The Project dotvim

Vim configuration files

Vim

The official Vim is obtained by

sudo apt install vim

The NeoVim is obtained by:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install neovim
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip python3-dev python3-pip
sudo apt-get install python3-neovim

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vi vi /usr/bin/nvim 60
sudo update-alternatives --config vi
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vim vim /usr/bin/nvim 60
sudo update-alternatives --config vim
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor /usr/bin/nvim 60
sudo update-alternatives --config editor

Initializatoin

Fetch the repository from github:

git clone git://github.com/Jacobi-Leo/dotvim.git ~/.vim --recursive

The --clone parameter is very important if submodule of Git is utilized.

Create Symbol Links

This step is very important.

ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc

NeoVim Specification

mkdir ~/.config/nvim
touch ~/.config/nvim/init.vim

Add the following text to the new file:

set runtimepath^=~/.vim runtimepath+=~/.vim/after
let &packpath = &runtimepath
source ~/.vimrc

Manage Plugins

To initialize the submodules:

git submodule init
git submodule update

or a equivalence:

git submodule update --init

To upgrade all submodules:

git submodule foreach git pull origin master

To add a plug in:

git submodule add [URL] [local path]

To remove a plugin:

# Remove the submodule entry from .git/config
git submodule deinit -f path/to/submodule

# Remove the submodule directory from the superproject's .git/modules directory
rm -rf .git/modules/path/to/submodule

# Remove the entry in .gitmodules and remove the submodule directory located at
# path/to/submodule
git rm -f path/to/submodule

Plugin YouCompleteMe

Remember to run:

python3 install.py --all

Plugin deoplete

This plugin and UltiSnips need vim to be compiled by python3. If echo has("python3") returns 0 instead of 1, one must run such command:

pip3 install --user pynvim

Special attention is required here with the option --user. Since this means the pynivm is installed for the current user only, if sudo -H is prefixed, then this will only be installed to the root user, instead of me.

This module is installed by install Ubuntu package python3-neovim. So this is required only in non-Debian distros. However, python3-neovim is always too old in most cases.

Thoughts

Here is a note for instant inspirations.

Turn on :NERDTreeToggle on start up on RIGHT side of screen.