vimSimple

A modular .vimrc configuration with a tree structure like a Unix/Linux filesystem.

This is a wad of plug-ins and mappings for those that would like to get up and running quickly with Vim as an IDE for:

• Bash
• Python, and
• Web-specific languages such as
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript, et al.

Everything is super-simple - except the installation; I'm working on that.

It is designed to provide minimal working environment using the most currently-maintained / useful plug-ins with the most common mappings. Features include:

• A modular layout
• A .vimrc file provided by the Linux (Fedora/Ubuntu) OS but minimized
• Common options; EG:
• Display line numbers and ruler
• Language-specific code-completion
• Extended options; EG:
• Code Folding
• Toggle-pasting with F2
• Language-specific tabs/spaces
• Common text width of 80 characters for all filetypes (excluding a few)
• Auto-completion
• Auto-trims trailing white space
• Popular key remappings for easier use, and
• Much, much more

...and it's easily customizable. Once you know your way around, just update it with your own preferences.

What vimSimple does NOT do:

• It does not work with vi; you'll need to upgrade to a full-blown Vim.
• This is only for Vim via Gnome-Terminal or Apple Terminal.app. If you're not using vim from the Terminal, you're pissing in the wind and that's something you can do alone.
• This is not for MacVim. I do own a Mac but install Vim via Homebrew.
• It doesn't work with Windows; not my problem; Windows is not a priority for me.

Warning

###I am new with VimL and github; this is a work-in-progress and mostly for my own benefit and learning.

That said, I use this configuration every day and vimSimple really shines with the above languages.

But, I would like to add tailored support for more languages like:

• Ruby
• Perl
• PHP
• C (and c-like languages)
• C++
• Go
• Swift

If you have something you would like included then please submit them. Please keep your submissions simple so that they are optimized to perform well.

Pre-requisites

1. Upgrade to Vim and install git:

• Fedora: sudo yum -y install vim-common vim-enhanced git
• Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install vim vim-common git
• OS X: brew install vim git
• I do: brew install git vim --override-system-vi --without-nls --with-lua --with-mzscheme --with-tcl

2. Install vimSimple:(in a test enviroment first)

git clone --recursive -j10 https://github.com/todd-dsm/vimSimple.git code/vimsimple
ln -s code/vimSimple/vim .vim
ln -s code/vimSimple/vimrc .vimrc

Update Your python.vim with a path to your site-packages: vi /tmp/vimsimple/vim/after/langs/python.vim

• Fedora: /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
• Ubuntu: ???
• OS X: (if installing in)
• System: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/
• Homebrew: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages

Usage and Instructions

Check the vimSimple (Github) Wiki page or the docs directory:

ls -l ~/.vim/docs/