Over the past year, I've been trying to perfect Amix's Ultimate Vimrc. This is the result. Amix did an awesome job on his Ultimate vimrc project. Below is a list of reasons for the fork.
- run this:
curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
git clone https://github.com/bulim/vimrc.git ~/.vim_runtime3
sh ~/.vim_runtime3/install.sh- Inside vim, run this:
:PlugInstall
Simply just do a git rebase!
cd ~/.vim_runtime3
git pull --rebase
- google 'XXX install ctags' where XXX should be your OS. read more on vim and ctags
- Install Ag
- jshint for syntastic: 'npm install -g jshint'
- windows users should consider installing python, as some plugins require it
To make vimdiff be the default merge tool across all your repos: git config --global merge.tool vimdiff
Here is a partial list of the included plugins. Read the docs of these plugins to understand them better.
- vim-plug: Manages plugins
- UltiSnips: UltiSnips - The ultimate snippet solution for Vim
- NERDTree: A tree explorer plugin for vim
- NERDTree-tabs: NERDTree and tabs together in Vim, painlessly
- ctrlp.vim: Fuzzy file, buffer, mru and tag finder. In my config it's mapped to
<Ctrl+F>, or j - vim-airline: Lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air (replacing powerline)
- vim-fugitive: A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal
- syntastic: Syntax checking hacks for vim
You can also install your own plugins, just edit ~/.vim_runtime3/plugins-list.vim, and then inside vim:
:PlugInstall
ctrlp.vim plugin:
fuzzy file search: '<c-f>' OR <leader>j
Buffer explorer: '<c-ff>' OR <leader>o
MRU: '<c-fff>' OR <leader>j
Tags explorer '<c-ffff>' OR <leader>h
Managing the NERD Tree plugin:
NERDTreeToggle: <leader>nn
NERDTreeFromBookmark: <leader>nb
NERDTreeFind: <leader>nf
ag.vim plugin:
Ag: <leader>g
gitgutter plugin:
GitGutterToggle: <leader>b
tagbar plugin:
TagbarToggle: <F8>
Fast saving of a buffer:
nmap <leader>w :w!<cr>
Treat long lines as break lines (useful when moving around in them):
map j gj
map k gk
Map <Space> to / (search) and <Ctrl>+<Space> to ? (backwards search):
map <space> /
map <c-space> ?
map <silent> <leader><cr> :noh<cr>
Disable highlight when <leader><cr> is pressed:
map <silent> <leader><cr> :noh<cr>
Smart way to move between windows:
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 current buffer(s):
" 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>
Remove the Windows ^M - when the encodings gets messed up:
noremap <leader>m mmHmt:%s/<C-V><cr>//ge<cr>'tzt'm
Quickly open a buffer for scripbble:
map <leader>q :e ~/buffer<cr>
Toggle paste mode on and off:
map <leader>pp :setlocal paste!<cr>
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>
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 vimgrep 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>
$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 (only on Unix). Super useful when you open a file and you don't have permissions to save your changes. Vim tip:
:W
Pressing <leader>ss will toggle and untoggle spell checking
map <leader>ss :setlocal spell!<cr>
Shortcuts using <leader> instead of special chars
map <leader>sn ]s
map <leader>sp [s
map <leader>sa zg
map <leader>s? z=
Do :help cope if you are unsure what cope is. It's super useful!
When you search with vimgrep, 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
Vimscript 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>
- Use vim-plug to list plugin dependencies (rather than hold plugin sources).
- Added neovim bindings
- Use ctrlp.vim as the default for MRU and Buffer explorer
- replaced zencoding with emmet
- dropped yankring (considered yankstack, but decided this job is for OS clipboard managers )
- replaced snipmate with ultisnips
- replaced taglist with tagbar
- added nerdtree-tabs
- added 'post installation instructions' (plugin related installations) to README
- more js oriented (tern_for_vim, vim-javascript, and more to come)