/home/tlhunter/.vim/vimrc
This Vim configuration is meant to make Vim feel more like an IDE than a simple console-based text editor. I use it mostly under with MacVIM and Linux GVim though I occasionally run it directly in a terminal.
Installation
Clone with GIT
Run these commands to get this Vim configuration working on your OS X or Linux machine.
You can run git pull
inside of ~/.vim
if you'd ever like to grab the latest version.
cd ~
git clone git://github.com/tlhunter/vimrc.git .vim
ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc # Optional, needed for some VIM installations
One Time Download
This method might be more sane. Simply downlaod the latest version, extract to ~/.vim
, and configure to your liking.
wget https://github.com/tlhunter/vimrc/archive/master.zip
Features
- Edit many files at the same time
- File Browser on left side of screen
- Functions, Variables, Classes on right
- Move between files in center screen
- View status of the current GIT repo, if applicable
- Additional features when running under MacVIM
- Quickly navigate to files using a fuzzy finder
Leader Key
As of v0.2.0
, the Leader key is now bound to Space
(used to be Comma
)
Switching between files (Buffers)
- Use
<Leader>q
to close the current file (a different file will appear in its place) - Use
Ctrl h
Ctrl l
to move between open files Ctrl Left
Ctrl Right
also works for switching between files- While in MacVIM, you can swipe left and right to switch between open files
- Use
Cmd Shift N
(orAlt n
in Linux GVim) to open a new empty buffer
Viewports (Windows/Splits)
- Use
<Leader>h
<Leader>j
<Leader>k
<Leader>l
to navigate between viewports - Use
<Leader>Q
to close the current window (you probably won't ever need to do this) - Use
<Leader>n
to toggle the file browser - Use
Ctrl P
to perform a recursive fuzzy filename search - Use
<Leader>a
and type a phrase to search to search based on content within your files (quote and escape if needed) - Use
<Leader>A
to close the open ack search results at the bottom of the screen
File Browser (NERDTree)
- Use
<Leader>n
to toggle the file browser - Use standard movement keys to move around
- Use
Ctrl j
andCtrl k
to move between siblings (aka skip over children in expanded folders) - Use
C
to make the highlighted node the current working directory - Use
:Bookmark BookmarkName
to bookmark the current selection - Use
B
to toggle the bookmark menu - Use
?
if you'd like some NERDTree documentation - Use
o
to open the selected file in a new buffer - Use
t
to open the selected file in a new tab
Tabs
- Use
Cmd t
(orAlt t
in Linux GVim) to open a new tab - Use
Cmd w
(orAlt w
in Linux GVim) to close the current tab - Use
Cmd 1
toCmd 9
(orAlt 1
toAlt 9
in Linux GVim) to navigate to the specified tab
Themes (ColorSchemes)
There is a very large collection of colorschemes in this repository.
Many of them can be seen here.
Set the scheme using :colorscheme NAME
.
- Use
<Leader>x
to switch to a random theme.
Text Navigation
Other than the myriad of built-in methods for navigating text...
- Use
<Leader><Leader>b
to highlight and jump to previous words - Use
<Leader><Leader>w
to highlight and jump to following words
Copying and Pasting between OS
- Use
<Leader>c
to copy the highlighted text into the OS clipboard - Use
<Leader>v
to paste the OS clipboard into the document