The Essential vimrc for Developers

This Vim configuration contains a basic setup for developers (a number of handy plugins, keybindings and colorschemes that make your Vim a "pro" editor).

How to install

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/TMKE/pro-vim.git ~/.vim

Move .vimrc file to the ~ directory:

mv ~/.vim/.vimrc ~/

Type the following command inside Vim in order to install plugins:

:PlugInstall

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Included Plugins

To use these plugins correctly, consider reading their documentation

• limelight.vim: Focus on current paragraphe when writing
• coc.nvim: Plugin for autocompletion
• lightline.vim: Add lightline status line
• indentLine: A vim plugin to display the indention levels with thin vertical lines
• nerdtree: A tree explorer plugin for vim
• vim-visula-multi: Multiple cursors plugin for vim/neovim
• vim-gitgutter: A Vim plugin which shows git diff markers in the sign column and stages/previews/undoes hunks and partial hunks
• vim-commentary: A plugin to comment stuff out
• vim-surround: Delete/change/add parentheses/quotes/XML-tags/much more with ease
• vim-fugitive: Plugin for Git (call Git commands)
• fzf: A command-line fuzzy finder
• fzf.vim: A a bundle of fzf-based commands and mappings
• ultisnips: The ultimate solution for snippets in Vim
• vim-smoothie: Smooth scrolling in Vim
• auto-pairs: Insert or delete brackets, parens, quotes in pair
• vim-closetag: Auto close HTML tags
• nnn.vim: File manager powered by nnn (nnn is required)
• vim-polyglot: Language pack for Vim

Plugins for syntax highlighting

• yats.vim: TypeScript syntax highlighting in Vim
• vim-javascript: Improved Javascript indentation and syntax support in Vim
• vim-jsx-pretty: JSX and TSX syntax pretty highlighting
• vim-styled-components
• vim-json: JSON syntax highlighting
• vim-graphql: A Vim plugin that provides GraphQL file detection, syntax highlighting, and indentation
• vim-go: Go development plugin for Vim
• kotlin-vim: Kotlin plugin for Vim

Plugins for Flutter

• vim-flutter
• dart-vim-plugin
• vim-lsx
• vim-lsc-dart

Included Colorschemes

• blackbirdtheme
• srcery-vim
• vim-brogrammer-theme
• vim-monokai-tasty
• tender.vim
• sonokai
• simpleblack
• onedark.vim
• vim-monokai-pro
• vim-deus
• spacecamp
• atlas.vim
• vim-enfocado (default)

Key Mappings

Normal Mode

• The leader key (<leader>) is remaped to , instead of \.
• F5: toggle NERDTree
• Backspace: delete characters behind the cursor
• Tab: move between buffers
• Y: yank from the current position until the end of the line (equivalent of y$)
• <leader> (i.e. ,) then tn: open a new tab (instead of :tabnew)
• <leader>, t then <leader again: move to the next tab (instead of :tabnext)
• <leader> then tm: move a tab (instead of :tabmove)
• <leader> then tc: close a tab (instead of :tabclose)
• <leader> then to: close all tab pages except the current one (instead of :tabonly)
• <leader> then k/j: move current line up/down
• <leader> then w: move between splits

Command Mode

• :w!!: write to a file using sudo if you forgot to "sudo vim file"

Visual Mode

• K/J: move the current line (or multiple lines selected) up/down

Insert Mode

• Ctrl+k/j: move current line up/down
• Tab: indent (Tab+Shift to unindent)
• Ctrl + d: forward delete