Vim plugins for Go (http://golang.org) ====================================== To use all the Vim plugins, add these lines to your $HOME/.vimrc. " Some Linux distributions set filetype in /etc/vimrc. " Clear filetype flags before changing runtimepath to force Vim to reload them. filetype off filetype plugin indent off set runtimepath+=$GOROOT/misc/vim filetype plugin indent on syntax on If you want to select fewer plugins, use the instructions in the rest of this file. Vim syntax highlighting ----------------------- To install automatic syntax highlighting for GO programs: 1. Copy or link the filetype detection script to the ftdetect directory underneath your vim runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/ftdetect) 2. Copy or link syntax/go.vim to the syntax directory underneath your vim runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/syntax). Linking this file rather than just copying it will ensure any changes are automatically reflected in your syntax highlighting. 3. Add the following line to your .vimrc file (normally $HOME/.vimrc): syntax on In a typical unix environment you might accomplish this using the following commands: mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/ftdetect mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/syntax mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/autoload/go ln -s $GOROOT/misc/vim/ftdetect/gofiletype.vim $HOME/.vim/ftdetect/ ln -s $GOROOT/misc/vim/syntax/go.vim $HOME/.vim/syntax ln -s $GOROOT/misc/vim/autoload/go/complete.vim $HOME/.vim/autoload/go echo "syntax on" >> $HOME/.vimrc Vim filetype plugins -------------------- To install one of the available filetype plugins: 1. Same as 1 above. 2. Copy or link one or more plugins from ftplugin/go/*.vim to the Go-specific ftplugin directory underneath your vim runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/ftplugin/go/*.vim). 3. Add the following line to your .vimrc file (normally $HOME/.vimrc): filetype plugin on Vim indentation plugin ---------------------- To install automatic indentation: 1. Same as 1 above. 2. Copy or link indent/go.vim to the indent directory underneath your vim runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/indent). 3. Add the following line to your .vimrc file (normally $HOME/.vimrc): filetype indent on Godoc plugin ------------ To install godoc plugin: 1. Same as 1 above. 2. Copy or link plugin/godoc.vim to $HOME/.vim/plugin/godoc, syntax/godoc.vim to $HOME/.vim/syntax/godoc.vim, and autoload/go/complete.vim to $HOME/.vim/autoload/go/complete.vim.