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These are some of the configurations I use that I have put together. So far I have cleaned up my vim config, so that is the only thing here atm. But I will soon update on tmux, git and other configs.

Warning! The configuration file is heavily commented and not very pleasing to the eye but I figured this would be important for any new vim users looking for configs so they can choose what they like out of it easily.

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Plugins

Here are the list of plugins I use:

• https://github.com/vim-ripgrep
• https://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter
• https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized
• https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion
• https://github.com/tpope/vim-endwise
• https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive
• https://github.com/tpope/vim-sensible
• https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround
• https://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar
• https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline
• https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline-themes
• https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic
• https://github.com/rhysd/vim-clang-format
• https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree
• https://github.com/elzr/vim-json
• https://github.com/vim-ruby/vim-ruby
• https://github.com/fatih/vim-go
• https://github.com/rking/ag.vim
• https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter
• https://github.com/Yggdroot/indentLine
• https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify
• https://github.com/craigemery/vim-autotag
• https://github.com/qpkorr/vim-bufkill
• https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
• https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
• https://github.com/airblade/vim-rooter
• https://github.com/mattn/emmet-vim
• https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox
• https://github.com/leafgarland/typescript-vim

How to use this for your vim config:

• First test it out by cloning and running a file using this config by doing vim -u test_vimrc
• Make a copy of your current .vimrc
• Run cp .vimrc ~/.vimrc

Change your iterm2 settings as follows

• Change your iterm2 theme to solarized dark https://github.com/altercation/solarized/tree/master/iterm2-colors-solarized
• Use the 11pt Inconsolata-g for Powerline font. Get it from here: https://github.com/powerline/fonts
• Change your cursor to a box with blinking on.
• Set these:

• I also usually like to set a global hotkey for iterm2 mapped to (CMD+SHIFT+I)

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Here I will note down some small maybe obscure VIMtips I have come across that have helped me at some point or the other. Will update with time.

• Vim allows you to do vim -u test_vimrc. This allows you to run vim with said vimrc in the arguments. allowing you to quickly and nicely try out different vim settings.
• "+yy yank a line to system clipboard, +p to paste.
• Copy pasting from system clipboard will not work if echo has('clipboard') returns 0 you need to install vim and compile it with +clipboard feature.
• Ctrl-k in insert mode to insert digraphs. To find a list of digraphs do :digraphs in normal mode
• Ctrl-V in insert mode followed by u to type four hexadecimal digits and get Unicode chars &#F4A9
• Vim spellang: do :setlocal spell to switch on spell check, it will highlight all incorrectly spelled words. Go under a word and do z= to see suggested words. ]s to move to next misspelled word after cursor.

Tutorials and other resources

If you are getting started with VIM, here are some great resources:

• https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/vim/
• In your terminal: vimtutor
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlR5gYd6um0

Credits

Credits for a lot of the configs go to the incredible open source community vim has ❤ ❤