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Version: 2.5
Note: From v2.5, ivim uses vim-plug instead of NeoBundle to manage vim plugins. Please see vim-plug docs to see the usage.
New: You could install the minimum ivim now for fast and basic usage!!!
ivim mini only supports terminal vim, and speeds up startup time through loading fewer plugins.
Install:
bash <(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kepbod/ivim/master/setup.sh) -m
or
bash <(wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kepbod/ivim/master/setup.sh -O -) -m
See more information from https://github.com/kepbod/ivim/blob/master/vimrc_mini
Some new features will be firstly tested in vimrc_mini
Beautiful
Use lots of famous colorschemes to make your eyes feel comfortable in both Vim and MacVim/gVim.
- Hybrid (default)
You cloud install the patched font from vim-devicons.
Efficient
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Make using Vim more convenient and faster, and lots of useful plugins confirm a better performance of Vim.
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To view the full plugin list, please refer here.
Vim
- This distribution is adapted to both Vim and MacVim/gVim. Remember that the Vim/MacVim/gVim version should be 7.3+, or errors would occur!
Git
- All the installations are based on Git which is a famous distributed revision control system. If you use Windows, you may need install msysgit.
Ctags
- Ctags generates an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files that allows these items to be quickly and easily located by a text editor or other utility. I recommend you to use Exuberant Ctags.
To use this distribution with less bugs, please get more suggestions from here.
- A Vim/MacVim/gVim with version higher than 7.3 should be installed on your computer;
- Get ivim from github website,
git clone git://github.com/kepbod/ivim.git $HOME/ivim
; - Make symbolic links of vimrc to your home directory,
ln -s $HOME/ivim/vimrc $HOME/.vimrc
; - Install NeoBundle to install and update plugins,
git clone git://github.com/Shougo/neobundle.vim.git $HOME/.vim/bundle/neobundle.vim
; - Install plugins,
$HOME/.vim/bundle/neobundle.vim/bin/neoinstall > /dev/null 2>&1
for *nix or$HOME/.vim/bundle/neobundle.vim/bin/neoinstall.bat
for windows; - Just enjoy it!
via 'curl'
bash <(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kepbod/ivim/master/setup.sh) -i
via 'wget'
bash <(wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kepbod/ivim/master/setup.sh -O -) -i
bash $HOME/ivim/setup.sh -n
There are some options you could set through .vimrc
to configure ivim:
- g:ivim_user -- your username
- g:ivim_email -- your email
- g:ivim_github -- your github
- g:ivim_default_scheme -- color settings (hybrid or gruvbox)
- g:ivim_fancy_font -- using fancy font or not
- g:ivim_show_number -- showing number or not
- g:ivim_autocomplete -- autocomplete engine (NEO: neocomplete/neocomplcache/neosnippet, YCM: YouCompleteMe/UltiSnips)
- g:ivim_bundle_groups -- plugin groups ('ui', 'enhance', 'move', 'navigate', 'complete', 'compile', 'git', 'language')
- This distribution is completely customisable using
~/.vimrc.ivim.local
(only forvimrc
),~/.vimrc.local
,~/.gvimrc.local
and~/.vimrc.bundles.local
! - To make full use of auto-completion and syntax checking, please refer wiki.
Welcome to contribute to ivim, see issue #31 for details. Thank you very much for your supporting!
Learning Vim
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A good learning method of Vim is vimtutor, a 30 minute tutorial that teaches the most basic Vim functionality hands-on.
To try it, just type
vimtutor
on terminal. -
To practice vim skills, you can enable hard mode, and it will disable the arrow keys, the 'hjkl' keys, the page up/down keys, and a handful of other keys which allow one to rely on character-wise navigation.
To enable it, just type
:call HardMode()
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Another way to get familiar with Vim commands and settings is just rely on the strong help system of Vim.
It's easy and convenient to type
:h
or:help
in Vim for help of whatever you want to know. -
A beautiful Vim cheat sheet is available here. If you want one, just click it!
Key Mappings
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Because I have set some key mappings for more convenient typing and checking, you may feel inconvenient with them at start. But if you get familiar with them, I'm sure you will love them.
You can just type
:map
in Vim to see them.
More Tips
- Vim_Tips_Wiki is an excellent website, and you can learn much from it.
- Vimcasts publishes free screencasts about Vim. It's useful and interesting! Believe me!
Hope You Enjoy Vimming!!!
Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Xiao-Ou Zhang. See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations (MIT)