This workshop is a bit dated, and as such, the instructions might not work as expected. For a modern look at a vim installation, check out my dotfiles.

This repo contains the slides for my vim talk. Additionally, I have provided a starter vimrc and tmux.conf. These may be a good starting point for someone getting into vim and tmux.

Check out the presentation PDF.

1. Download vim

   Likely, vim is already installed on you machine. If you're on a mac, you can get the latest vim from Homebrew.

   brew install macvim --override-system-vim

2. Create a vimrc

   Create a vim configuration file in your home directory and a .vim/bundle directory

   cp vimrc ~/.vimrc
   mkdir -p ~/.vim/bundle

3. Add vundle

   If you'd like to use vundle to manage plugins, you can install it as a git submodule

   git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/vundle

   You will also need to let vim know about vundle by adding it to your ~/.vimrc.

   set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/vundle/
   call vundle#begin()
   
   " let vundle manage vundle
   Plugin 'gmarik/vundle'
   
   " list all plugins that you'd like to install here
   Plugin 'kien/ctrlp.vim' " fuzzy find files
   Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdtree' " file drawer, open with :NERDTreeToggle
   Plugin 'benmills/vimux'
   Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive' " the ultimate git helper
   Plugin 'tpope/vim-commentary' " comment/uncomment lines with gcc or gc in visual mode
   
   call vundle#end()
   filetype plugin indent on

4. Start vim and install default plugins

   vim +PluginInstall

5. Install tmux

   tmux can be installed from Homebrew on OSX

   brew install tmux

6. Add a tmux config

   cp tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf

7. Connect to a new tmux session

   tmux new-session -s pasta

Got questions? I'm always excited to talk about vim + tmux!

1. If your tmux session is closed immediatly and you see the [exited] message in the terminal you are probably missing the reattach-to-user-namespace package to install it simply do

   brew install reattach-to-user-namespace