Yet another .vim

This packaged vim setup is what I have been tweaking and working with for ages, and should require minimal effort to get working on a new machine.

"But what do I doooooooo?"

Simple:

git clone git://github.com/fawcettc/dotvim.git ~/.vim
cd ~/.vim
./setup.sh

Note that if you currently have a ~/.vim, this is not going to work. Move it to a safe location and then proceed.

In order to get YouCompleteMe to work, you'll need

• vim 7.3.584 or later, compiled with Python 2 support
• python 2.7+ as a shared library, along with development headers
• CMake

If CMake finds the wrong compiler, python version, etc. during the YouCompleteMe install, you'll have to install it manually. Have a look at Valloric's FAQ, that should solve most common issues. I may fix some of the more common bugs (usually with YouCompleteMe) at some point.

"Chris, what are the weird parts of this setup?"

There are a couple of strange things that will make you really angry for a bit, and then be awesome.

• Arrow keys are disabled in normal mode. What better time to learn hjkl than the present?
• tab will always insert 4 spaces. What's that, you actually want a tab? Ctrl-V
• Use jk in sequence instead of hitting escape. You will love it, trust me.

Included Plugins

I'm happily benefiting from the following awesome plugins:

Plugin management

• gmarik/Vundle.vim

Sane defaults

• tpope/vim-sensible

status notification, file browsing, comment awesomeness

• bling/vim-airline
• mhinz/vim-signify
• mhinz/vim-startify
• scrooloose/nerdtree
• scrooloose/nerdcommenter
• kien/rainbow_parentheses.vim

Syntax checking etc

• scrooloose/syntastic
• Raimondi/delimitMate
• Valloric/YouCompleteMe

tmux integration and interaction

• benmills/vimux
• jgdavey/vim-turbux
• christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator

git awesomeness

• tpope/vim-fugitive

Miscellaneous

• lilydjwg/colorizer
• plasticboy/vim-markdown
• pangloss/vim-javascript
• kchmck/vim-coffee-script
• leshill/vim-json
• msanders/cocoa.vim
• chrisbra/csv.vim