cd ~/workspace/dotfiles;mkdir vim
- Pathogen
- Fuzzyfinder
- Run vim and type :h fuf@en<Enter>.
- Choose tag fuf-vimrc-example and press Ctrl-].
- Mark whole keybindings copy and paste to ~/.vimrc
The first plugin that will be installed is pathogen created by tpope and accessible through github. Pathogen is a vim script to manage all vim plugins with ease. Below line add pathogen as submodule to our workspace repository created in previous post:
git submodule add https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen.git dotfiles/vim/pathogenInitialise repository and update it:
git submodule init && git submodule updateCreate additional directories need to complete pathogen installation, change directory to autoload:
cd dotfiles/vim;mkdir {autoload,bundle};cd autoload
In autoload directory pathogen should be installed, bundle directory is a place for all plugins installed in future. Finally we need to link vim script from pathogen submodule to current directory (dotfiles/vim/autoload):
ln -s ../pathogen/autoload/pathogen.vim .Directory structure should look like below:
pietrushnic@eriador:~/workspace/dotfiles$ tree
.
└── vim
├── autoload
│ └── pathogen.vim -> ../pathogen/autoload/pathogen.vim
├── bundle
└── pathogen
├── autoload
│ └── pathogen.vim
└── README.markdown
At the end of pathogen installation few lines to $HOME/.vimrc should be added. Of course following rules about dotfiles management .vimrc should be created as separate file in ~/workspace/dotfiles and linked to $HOME/.vimrc.
touch vimrc;ln -s $PWD/vimrc $HOME/.vimrcAdd below lines to $HOME/.vimrc
call pathogen#infect() call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles() call pathogen#helptags() syntax on filetype plugin indent on
This is second plugin without which I cannot work. It speeds up searching though files, directories and tags. Has multiple useful features. RTFM if you want knew them. I will be also added as a git submodule:
git submodule add https://github.com/vim-scripts/FuzzyFinder.git dotfiles/vim/bundle/fuzzyfinderAdditional plugin is needed to correctly install fuzzyfinder:
git submodule add https://github.com/vim-scripts/L9.git dotfiles/vim/bundle/l9
Initialize and update submodules:
git submodule init && git submodule updateConfiguration I suggest to configure fuzzyfinder with accordance to example provided in help.
Right now I think it is enough with vim configuration. Of course I use plenty of other plugins but I don't have to time to describe my them all (maybe in future posts). Don't forget to commit your changes, there could be a lot of them, however, to deal with the distribution of these changes and improve your skills try to use git add -p interface, suggesting after linux code style - each commit should contain separate logical part of the changes, personally I add prefix to my commits (eg . vim, git, etc.) to ease deal with git log.
Notes:
by default fuzzyfinder operate on unfriendly color palette espessicaly when using it through putty, highlighted pattern could be changed by added below lines to .vimrc (9 = black)
Notes:
- vim helpfiles generates tags files, which should be ignored by git, so I recommend to create .gitignore in every module with blow content:
.gitignore tags*
" fuzzy-finder - fix colors highlight PmenuSel ctermbg=9
