Thomas Hunter's VIM Configuration

This Vim configuration is meant to be used to make Vim act more like an IDE. I use it mostly under MacVIM, so I make no guarantee for different environments. For now, I'm just planning on using github to make managing my VIM configuraiton more easy, especially with deploying it to different environments. I'm not sure if I will make this a community projects.

I do use this configuration on Linux and OS X while running plain vim, and it works fine for the most part.

Overview

This configuration is primarily intended to be run with a MacVIM instance, used for editing multiple files at the same time. On the left side of the screen will be the file browser, and on the right will be the list of tags in the current file. On the bottom you will see a list of the currently opened files (buffers) when switching between them, otherwise it will show status items. You will also see the name of the current Git branch in parenthesis (if you are in one).

When you want to edit a file, you can browse to it on the left side of the screen, or use ,t or Cmd+T to open up a quick/fuzzy search. If you want to edit another file, just browse to it and open it just like before. When you want to move between open files, use the buffer movement keys mentioned below. Feel free to open as many buffers as you want, as if this were a normal IDE.

Features

• File Browser on left side of screen
• Functions, Variables, Classes on right
• Move between buffers in center screen
• View status of the current GIT repo (if applicable)
• Special features when running under MacVIM

Switching between files (Buffers)

• Use ,q to close the current file (a different file will appear in its place)
• Use Ctrl h Ctrl l to move between open files
• Ctrl Left Ctrl Right also works for switching between files
• While in MacVim, you can swipe left and right to switch between open files

Viewports (Windows)

• Use ,h ,j ,k ,l to navigate between viewports
• Use ,Q to close the current window (you probably won't ever need to do this)
• Use ,n to toggle the file browser
• Use ,y to toggle the tag browser
• Use ,t or Cmd+T to perform a recursive fuzzy filename search
• Use ,a and type a phrase to search to search based on content within your files (quote and escape if needed)
• Use ,A to close the open ack search results at the bottom of the screen (same going down, closing, going right, e.g. ,j ,Q ,l)

File Browser (NERDTree)

• Use ,n to toggle the file browser
• Use standard movement keys to move around
• Use Ctrl j and Ctrl k to move between siblings (aka skip over children in expanded folders)
• Use C to make the highlighted node the current working directory
• Use :Bookmark BookmarkName to bookmark the current selection
• Use B to toggle the bookmark menu
• Use ? if you'd like some NERDTree documentation

Tag Browser (Tag List)

• Use y to toggle the tag browser viewport
• Use s to reorder the items by alpha or occurance

Requirements

• Install ctags and configure on your Mac: http://thomashunter.name/blog/installing-vim-taglist-with-macvim-in-os-x/
• Ruby (to compile command-t)

Installation

Run these commands in your terminal to fully install this vim setup within OS X. It will probably require some tweaking to get it working under Linux.

cd ~
git clone git://github.com/tlhunter/Vim-PHP-IDE.git .vim
ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
ln -s ~/.vim/gvimrc ~/.gvimrc
cd ~/.vim
git submodule init
git submodule update
cd ~/.vim/bundle/command-t/
rake make

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