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I spent 3 years configuring (n)Vim and this what I learnt

chris on December 27, 2019

TL;DR: just get me the plugins (I use neovim so some plugins might not entirely work for vim) You can check my full configuration here....

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David Valdivieso • Dec 28 '19

I don't use any plugins. I only use some identation settings to use tabs instead of spaces (yes I use tabs) and show trailing spaces and that's it.

But I'm glad there is someone out there who thinks a console and VIM is all they need.

Meghnatis • Jul 19 '20

hey. i am using vim for a year now. but i just was introduced to linting and i already have "ale" plugin that you mentioned first in my vimrc but the command :ALEFix does not work. and i actually don't know how to use it. i installed eslint too. but i don't know how to connect them and use them to style my code and fix errors. please help me. thank you very much and also your article was really understanding and well explained.

John Oerter • Dec 28 '19

Have you tried fugitive for git integration?

chris • Dec 28 '19

So I have, and GV.vim (github.com/junegunn/gv.vim ) is basing itself on fugitive.

But all in all, I am sometime confusing myself if I have too much overlays of stuff in vim. I don't mind using the vanilla git in a terminal next to me instead of having fugitive or bash wrappers.

Although, GV is pretty neat.

Cristo García • Apr 11 '20

Did you try :Commits withing fzf.vim?

chris • May 1 '20

O.M.G didn't know that feature, it's amazing! Thank you!

Jaime González García • Dec 29 '19

Great article! Thanks for sharing your experience why Vim! 😁👍

Jaime González García • Dec 29 '19

I've also being meaning to try the startify plugin, I'm installing it right now! 💪😁

chris • Dec 29 '19

It's a great plugin. It is dispensable but this getting started page allows you to jump back to some projects even if you aren't in the directory or back to the buffer you were working on before. Feels like getting back at your desk instead of starting from a new one. :)

Ghost • Dec 28 '19

For those who dislike parenthesis auto-complete I suggest 'kien/rainbow_parentheses.vim' it gives different colors to them based in the nesting level. And is easily configurable.