Startervim
Startervim is a collection of vim scripts, plugins and configurations to make vim suck less. A modern vim approach is used, including pathogen and automatic update of plugins (aka as bundles).
The included bundles at the moment are:
Installation
You need an standalone ruby interpreter. Automatic download/update of bundles is handled by a ruby script. It's fine to have a vim without ruby support.
Installation is performed by user, and not system-wide. Your old .vim/ and .vimrc files are saved
as ~/.$file-name.%date%.bak . To install, simple issue this commands:
$ git clone git@github.com:Frangossauro/startervim.git
$ cd startervim
$ ./install.sh
And you're done! You may wanna edit your ~/.vimrc or ~/.vimrc-keymaps , but i've already provided it
with sensible defaults ;)
Managing plugins/bundles
This is a modern vim, you know? This means that that horrible mess sitting in your .vim/ folder is not
there anymore. Each plugin (i like to call it bundles) resides in it own container, inside bundle/bundle-name.
Nice isn't?
A helper is included to manage bundles and stay them always updated. This is provided by the useful ruby
script vim-update-bundles, which works with git
repositories. A mirror is provided to all plugins in www.vim.org,
so you can use all plugins from www.vim.org without further problems.
How do i install new bundles?
First, you need to make sure that the bundle you want is in a git repository. Try to find your plugin/bundle here.
Now, open your vimrc and add the following line
# --- BUNDLE http://path-to-the-git-repository
And now run :UpdateBundles inside vim.
How do i remove a bundle ?
Open your vimrc and remove the specific bundle line. Run :UpdateBundles again, and you're
done :)
What about updating my bundles ?
Just run :UpdateBundles inside vim.
How do i know what bundles/versions are installed?
:help bundles