My VIM config

I am python developer and the most of tweeks are for web development and at most for python, but it is easy to add support for any other languages or to configure it for any other task.

Installation

git clone git://github.com/satyrius/vim.git ~/.vim  # or clone your fork
cd ~/.vim && make

Plug

I use Plug for Vim plugins management, because I found it better that other common solutions. The most important for me is that it allow you to freeze plugin version.

.vimrc

My .vimrc contains basic Vim settings which can be applied to any language. All settings are grouped in a folded sections and has comments, so you can undestand why I use them. It also contain common plugin bundles. Navigation plugins are the most important, in my opinion, espetially when you work on the project, not a single script. My favorites are:

• fzf a bundle of fzf-based commands and mappings to use in Vim for awesone fuzzy finder;
• With Buffer Explorer you can quickly and easily switch between buffers, you will love it if you prefer work with buffers instead of tabs;
• NERDTree allows you to explore your filesystem and to open files and directories. It presents the filesystem to you in the form of a tree which you manipulate with the keyboard and/or mouse. It also allows you to perform simple filesystem operations.

vimrc.d

I have vimrc.d drectory. It contains additional vim settings files. I use it to keep main .vimrc as small as it is possible, to make it clear and easy to undestand Vim configuring basics. vimrc.d settings are mostly for specific languages (e.g. Python, JavaScript) and tasks. I do not want to move this settings to plugin or ftplugin because they have bundles definition and should be in the middle of .vimrc (see bundle section for details).

Python

As I said above, I am a Python developer, so the most advanced settings are for Python and they are in vimrc.d/python.vim. All major python plugins require Vim to be compiled with python support. Check is your Vim supports python

vim --version | grep +python

If it does not, you should build you own with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the Vim! Here is the recipe how to do it under Mac OS X. After you get the python and vim with python, you should install a few python modules (do it for the python you use in --with-python-config-dir, it is usual a system wide python)

pip install jedi
pip install flake8

My vim settings are smart enouth to undestand is your Vim satisfies all requerements for each python plugin, so it checks for has('python') and for python modules installed. It also activates the proper virtualenv for you. The most helpful python plugins are

• jedi-vim – awesome Python autocompletion;
• Flake8 allow to run flake8 on python files;

Go

The Go development plugin I use is Blackrush/vim-gocode. It is bundled with standard $GOROOT/misc/vim stuff plus gocode autocompetion. It has some requirements for Mac OS X installation and of course you need gocode to be installed. For go to definition feature I use dgryski/vim-godef. Breafly you should do the following.

brew install coreutils
ln -s /usr/local/bin/greadlink /usr/local/bin/readlink
# Ensure your GOPATH and PATH are ok then
go get -u github.com/nsf/gocode
go get -v code.google.com/p/rog-go/exp/cmd/godef
go install -v code.google.com/p/rog-go/exp/cmd/godef

C sharp

nosami/Omnisharp is a plugin for Vim to provide IDE like abilities for C#. It has tons of features including code completion, go to definition, code formatter and many other. To make it work you should install Mono first, then build the plugin.

make csharp

local .vimrc

You alway want to add some tiny tweeks for each you project, but cannot add them to the main .vimrc, because it should not affect other projects. Fortunately Vim allows you to use local (a.k.a per directory) settings. You can see the following at the end of my .vimrc

set exrc
set secure

Now you can create .vimrc in your projects root, change working dir to it, and open Vim with common + local settings.

Conclusion

VIM or DIE!