Cuervo's vim configuration

I took some ideas from mbr0wn and dkozel for this custom vim configuration.

Vundle'd plugins

• [Nerdtree] (https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree) - Filesystem explorer. Open files and directories
• [Nerdcommenter] (https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter) - Easy comment your code.
• [Syntastic] (https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic) - Syntax and spell and what-not checking (needs the installation of the actual checkers, though)
• [Airline] (https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline) - sweet vim status-line
• [Airline-themes] (https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline-themes) - Customize your Airline with a theme and make it sweeter.
• [GitGutter] (https://github.com/jisaacks/GitGutter) - Shows an icon in the gutter that indicates differences with your HEAD at git.
• [Fugitive] (https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive) - Git wrapper
• [Indent guides] (https://github.com/nathanaelkane/vim-indent-guides) - Forget timewasting looking for mixed indents.
• [Tagbar] (https://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar) - Displays tags (such as python classes - reason why I use this) in a pane.
• [MiniBuffer Explorer] (https://github.com/fholgado/minibufexpl.vim) - Shows the open buffers in a line.
• [CtrlSpace] (https://github.com/vim-ctrlspace/vim-ctrlspace) - Amazing space controller with file, buffers and tab list/customization. Still learning how to use it. May replace Nerdtree and MinBuffExplorer from this list
• [YouCompleteMe] (https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe) - Autocomplete tools.

Themes

• [Miko] (https://github.com/vim-scripts/miko) Color theme. (Sorry, (not sorry) too colorful) But totally readable!
• Cool Theme for Airline, provided at the vim-airline-themes plugin

For airline it is necessary to configure the powerline fonts. I did it following this guidelines: https://powerline.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/linux.html#font-installation

Installation

If you have already a vim setup you can either back it up or completely delete it. To back it up:

mv .vim .vim.bak
mv .vimrc .vimrc.bak

Or delete your setup by running:

rm -rf .vimrc .vim

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/primercuervo/vimfiles .vim

Create a symbolic link for the .vimrc

ln -s .vim/vimrc .vimrc

Run the installation script (Thanks to Derek for the script)

sh .vim/install.sh

And thanks to the magic of Vundle, you're all set!

Custom Key Mappings

(I may use some of the generic keymappings from each plugin. Refer to the manual of each for further info.

• Leader key -> map ,s :source ~/.vimrc
• F2 -> Toggle Nerdtree
• F3 -> Toogle TagBar
• F4 -> Toogle Indent Guides
• C-F12 -> Minibuffer Explorer Toggle
• C-left -> Previous Tab
• C-right -> Next Tab
• S-Tab -> Previous Buffer
• Tab -> Next Buffer
• Space bar -> Does colon for faster command-ing

I force myself to use the homeline navigation by desabling the arrow keys

Also consider maping to key (I personaly never use capslock, and even rather to press shift while writing for caps.) This has to be done on filesystem, though. I use currently ubuntu and with this simple command:

setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape

you can swap the capslock and the ESC key for one session, I think. If you like it, then you can find a way to do it for good (with xmodmap or gnome-tweaktool, for example) Find the option that suits you and your OS best.

Enjoy!

TO-DO after clonning

This section means that there are a couple of steps that I have not yet automated. However they are rather simple:

• C-family autocompletion with YCM: Go to ~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe and there type:

    $ ./install.py --clang-completer
  

• Setup external fonts for Airline: Although I already said it above, I rather put the specific steps that I followed here:

    $ wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/PowerlineSymbols.otf
  
    $ wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/10-powerline-symbols.conf
  

  check the valid Xfont pah with the command:

    $ xset q
  

  in my case it is /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc. Then move the symbol file there:

     $ [sudo] mv PowerlineSymbols.oft /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/
  

  Then update the font cache for the path the font was moved to:

    $ [sudo] fc-cache -vf /usr/share/fonts/x11/misc/
  

  Afterwards isntlal the fontconfig file. It could be installed at either ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/ (for newer versions) or at ~/.fonts.conf.d/ (for older versions). In my case, I moved it to /etc/fonts/conf.d/:

    $ [sudo] mv 10-powerline-symbols.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/
  

  After that, my airline bar had the necessary symbols