Vim-Elysium: Professional IDE-Level Vim Configuration

🏆 World-Class Vim Configuration - 23 Plugins, IDE-Level Features

A meticulously crafted, professional-grade Vim configuration that rivals modern IDEs like VSCode and IntelliJ. This setup provides complete development environment with LSP support, debugging, syntax checking, multi-cursor editing, and much more.

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✨ Professional Features

🎯 Complete IDE Functionality (23 Carefully Selected Plugins)

🔧 Development Tools (100% Coverage):

• coc.nvim - Full LSP support, intelligent completion, diagnostics, refactoring
• ALE - Real-time syntax checking and auto-fixing
• vimspector - Integrated debugger with breakpoints and variable inspection
• vim-visual-multi - Advanced multi-cursor editing
• nerdcommenter - Smart commenting for multiple languages
• auto-pairs - Automatic bracket/quote completion
• honza/vim-snippets - Code snippets and templates

📁 File Management:

• LeaderF - Ultra-fast fuzzy file finder and function search
• NERDTree + vim-nerdtree-tabs - Enhanced file tree with tab support

🔄 Version Control:

• vim-fugitive - Complete Git integration
• vim-gitgutter - Git diff visualization in gutter

🎨 User Interface:

• vim-airline + vim-airline-themes - Professional status bar
• gruvbox - Comfortable dark theme optimized for coding

🛠️ Productivity Tools:

• asyncrun.vim - Asynchronous task execution
• floaterm - Floating terminal window
• vim-gutentags - Automatic tag generation for code navigation
• vim-preview - Enhanced quickfix window preview
• tabular - Advanced text alignment
• vim-markdown - Rich Markdown editing
• vim-surround - Surround text manipulation
• vim-easymotion - Lightning-fast cursor movement

🏆 Professional-Grade Features

• Zero Conflicts: Carefully designed shortcuts (multi-cursor uses #, coc uses Ctrl+n)
• Modular Architecture: 10+ separate config files for maintainability
• Performance Optimized: Lazy loading, efficient settings, fast startup
• Universal Language Support: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, Java, PHP, and more
• Integrated Ecosystem: Terminal, debugging, testing, all within Vim
• Extensible Design: Easy to add new plugins and customize

Installation

Prerequisites

• Vim 8.0+ or Neovim
• Git
• ctags (for gutentags)
• Node.js (for Coc.nvim extensions)

Installing ctags

Ctags is required for the gutentags plugin to generate tags for code navigation. Here are instructions for installing ctags on different operating systems:

macOS

brew install universal-ctags

Or using MacPorts:

sudo port install ctags

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install universal-ctags

Linux (CentOS/RHEL/Fedora)

# For CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum install ctags
# Or for Fedora
sudo dnf install ctags

Windows

Using Chocolatey:

choco install universal-ctags

Or download the latest release from universal-ctags releases and add the executable to your PATH.

Install vim-plug (Plugin Manager)

macOS/Linux

curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim

Windows (PowerShell)

md ~\vimfiles\autoload
$uri = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(
  $uri,
  $ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath(
    "~\vimfiles\autoload\plug.vim"
  )
)

Steps

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/peterfei/vim-elysium.git ~/.vim-elysium
   cd ~/.vim-elysium

2. Backup your existing Vim configuration:

   mv ~/.vimrc ~/.vimrc.backup
   mv ~/.vim ~/.vim.backup

3. Install the configuration:

   cp .vimrc ~/.vimrc
   cp -r vimrc ~/.vim/

4. Install plugins: Open Vim and run:

   :PlugInstall
   

5. Install Coc extensions: In Vim, run:

   :CocInstall coc-json coc-tsserver coc-html coc-css coc-snippets coc-pyright coc-java coc-phpls coc-vetur
   

Configuration Structure

• .vimrc: Main configuration file with basic settings and plugin loading
• vimrc/: Directory containing modular plugin configurations:
  • coc.vim: Coc.nvim settings
  • leaderf.vim: LeaderF settings
  • nerdtree.vim: NERDTree settings
  • gutentags.vim: Gutentags settings
  • And more...

Key Mappings

Leader Key

The leader key is set to ,

File Operations

• <leader>w: Save file
• <leader>q: Quit
• <C-p>: LeaderF file search

Search and Navigation

• <leader><space>: Clear search highlight
• <leader>ff: LeaderF function search
• <leader>fb: LeaderF buffer search
• <leader>fl: LeaderF line search
• <leader>r: Locate current file in NERDTree
• gd: Go to definition (Coc)
• gy: Go to type definition (Coc)
• gi: Go to implementation (Coc)
• gr: Go to references (Coc)

Multi-Cursor Editing (vim-visual-multi)

• <Leader>m: Start multi-cursor on word
• g<Leader>m: Select all occurrences
• <C-j>: Add cursor down
• <C-k>: Add cursor up
• <Leader>[: Remove cursor
• <Leader>]: Skip cursor
• Esc: Exit multi-cursor mode

Insert Mode Commands (apply to all cursors):

• i: Insert before each cursor
• a: Insert after each cursor
• I: Insert at start of line for each cursor
• A: Insert at end of line for each cursor
• o: Open new line below each cursor
• O: Open new line above each cursor

Window Management

• <C-h/j/k/l>: Navigate between windows
• <leader>vs: Vertical split
• <leader>sp: Horizontal split

File Explorer

• <F8>: Toggle NERDTree
• <leader>e: Toggle NERDTree tabs
• <leader>n: Toggle NERDTree tabs

Code Actions (Coc)

• <leader>rn: Rename symbol
• <leader>qf: Quick fix current line
• <leader>a: Code action
• <space>a: Show all diagnostics
• <space>e: Manage extensions
• <space>c: Show commands
• <space>o: Show outline
• <space>s: Search workspace symbols
• K: Show documentation

Multi-Cursor & Editing

• ,c<space>: Toggle comment (NERDCommenter)

Terminal & Tasks

• <F12>: Toggle floating terminal
• <F13>: New terminal
• <F14>: Previous terminal
• <F15>: Next terminal

Debugging (Vimspector)

• <leader>di: Inspect variable under cursor

Git Integration

• :Git <command>: Run Git commands
• <leader>gs: Toggle GitGutter

Plugin Specific

• :NERDTreeToggle: Toggle file tree
• :LeaderfFunction: Search functions
• :CocList extensions: Manage Coc extensions
• :CocInstall <extension>: Install Coc extension

Customization

Feel free to modify the configurations to suit your needs. The modular structure makes it easy to add or remove plugins.

Troubleshooting

• If plugins don't load, ensure vim-plug is installed
• For Coc issues, check Node.js version and reinstall extensions
• Make sure ctags is installed for gutentags

License

MIT License - feel free to use and modify!