dotfiles/vim/README.md

Shaun's vim Dotfiles

Location

The configuration file needs to be present at this location, ~/.vimrc. So, we can use the following command to softlink/symlink,

ln -s <location of cloned dotfiles .vimrc file> ~/.vimrc
# e.g.
# ln -s ~/dotfiles/vim/.vimrc ~/.vimrc

The configuration file also uses a directory to place scripts and files which needs to be present at this location, ~/.vim. So, we can use the following command to softlink/symlink,

ln -s <location of cloned dotfiles .vim directory> ~/.vim
# e.g.
# ln -s ~/dotfiles/vim/.vim ~/.vim

Install Plugin Manager (Vundle)

We will use vundle as our plugin manager, but it cannot install itself. So we have to clone it into the proper place.

git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim

Install Plugins

Once the tmux symlink is created, we can install all plugins. This is done from within a vim window.

vim
:PluginInstall
# Or this from the shell ..
# vim +PluginInstall +qall