http://github.com/lrvick/dotvim

So let's face it. Stock Vim on most machines is pretty painful for a seasoned programmer. Things like managing history, proper language indention, syntax checking, auto complete etc., are just not there. To that end, here is my setup that I have lovingly refined through many years of vimming. Vim, with this setup, is the only IDE I use. (Yes, I just called Vim an IDE. Deal.)

• NerdTree - nice tree-view file browsing [F2]
• Command-T - fuzzy searching to quickly switch files [Meta-T]
• Conque-Shell - built in terminals [F3] & [F4]
• Gundo - undo history management [F5]
• Tagbar - easily browse through a programs structure [F9]
• Supertab - tab-complete anything you have used in the curent buffer
• Fugitive - built in Git management
• Syntastic - syntax checking and correction helpers for most major languages
• Vim-Indent-Guides - easily see indentions. Customized to match Solarized
• Pathogen - for easily managing plugins as git submodules
• Other various helper plugins to aid programming as I find them useful

1. Clone .vim directory

   git clone https://github.com/lrvick/dotvim.git ~/.vim

2. Install submodules

   cd ~/.vim
   git submodule update --init

3. Install dummy vimrc file

   echo "runtime vimrc" > ~/.vimrc

Use at your own risk. You may be eaten by a grue.

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