Tweaking VIM

Vim is where a lot of my editing muscle memory lives. These notes aren’t a full tutorial, just the tweaks I actually keep in my config so Vim behaves the way I like it.

• Basic Vim configuration
• Install plugins

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Basic VIM Configuration

Install vim-plug Plugin Manager

Install vim-plug

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

Sample .vimrc Configuration

~/.vimrc

" keep defaults
unlet! skip_defaults_vim
source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim

" recursively search subdirectories – not in defaults.
set path+=**

set cursorline

call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
" Add your plugins here, for example:
Plug 'machakann/vim-highlightedyank'
Plug 'joshdick/onedark.vim'

call plug#end()

set termguicolors
set background=dark
colorscheme onedark

highlight Visual cterm=NONE ctermbg=187 ctermfg=0 guibg=#d7d7af guifg=#141414
highlight MatchParen cterm=bold ctermbg=236 ctermfg=214 gui=bold guibg=#303030 guifg=#ffaf00

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Install Plugins

Open VIM and run the command:

:PlugInstall