Here∞'s my .vim folder.
I've put quite some energy in documenting the files, so I won't repeat the effort here. Note the (*) means I found the setting particularly useful, or hard to find. You can do a simple grep on the star if you lack the patience to look through all the files.
Salient Features
- Very modular design. This might be a bit irritating if you want to see what's happening at once, but I find it a lot more convenient to maintain (from experience with my bashrc setup).
- Convenience functions
- Switch painlessly between open buffers
- A good auto-complete menu
- Clean UI setup
- Remove beeps and visual bells
- Keep 10 lines "lookahead" for scope
- Neat cscope key-bindings
- Good "shortcut" key-bindings for common tasks
Awesome plugins
- gnupg.vim - Seemlessly create/edit GPG encrpyted files
- manpageviewer - Pretty manpages (Alias this in you bashrc:
- alias vim -c ":RMan <cmd>"
- snippetsEmu - Really well done snippet expansion
- minibufexpl - Makes editing multiple files fun
- matchit.vim - Matches HTML tags
Other related tips
- Swap your "Escape" And "Caps Lock" key, to save your pinky some considerable pain. Check VimTip 1083∞ or, click a nice checkbox in GNOME's Keyboard menu.
It's really worth the relearning effort.
- Use Ctrl-] ant Ctrl-t to code-surf
- Use 'gf' to jump to the file under cursor
- Use Ctrl-R <register name> to insert a register while in insert mode.