Vim Bootstrap is generator provides a simple method of generating a .vimrc configuration for vim, NeoVim, MacVim and GVim.

The distribution is designed to work with Vim >= 7.4.

$ brew install git ctags

• Ubuntu\Debian

$ sudo apt-get install git exuberant-ctags ncurses-term curl

• Gentoo

$ sudo emerge --ask dev-util/ctags sys-libs/ncurses dev-vcs/git dev-python/pyflakes net-misc/curl

• Arch Linux via pacman (recomend used pacaur)

$ sudo pacman -S git-core ctags ncurses curl

• Fedora

$ sudo dnf install ncurses-devel git ctags-etags curl

• pyflakes
• jedi
• neovim (neovim only)

$ pip install flake8 jedi
$ pip2 install --user --upgrade neovim
$ pip3 install --user --upgrade neovim

• elm-test
• elm-oracle
• elm-format

$ npm install -g elm-test
$ npm install -g elm-oracle
$ npm install -g elm-format@exp

• Download your own vimrc file at http://www.vim-bootstrap.com
• Put your vimrc file into home folder or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim if you use NeoVim

vim: mv ~/Downloads/generate.vim ~/.vimrc

neovim: mv ~/Downloads/generate.vim $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim

• Execute ViM and it will install plugins automatically

vim +PlugInstall +qall

Vim-bootstrap generator can accept URL params via request as example below.

curl 'http://vim-bootstrap.com/generate.vim' --data 'langs=javascript&langs=php&langs=html&langs=ruby&editor=vim' > ~/.vimrc

:VimBootstrapUpdate (thanks to @sherzberg)
:PlugInstall

You can run vim-bootstrap Go package to generate a vimrc file, just download it:

go get github.com/avelino/vim-bootstrap
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/avelino/vim-bootstrap
git submodule init
git submodule update
go build

Inside vim-bootrap folder cd vim-bootstrap use vim-bootstrap module (file) like this example:

./vim-bootstrap -langs=python,lua,ruby,javascript,haskell -editor=vim > ~/.vimrc

For more instructions run vim-bootstrap -h

Visit the following sites to learn more about Vim:

• Learn Vim Progressively
• Vim Adventures
• Vimcasts
• Using Vim as a Complete Ruby on Rails IDE
• Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?
• Byte of Vim
• Screencast "17 tips for Vim" (in portuguese)
• MinuteVim Tricks
• Join the Church of Vim, and you too can be a saint!
• Vim para noobs (in portuguese)
• Vimbook (in portuguese)