Name is vimrc because this is forked from a vim config, but decided to add other configs here too.

Installation

git clone git@github.com:ppessi/vimrc.git ~/.dotfiles
sh ~/.dotfiles/install.sh

Update

Update by pulling changes.

Installing waybar on ubuntu

TODO: create Sway section, move this there

Install dependencies:

sudo apt install libgtkmm-3.0-dev libjsoncpp-dev libxkbregistry-dev

Follow instructions.

Included Plugins

TODO: go through these, pick seemingly useful ones and learn to use them

I recommend reading the docs of these plugins to understand them better. Each plugin provides a much better Vim experience!

• ack.vim: Vim plugin for the_silver_searcher (ag) or ack -- a wicked fast grep
• bufexplorer.zip: Quickly and easily switch between buffers. This plugin can be opened with <leader+o>
• ctrlp.vim: Fuzzy file, buffer, mru and tag finder. It's mapped to <Ctrl+F>
• goyo.vim and vim-zenroom2:
• lightline.vim: A light and configurable statusline/tabline for Vim
• NERD Tree: A tree explorer plugin for vim
• mru.vim: Plugin to manage Most Recently Used (MRU) files. This plugin can be opened with <leader+f>
• open_file_under_cursor.vim: Open file under cursor when pressing gf
• pathogen.vim: Manage your vim runtimepath
• snipmate.vim: snipmate.vim aims to be a concise vim script that implements some of TextMate's snippets features in Vim
• ale: Syntax and lint checking for vim (ALE requires NeoVim >= 0.2.0 or Vim 8 with +timers +job +channel)
• vim-commentary: Comment stuff out. Use gcc to comment out a line (takes a count), gc to comment out the target of a motion. gcu uncomments a set of adjacent commented lines.
• vim-expand-region: Allows you to visually select increasingly larger regions of text using the same key combination
• vim-fugitive: A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal
• vim-indent-object: Defines a new text object representing lines of code at the same indent level. Useful for python/vim scripts
• vim-multiple-cursors: Sublime Text style multiple selections for Vim, CTRL+N is remapped to CTRL+S (due to YankRing)
• vim-yankstack: Maintains a history of previous yanks, changes and deletes
• vim-zenroom2 Remove all clutter and focus only on the essential. Similar to iA Writer or Write Room
• gist-vim Easily create gists from Vim using the :Gist command

Included modes

TODO: replace with coc plugins?

• vim-coffee-script
• vim-less
• vim-bundle-mako
• vim-markdown
• nginx.vim: Highlights configuration files for nginx
• rust.vim
• vim-ruby
• typescript-vim
• vim-javascript
• vim-python-pep8-indent

Key Mappings

TODO: update list, maybe make some script to find find ones that are missing from here or ones that have been changed

The leader is ,, so whenever you see <leader> it means ,.

Plugin related mappings

Open bufexplorer to see and manage the current buffers (<leader>o):

map <leader>o :BufExplorer<cr>

Open MRU.vim to see the recently open files (<leader>f):

map <leader>f :MRU<CR>

Open ctrlp.vim plugin to quickly find a file or a buffer (<leader>j or <ctrl>f):

let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-f>'

NERD Tree mappings:

map <leader>nn :NERDTreeToggle<cr>
map <leader>nb :NERDTreeFromBookmark 
map <leader>nf :NERDTreeFind<cr>

goyo.vim and vim-zenroom2 lets you only focus on one thing at a time. It removes all the distractions and centers the content. It has a special look when editing Markdown, reStructuredText and textfiles. It only has one mapping. (<leader>z)

map <leader>z :Goyo<cr>

Normal mode mappings

Fast saving of a buffer (<leader>w):

nmap <leader>w :w!<cr>

Map <Space> to / (search) and <Ctrl>+<Space> to ? (backwards search):

map <space> /
map <c-space> ?
map <silent> <leader><cr> :noh<cr>

Disable highlights when you press <leader><cr>:

map <silent> <leader><cr> :noh<cr>

Smart way to move between windows (<ctrl>j etc.):

map <C-j> <C-W>j
map <C-k> <C-W>k
map <C-h> <C-W>h
map <C-l> <C-W>l

Closing of the current buffer(s) (<leader>bd and (<leader>ba)):

" Close current buffer
map <leader>bd :Bclose<cr>

" Close all buffers
map <leader>ba :1,1000 bd!<cr>

Useful mappings for managing tabs:

map <leader>tn :tabnew<cr>
map <leader>to :tabonly<cr>
map <leader>tc :tabclose<cr>
map <leader>tm :tabmove 

" Opens a new tab with the current buffer's path
" Super useful when editing files in the same directory
map <leader>te :tabedit <c-r>=expand("%:p:h")<cr>/

Switch CWD to the directory of the open buffer:

map <leader>cd :cd %:p:h<cr>:pwd<cr>

Open ack.vim for fast search:

map <leader>g :Ack 

Quickly open a buffer for scripbble:

map <leader>q :e ~/buffer<cr>

Toggle paste mode on and off:

map <leader>pp :setlocal paste!<cr>

Visual mode mappings

Visual mode pressing * or # searches for the current selection:

vnoremap <silent> * :call VisualSelection('f')<CR>
vnoremap <silent> # :call VisualSelection('b')<CR>

When you press gv you Ack.vim after the selected text:

vnoremap <silent> gv :call VisualSelection('gv', '')<CR>

When you press <leader>r you can search and replace the selected text:

vnoremap <silent> <leader>r :call VisualSelection('replace')<CR>

Surround the visual selection in parenthesis/brackets/etc.:

vnoremap $1 <esc>`>a)<esc>`<i(<esc>
vnoremap $2 <esc>`>a]<esc>`<i[<esc>
vnoremap $3 <esc>`>a}<esc>`<i{<esc>
vnoremap $$ <esc>`>a"<esc>`<i"<esc>
vnoremap $q <esc>`>a'<esc>`<i'<esc>
vnoremap $e <esc>`>a"<esc>`<i"<esc>

Insert mode mappings

Quickly insert parenthesis/brackets/etc.:

inoremap $1 ()<esc>i
inoremap $2 []<esc>i
inoremap $3 {}<esc>i
inoremap $4 {<esc>o}<esc>O
inoremap $q ''<esc>i
inoremap $e ""<esc>i
inoremap $t <><esc>i

Insert the current date and time (useful for timestamps):

iab xdate <c-r>=strftime("%d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S")<cr>

Command line mappings

$q is super useful when browsing on the command line. It deletes everything until the last slash:

cno $q <C-\>eDeleteTillSlash()<cr>

Bash like keys for the command line:

cnoremap <C-A>		<Home>
cnoremap <C-E>		<End>
cnoremap <C-K>		<C-U>

cnoremap <C-P> <Up>
cnoremap <C-N> <Down>

Write the file as sudo (works only on Unix). Super useful when you open a file and you don't have permissions to save your changes. Vim tip:

:W 

Cope

Query :help cope if you are unsure what cope is. It's super useful!

When you search with Ack.vim, display your results in cope by doing: <leader>cc

To go to the next search result do: <leader>n

To go to the previous search results do: <leader>p

Cope mappings:

map <leader>cc :botright cope<cr>
map <leader>co ggVGy:tabnew<cr>:set syntax=qf<cr>pgg
map <leader>n :cn<cr>
map <leader>p :cp<cr>