/home/palra/.vim/vimrc

This Vim configuration is meant to make Vim feel more like an IDE than a simple console-based text editor. I use it mostly under with MacVIM and Linux GVim though I occasionally run it directly in a terminal.

Installation

Clone with GIT

Run these commands to get this Vim configuration working on your OS X or Linux machine. You can run git pull inside of ~/.vim if you'd ever like to grab the latest version.

cd ~
git clone --recursive git://github.com/palra/vimrc.git .vim
ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc # Optional, needed for some VIM installations

One Time Download

This method might be more sane. Simply downlaod the latest version, extract to ~/.vim, and configure to your liking.

wget https://github.com/palra/vimrc/archive/master.zip

Features

Edit many files at the same time
File Browser on left side of screen
Functions, Variables, Classes on right
Move between files in center screen
View status of the current GIT repo, if applicable
Additional features when running under MacVIM
Quickly navigate to files using a fuzzy finder

Leader Key

As of v0.2.0, the Leader key is now bound to Space (used to be Comma)

Switching between files (Buffers)

Use <Leader>q to close the current file (a different file will appear in its place)
Use Ctrl h Ctrl l to move between open files
Ctrl Left Ctrl Right also works for switching between files
While in MacVIM, you can swipe left and right to switch between open files
Use Cmd Shift N (or Alt n in Linux GVim) to open a new empty buffer

Viewports (Windows/Splits)

Use <Leader>h <Leader>j <Leader>k <Leader>l to navigate between viewports
Use <Leader>Q to close the current window (you probably won't ever need to do this)
Use <Leader>n to toggle the file browser
Use Ctrl P to perform a recursive fuzzy filename search
Use <Leader>a and type a phrase to search to search based on content within your files (quote and escape if needed)
Use <Leader>A to close the open ack search results at the bottom of the screen

File Browser (NERDTree)

Use <Leader>n to toggle the file browser
Use standard movement keys to move around
Use Ctrl j and Ctrl k to move between siblings (aka skip over children in expanded folders)
Use C to make the highlighted node the current working directory
Use :Bookmark BookmarkName to bookmark the current selection
Use B to toggle the bookmark menu
Use ? if you'd like some NERDTree documentation
Use o to open the selected file in a new buffer
Use t to open the selected file in a new tab

Tabs

Use Cmd t (or Alt t in Linux GVim) to open a new tab
Use Cmd w (or Alt w in Linux GVim) to close the current tab
Use Cmd 1 to Cmd 9 (or Alt 1 to Alt 9 in Linux GVim) to navigate to the specified tab

Themes (ColorSchemes)

There is a very large collection of colorschemes in this repository. Many of them can be seen here. Set the scheme using :colorscheme NAME.

Use <Leader>x to switch to a random theme.

Text Navigation

Other than the myriad of built-in methods for navigating text...

Use <Leader><Leader>b to highlight and jump to previous words
Use <Leader><Leader>w to highlight and jump to following words

Copying and Pasting between OS

Use <Leader>c to copy the highlighted text into the OS clipboard
Use <Leader>v to paste the OS clipboard into the document