vim

Installation

• sudo apt install vim vim-gtk3 vim-airline

Usage

vimrc

• Create/copy global config file for vim: install -D /etc/vimrc ~/.vim/.vimrc
  Check HERE my configuration file

Configuration

• Uncomment in ~/.vimrc or add if not:

let g:skip_defaults_vim = 1
syntax on
set background=dark
set showcmd
set incsearch
set hidden
set mouse=a

• Add to ~/.vimrc:

set clipboard=unnamedplus   "enable clipboard
filetype plugin on          "enable syntax highlighting for many programming languages
"set number                 "column number
set relativenumber          "column relative numbers
set nu                      "show line number when relativenumber 
set hlsearch		    "search all document
set nowrap                  "no wraping text allowed 
set scrolloff=10	    "cursor stay away when scrolling
set termguicolors
set colorcolumn=80
set signcolumn=yes

vim airline

vim airline GitHub

• https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline

Use a theme

• Add to ~/.vimrc: let g:airline_theme='powerlineish'
• More info at https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline-themes#using-a-theme

Integrating with powerline fonts

• Add to ~/.vimrc: g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
• More info at https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline#integrating-with-powerline-fonts

Enable Smarter Tab (top tab bar)

• Add to ~/.vimrc: let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1
• More info at https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline#smarter-tab-line

awesome-vim

• https://github.com/akrawchyk/awesome-vim

vim-plug

• vim-plug GitHub: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug
• To install new plugins visit: https://vimawesome.com or/and https://github.com/topics/vim-plugins
• Search for the plug and copy it to ~/.vimrc like: Plug 'x?x?x?x/x?x?x?x' NOT-> Plugin 'x?x?x?x/x?x?x?x'
• Run in vim :sorce % to check if the sources are OK and :PlugInstall to install the plugs