This is a complete Vim configuration that I'm using everywhere

Plugins that are available form a git repository were added with Braid for easy upgrading.

Some help tips are provided for some of the plugins. please check out the plugin's docs for more info.

Installation

From your homedirectory (on Linux/Mac OSX):

• git clone git://github.com/astrails/dotvim.git
• ln -sfn dotvim .vim
• ln -sfn dotvim/vimrc .vimrc

Note: if you alrady have ~/.vim ~/.vimrc REMOVE THEM (you might want to backup them ifirst :)

General configuration

, is used as mapleader

• ,e mapped to :e **/. essentially you do ,efoo<tab> to get a list of all files starting with foo
• ,s - toggle invisible characters display
• Ctrl-E - switch between 2 last buffers (its just a :b#<cr> :)
• Ctrl-N to cancel current search highlighing

Check out the 'vimrc' file for more...

"Interesting" Plugins:

• nerdtree (github)

  hax0r vim script to give you a tree explorer

  • Ctrl-P - open directory browser
  • ,p - to find and highlight the currently open file in the tree

• nerdcommenter (github)

  Vim plugin for intensely orgasmic commenting

  • ,/ - toggle comment
  • ,cc - add commenting
  • ,cu - Uncomment
  • check docs for more

• fuzzyfinder 3.5 (vim.org)

  buffer/file/command/tag/etc explorer with fuzzy matching

  • ,f - FufFile - fuzzy find file

• autocomplpop 2.14.1 (vim.org)

  Automatically opens popup menu for completions

  Shouldn't require config.

• taglist (vim.org)

  Source code browser (supports C/C++, java, perl, python, tcl, sql, php, etc)

  • ,t - toggle tags window

• minibufexpl 6.3.2 (vim.org)

  Elegant buffer explorer - takes very little screen space

  • ,b to open buffer list window.
  • Enter in the list window to open the buffer

• yankring 100 (vim.org)

  Maintains a history of previous yanks, changes and deletes

  • ,y to show the yankring
  • ,[/,] - to cycle the just-pasted text though the yankring.
  • :h yankring.txt and :h yankring-tutorial for more

• fugitive (github)

  A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal

  • :Gstatus

    Bring up the output of git-status in the preview window. Press - to stage or unstage the file on the cursor line. Press p to do so on a per hunk basis (--patch). Press C to invoke |:Gcommit|.

  • :Gcommit [args]

    A wrapper around git-commit.

  • :Ggrep [args]

    |:grep| with git-grep as 'grepprg'.

  • :Gblame

    Run git-blame on the file and open the results in a scroll bound vertical split. Press enter on a line to reblame the file as it was in that commit.

  Much more in the plugin's doc

• rails (vim.org) (github)

  Ruby on Rails: easy file navigation, enhanced syntax highlighting, and more

  • :AV - open "alternate" file in a new vertical split
  • :AS - open "alternate" file in a new horizontal split
  • :RV - open "related" file in a new vertical split
  • :RS - open "related" file in a new horizontal split
  • :Rextract - extract partial (select text for extraction first)
  • :Rinvert - takes a self.up migration and writes a self.down.
  • gf - remapped to take context into account. recognizes models associations, partials etc.
  • :h rails for more info ;)

• syntastic (github)

  syntax checking plugin

  it will display the number of syntax errors in the current file in the vim's status line.

  use :Errors to display a window detailing the errors

• snipmate (vim.org) (github)

  TextMate-style snippets for Vim

  write a snipped text and press TAB to expand it.

  To see the list of available snippets type Ctrl-R <Tab> in the insert mode

• space (github)

  Smart Space key for Vim

  press SPACE to repeat last motion command

• surround (vim.org) (github)

  Delete/change/add parentheses/quotes/XML-tags/much more with ease

  • dsX - delete surround X
  • csXY - change surround X with Y
  • s/S in visual mode - wrap selection
  • ysMovementX - surround movement with X

  You should REALLY read the docs if you want to use this one

• conque (vim.org)

  Conque is a Vim plugin allowing users to execute and interact with programs, typically a shell such as bash, inside a buffer window.

  This one is much better then vimsh that I was using before

  ,sh - start a vimsh window ,r - opens vim prompt for command to run

• drillctg 1.1.3 (vim.org)

  Allows fast drill-down search across the pathnames in your ctags file

  :Drill to open drill window

• vividchalk (vim.org) (github)

  A colorscheme strangely reminiscent of Vibrant Ink for a certain OS X editor

"Support" and minor plugins

• pathogen 1.2 (vim.org) (github)

  Allows to separate each plugin into its own subdirectory. ~/.vim/bundles directory is used as the common root for all the plugins.

  Already configured

• misc-lang-settings

  ts/sw/et settings for various filetypes

• endwise (vim.org) (github)

  Wisely add "end" in ruby, endfunction/endif/more in vim script, etc

• kwdbi 1.1 (vim.org)

  Keep Window on Buffer Delete - Improved

• pastie (vim.org) (github)

  integration with http://pastie.org

• repeat (vim.org) (github)

  Use the repeat command "." with supported plugins

• showmarks 2.2 (vim.org)

  Visually shows the location of marks.

• unimpaired (github)

  pairs of assorted bracket maps

Syntax plugins

• tmux

  tmux syntax suupport (extracted from tmux-1.1)

• rcov

  rcov support (extracted from rcov-0.8.1.2.0 ruby gem)

• puppet (vim.org)

  Syntax Highlighting for Puppet

• json 0.4 (vim.org)

  synntax highlighting file for JSON

• cucumber (github)

  syntax, indent, etc. for Cucumber

• haml (vim.org) (github)

  HAML syntax etc.

• markdown (github)

  syntax for Markdown

Misc

The following is a list of commands and key bindings that I personally find interesting stored for easy refreshing my memory of them. there is no much 'system' to it, just randomly chosen bits of vim goodness.

• ga print ascii value of character under the cursor
• g# like "#", but without using "<" and ">"
• g< display previous command output
• z<CR> redraw, cursor line to top of window
• z- redraw, cursor line at bottom of window
• CTRL-W x exchange current window with n-th window (or next if no count given)
• gv reselect last selection