nidstang / kickoff-vim

Vim kickoff

In this repo you'll find my custom vim configuration and how to start to use it. I would use Visual Studio Code but since I've been introduced to vim I use it for everything and I love it.

If you find it difficult to start with the config you can use mine.

Setup vim

Firstly you will need to install vim and gvim (it allows you to use + register to copy and paste to clipboard), so:

sudo apt-get install vim gvim

Configure vim

Next, you have to clone this repo into ~/.config/vim and create a .vimrc file in your home with this content:

set nocompatible              " be iMproved, required
filetype off                  " required

source $HOME/.config/vim/plugins/init.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/theme.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/basics.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/tabssize.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/tabs.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/copypaste.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/plugins/conf/nerdtree.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/plugins/conf/vim-multiple-cursors.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/plugins/conf/ale.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/plugins/conf/undo.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/plugins/conf/coc.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/plugins/conf/fzf.vim
source $HOME/.config/vim/plugins/conf/vim-rooter.vim

Setup color theme

I am using monokai as my main color theme but feel free if you want to use another. To install monokai just run:

git clone https://github.com/sickill/vim-monokai
cd ./vim-monokai
mv colors/monokai.vim ~/vim/colors/monokai.vim

Install plugins

Install the plugin manager. I know it is deprecated but I am using Vundle currently:

git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim

Now, launch vim and execute:

:PluginInstall

And just it, you're ready to go :D

Extra

For code completion I am using coc.nvim with these extensions: coc-css, coc-tsserver, coc-html, coc-json, coc-eslint. More info:

https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim/wiki/Using-coc-extensions

https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim