ICT | utgt – under the gum trees

After several years of using my old .vimrc with vundle, finally bit the bullet and converted to vim-plug. It was quite an easy transition, and in my case, vim is now quicker to load.


$ curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim

I then wrote out the new .vimrc as follows


"
" Plugins will be downloaded under the specified directory.
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
" Declare the list of plugins.
" git plugins
Plug 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
Plug 'tpope/vim-git'
Plug 'tpope/vim-obsession'
Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
Plug 'tpope/vim-sleuth'
Plug 'tpope/vim-surround'

" statusbar
Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'

" syntax highlighting
Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic'
Plug 'vim-pandoc/vim-pandoc'
Plug 'vim-pandoc/vim-pandoc-syntax'
Plug 'dense-analysis/ale'

" colourstuff
Plug 'nightsense/night-and-day'
Plug 'altercation/vim-colors-solarized'
Plug 'tpope/vim-vividchalk'
Plug 'gkjgh/cobalt'
Plug 'vim-scripts/mayansmoke'
" List ends here. Plugins become visible to Vim after this call.
call plug#end()

" Now ensure certain stuff on
filetype plugin indent on

" other settings
set encoding=utf-8
set mouse=a
set ff=unix
set spelllang=en_au
syntax enable
set termguicolors

"--------------------------------------------------------------
" Console ui and text display
" -------------------------------------------------------------
set vb t_vb =
set ruler
set noerrorbells
set scrolloff=5
set number                                                     "line numbering
set showmatch                                                  " show matches

"--------------------------------------------------------------
" TAB specific options
" -------------------------------------------------------------
set tabstop=4
set expandtab
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set smarttab
set shiftround
set nojoinspaces

"--------------------------------------------------------------
"  colourscheme settings depending on sunlight levels.
" -------------------------------------------------------------
let g:nd_themes = [
  \ ['sunrise+0/0',  'mayansmoke',       'light' ],
  \ ['sunset+0/0',  'cobalt',           'dark'  ],
  \ ]

let g:nd_latitude = '-30'
let g:nd_timeshift = '0'
let g:nd_airline = 1

set wildmenu
set wildmode=list:longest

set fileformats=unix,dos,mac

set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase

if filereadable(".vim.custom")
	so .vim.custom
endif

" vim airline
let g:airline#extensions#branch#enabled = 1
let g:airline#extensions#branch#empty_message = ''
let g:airline#extensions#branch#syntastic#enabled = 1
let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1

It was then just a matter of restarting vim and entering:


:PlugInstall

Updating is simple as well:


:PlugUpdate

To update vim-plug itself, just enter:


:PlugUpgrade

Recently rebuilt my laptop with latest Debian Testing after HDD failure. While I was at it, I redid my .vimrc file to suit new activities better. Remember to have git installed along with vundle from github first, ignore errors, then once vim/gvim loaded run :PluginInstall.


set nocompatible          " required

filetype off              " required
" set the run time path and initialise vundle

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()
" let Vundle manage itself

Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'
" Now do the extras

Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive'

Plugin 'tpope/vim-git'

Plugin 'tpope/vim-obsession'

Plugin 'tpope/vim-sleuth'
" Plugin 'vimoutliner'

Plugin 'scrooloose/syntastic'

Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdtree'
" statusbar

Plugin 'vim-airline/vim-airline'

Plugin 'ervandew/supertab'

Plugin 'majutsushi/tagbar'

Plugin 'lervag/vimtex'

Plugin 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'

Plugin 'tpope/vim-surround'

Plugin 'vim-pandoc/vim-pandoc'

Plugin 'vim-pandoc/vim-pandoc-syntax'
" Plugin 'LaTeX-Box-Team/LaTeX-Box'

" Colourscheme stuff

Plugin 'nightsense/night-and-day'

Plugin 'altercation/vim-colors-solarized'

Plugin 'tpope/vim-vividchalk'

Plugin 'gkjgh/cobalt'
" all plugins must be installed before this line
call vundle#end()                    " required
" now able to turn filetype back on

filetype plugin indent on             " required

" Brief help

" :PluginList       - lists configured plugins

" :PluginInstall    - installs plugins; append `!` to update or just :PluginUpdate

" :PluginSearch foo - searches for foo; append `!` to refresh local cache

" :PluginClean      - confirms removal of unused plugins; append `!` to auto-approve removal

"

