Installation:

1. Clone this repo to a local directory. For example to clone to the ~/dotfiles/dotvim directory under the home directory, run the following command:

mkdir -p ~/dotfiles
git clone git://github.com/pythonquick/dotvim.git ~/dotfiles/dotvim

2. Install font(s) from ~/.vim/fonts directory

3. From .vim directory, run script to setup files: 3.1 On Windows:

   winsetup.bat

3.2 On *nix, in this repo's directory, run following command: 3.2.1 for neovim run: Say the repo was cloned into directory ~/dotfiles/dotvim, run the following commands:

mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim
ln -s ~/dotfiles/dotvim/vimrc ~/.config/nvim/init.vim

3.2.2 for vim run: Say the repo was cloned into directory ~/dotvim, run the following commands:

ln -s ~/dotfiles/dotvim/vimrc ~/.vimrc

4. Start VIM and run :PlugInstall to download and install plugins listed in vimrc file

Optional ctags configuration

Hooks to re-generate ctag tags:

See Tim Pope's ctags blog post about setting up a global git hook to generate the tags file using ctags whenever merging, committing or checking out.

Generate ctags for Ruby standard libraries:

See Time Pope's ctags for rbenv plugin readme.

Notes for auto-completion plugin on neovim

The neovim auto-completion plugin Deoplete requires neovim with python3 support. Follow the setup instructions on the Deoplete page.

For Ruby autocompletion, setup the solargraph language server and plugin. See deoplete-solargraph

Notes for setup on Windows machines:

On Windows, set up context menu "Edit with Vim" by importing a .reg file with following content. This assumes gvim is installed at C:\Program Files\Vim\vim74\gvim.exe. Adjust as necessary.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Edit with Vim]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Edit with Vim\command] 
@="C:\\Program Files\\Vim\\vim74\\gvim.exe \"%1\""