Learning Vim

Learning vim and its various settings for better understanding.

Ser	Description	Remarks
1.	Installation	Installation for Linux.
2.	Basic Commands	Using the basic vimtutorial from vim to learn basic commands of vim.
3.	Plugin Manager	vim-plug installation as a plugin manager.
4.	Self Discovered Commands	All the commands of vim which have been researched on internet and found useful

Basic .vimrc commands and settings

Ser	Description	Remarks
1.	Starting of File Settings	All the settings at the start of .vimrc file for basic requirements.
2.	Splitting Windows	Splitting windows inside vim for working on various files together. Also added functionality of movement amongst the opened windows.
3.	Syntax and Theme Settings	For setting up highlighting of code and basic theme, for in a situation if the plugins doesn't load, vim will fallback to these settings.
4.	Flagging Whitespaces	Flagging trailing whitespaces.
5.	Search Highlighting	Highlighting the seach once done using /.

Plugins

Ser	Description	Remarks	Alternate Found - Incorporated in updated .vimrc
1.	SimpylFold	For folding of code blocks in a file.
2.	supertab	For auto completion/ suggestions for a code through tab key.
3.	ALE	For error checking.
4.	ctrlp.vim	For searching files in the working directory.
5.	vim-fugitive	For Git inside vim.
6.	vim-airline	For airline at the bottom. Also include description for including airline themes through vim-airline-themes.	Removed vim-airline-themes - showing errors.
7.	onedark.vim	For overall vim theme.
8.	vim-polygot	For syntax highlighting.
9.	delimitMate	For automatic closing of paranthesis and quotes.
10.	indentpython.vim	For Python indentation checking.
11.	NERDTree	NERDTree - File explorer for vim.	Found inbuilt command works much better :Explore. Removed NerdTree from .vimrc.

Final .vimrc File

1. .vimrc-v3 - Improved version with search highlighting.
2. .vimrc-v2 - Better version
3. .vimrc-v1 - Initial version

Note: Remove -v1 or any other version before saving .vimrc file.

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