" see :h vundle for more details or wiki for FAQ

"------------------------------------------------------------

" Other settings

"------------------------------------------------------------

set encoding=utf-8                    " handle all characters

set mouse=a                           " mouse every where

set ff=unix                           " set file format to unix

set spelllang=en_au                     " set spellcheck language to english

syntax enable                         " syntax highlighting with current colour scheme

set termguicolors
"------------------------------------------------------------

" tree view

"------------------------------------------------------------

let g:netrw_liststyle=3
"------------------------------------------------------------

" Console UI and Text Display

"------------------------------------------------------------

set vb t_vb =

set ruler

set noerrorbells

set scrolloff=5

set number                   " line numbering

set smartindent autoindent   " smart indent and autoindenting

set showmatch                " show matches
"------------------------------------------------------------

" TAB specific options

"------------------------------------------------------------

set tabstop=4

set expandtab

set softtabstop=4

set shiftwidth=4

set smarttab

set shiftround

set nojoinspaces
"------------------------------------------------------------

" colourscheme settings

"------------------------------------------------------------
let g:nd_themes = [

  \ ['07:00', 'solarized',            'light' ],

  \ ['18:00', 'cobalt',            'dark'  ],

  \ ]
"if &t_Co >= 256 || has("gui_running")

"    set lines=35 columns=100

 "   set background=light

"    colorscheme solarized

    "colorscheme calmar256-dark

"else

"    set t_Co=256

"    " set background=dark

"    colorscheme solorized

"endif
set wildmenu

set wildmode=list:longest
set fileformats=unix,dos,mac

filetype plugin indent on            " 
"------------------------------------------------------------

" gui font settings

" -----------------------------------------------------------

if has('gui_running')

  set guifont=Lucida_Console:h11

endif
"------------------------------------------------------------

" Search settings

"------------------------------------------------------------

set incsearch

set ignorecase

set smartcase
"------------------------------------------------------------

" check for custom .vim.custom in a folder

"------------------------------------------------------------

if filereadable(".vim.custom")

    so .vim.custom

endif
"------------------------------------------------------------

" vim-airline

" -----------------------------------------------------

" enable/disable fugitive/lawrencium integration

let g:airline#extensions#branch#enabled = 1

" change the text for when no branch is detected

let g:airline#extensions#branch#empty_message = ''

" enable/disable syntastic integration

let g:airline#extensions#branch#syntastic#enabled = 1

let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1
"-----------------------------------------------------------

" syntastic extensions

"------------------------------------------------------------

set statusline+=%#warningmsg#

set statusline+=%{SyntasticStatuslineFlag()}

set statusline+=%*
let g:syntastic_always_populate_loc_list = 1

let g:syntastic_auto_loc_list = 1         " always show error list

let g:syntastic_check_on_open = 1

let g:syntastic_check_on_wq = 0

" to toggle between active/passive type checking

map e :Errors

map s :SyntasticToggleMode
nmap  :TagbarToggle
"-----------------------------------------------------

" doxygen settings

"----------------------------------------------------

" nmap  :Dox

" nmap  :DocLic
"----------------------------------------------------

" statusline

"----------------------------------------------------

set statusline=%-5.3n\ %F%m%r%h%w\ [FORMAT=%{&ff}]\ [TYPE=%Y]%=\ [ASCII=\03.3b]\ [HEX=\02.2B]\ [POS=%04l,%04v][%p%%]\ [LEN=%L]

set laststatus=2

set cmdheight=1
"---------------------------------------------------

" hdevtools

" --------------------------------------------------

au FileType haskell nnoremap   :HdevtoolsType

au FileType haskell nnoremap    :HdevtoolsClear
"-------------------------------------------------------------

" Word processing mode

"

function! WordProcessorMode()

    setlocal formatoptions=1

    setlocal noexpandtab

    map j gj

    map k gk

    setlocal spell spelllang=en_gb

    set thesaurus+=/home/robin/.vimrc/thesaurus/mythesaur.txt

    set complete+=s

    set formatprg=par

    setlocal wrap

    setlocal linebreak

endfunction

com! WP call WordProcessorMode()
" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

" latex stuff

"----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"

" Nerdtree settings

"

autocmd StdinReadPre * let s:std_in=1

autocmd VimEnter * if argc() == 0 && !exists("s:std_in") | NERDTree | endif
autocmd StdinReadPre * let s:std_in=1

autocmd VimEnter * if argc() == 1 && isdirectory(argv()[0]) && !exists("s:std_in") | exe 'NERDTree' argv()[0] | wincmd p | ene | endif
map  :NERDTreeToggle
autocmd bufenter * if (winnr("$") == 1 && exists("b:NERDTree") && b:NERDTree.isTabTree()) | q | endif

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