Vim plugins I use

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Post by prakashdanish » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 12:06 PM UTC

Vim plugins I use
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Re: Vim plugins I use

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Post by jherdman » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 2:12 PM UTC

Here are some I find invaluable:

* FZF. Perhaps the best fuzzy finder for Vim https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/

* ALE. Asynchronous Linting Engine, totally awesome. https://github.com/w0rp/ale

* Polyglot. A "best of" language pack. https://github.com/sheerun/vim-polyglot

* Plug. IMHO the best plugin manager going https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug.

* Fugitive. The best git wrapper there is https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive

* vim-test. A plugin that helps you run tests from inside of Vim. https://github.com/janko-m/vim-test

Outside of that, switch to NeoVim if you haven't already (https://neovim.io/). Or give Oni a chance, it looks really promising (https://www.onivim.io/).

Re: Vim plugins I use

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Post by rco8786 » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

I have a somewhat similar setup with the addition of BufferGator and YCM.

That said, what’s described here is nowhere close to “vanilla” vim.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 2:29 PM UTC

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Post by tcbawo » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 2:37 PM UTC

If you write C or C++, this script is handy for switching between source and header files: https://github.com/vim-scripts/a.vim

Re: Vim plugins I use

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Post by jhare » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 2:47 PM UTC

It's simple but tpope/vim-surround is another favorite. Pope pope pope pope.

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Post by clircle » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 2:52 PM UTC

As an Emacs user, I'm so curious about vim packages. Does vim have packages that are akin to adding a major mode in Emacs? Some of the packages on this list look like the vim version of minor modes or little helper functions.

Re: Vim plugins I use

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Post by epicide » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 3:00 PM UTC

I like that the intro paragraph discusses the pros and cons of vanilla vs plugins.

For those that want to take a look at some more vanilla approaches to some common tasks, Max Cantor has a great talk about that on YouTube [0].

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA2WjJbmmoM

Re: Vim plugins I use

#9

Post by SebNag_ » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 3:01 PM UTC

Missing the most important one:

https://valloric.github.io/YouCompleteMe/

:)

Re: Vim plugins I use

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Post by baby » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 3:03 PM UTC

How is the plugin management in vim? I use emacs and it’s a pain to setup. You need to modify a config file (.emacs) in order to add plugin lists (melpa). You then browse the list through a shortcut (M-x list-packages) and you only see names, no description or ways to look for something specific. Once you installed your plugins there are no real way to access a manual or learn them. Often you will need to modify config files to make them usable.