caleb-vim-config

This repository just contains my .vimrc config file.

Setup directions

• Clone this repo: git clone https://github.com/calebmadrigal/caleb-vim-config
• Go into the repo directory: cd caleb-vim-config
• Copy the vimrc: cp vimrc ~/.vimrc
• Clone Vundle: git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
• In vim, run this command: :BundleInstall (which will download and install all of the Bundles)

This Vim setup includes the following

• Packages:
  • Vundle - for package management
  • EasyMotion - for quick keyboard-based motion
  • CtrlP - for fuzzy file opening
  • NERDTree - nice left-side file explorer
  • tComment - Comment toggle
  • vim-colorschemes - a big package of color schemes
  • vim-markdown - syntax highlighting for Markdown format
• Other tweaks including:
  • Incremental search (highlights as you type)
  • Different color scheme for visual vs gui mode
  • Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab for next/prev tab (in gui mode only)
  • No swap or back up files
  • Nice indention functionality
  • Show syntax highlighting and line numbers

Here is a list of hotkeys

(beyond the standard ones)

• Ctrl-n - Toggle NERDTree
  • t - open selected file in new tab (in NERDTree)
• \\w - EasyMotion (moving down)
• \\B - EasyMotion (moving up)
• \\s - EasyMotion (searching down)
• Ctrl+p - open CtrlP
  • Ctrl+b - cycle through modes (in CtrlP)
  • Ctrl+t - open selected in new tab (in CtrlP)
• Ctrl+- Ctrl+- - Toggle comment using tComment
• Ctrl+Tab - Next tab (in GUI mode only)
• Ctrl+Shift+Tab - Previous tab (in GUI mode only)
• gt - Next tab (GUI or text mode)
• gT - Previous tab (GUI or text mode)