert mode.

• fugitive: :Gblame to view git blame.

• startify: Start page replacement, shows recent files.

• Turbux: Run ruby tests in tmux window. <leader>r to run current line or last test, <leader>t to run whole test file.

• Ag, Ack: Better than grep.

• Align: Alignment tool. Add :AlignHash for Ruby Hashes.

• CtrlP: Fuzzy finder. <leader>f to search. Ctrl + x (sp), Ctrl + v (vsp), Ctrl + t (tab)

• vim-rails: A for alternate file, R for related file, gf fo partials, fixtures, etc.

• vim-gitgutter: Show git diff in gutter.

• SingleCompile: <F10> to compile current file.

• NerdCommenter: <leader>cc to comment, <leader>cu to uncomment. <leader>c<space> to toggle.

Other good references

• http://amix.dk/vim/vimrc.html
• http://spf13.com/post/perfect-vimrc-vim-config-file