Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by soren_dahl » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 2:09 PM UTC

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by xutopia » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 2:53 PM UTC

For those wondering who Steve Losh is. He's the creator of a few vim projects and is writing "Learn VimScript The Hard Way".

http://stevelosh.com/projects/

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by zmanji » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:08 PM UTC

I think that having all of this in one file is too crazy. I suggest putting some of the stuff in the appropriate files in ftplugins, etc in your ~/.vim directory.

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by xerxes2001 » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:11 PM UTC

Can we now have a long discussion about profanity in dotfiles?

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by LeafStorm » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:19 PM UTC

That's one thing that worries me about using vim full-time: if I become reliant on a .vimrc or a set of plugins to use vim effectively, but I'm on a computer that doesn't have my .vimrc on it, I'm doomed.

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by oops » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:22 PM UTC

LeafStorm wrote: post #5

That's one thing that worries me about using vim full-time: if I become reliant on a .vimrc or a set of plugins to use vim effectively, but I'm on a computer that doesn't have my .vimrc on it, I'm doomed.

What editor do you use now?

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by ldh » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:22 PM UTC

LeafStorm wrote: post #5

That's one thing that worries me about using vim full-time: if I become reliant on a .vimrc or a set of plugins to use vim effectively, but I'm on a computer that doesn't have my .vimrc on it, I'm doomed.

Does that computer have a network connection? Just store your plugins and settings in a git repo (a good idea anyway) and pull them down on whatever machine you're using.

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by zmanji » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:24 PM UTC

LeafStorm wrote: post #5

That's one thing that worries me about using vim full-time: if I become reliant on a .vimrc or a set of plugins to use vim effectively, but I'm on a computer that doesn't have my .vimrc on it, I'm doomed.

This is why people place them on github or bitbucket. So it is very easy to clone the repo locally and then use the .vimrc. It is something you only have to do once per machine.

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by rudenoise » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:28 PM UTC

LeafStorm wrote: post #5

That's one thing that worries me about using vim full-time: if I become reliant on a .vimrc or a set of plugins to use vim effectively, but I'm on a computer that doesn't have my .vimrc on it, I'm doomed.

I totally agree. Personally I take the Robert De Niro approach:

"...become attached to nothing in life that you can't walk away from in 30 seconds if you spot the "Heat" around the corner."

Except I apply this to customised/complicated software rather than "things" in my life.

Re: Steve Losh's .vimrc

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Post by loire280 » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:29 PM UTC

LeafStorm wrote: post #5

That's one thing that worries me about using vim full-time: if I become reliant on a .vimrc or a set of plugins to use vim effectively, but I'm on a computer that doesn't have my .vimrc on it, I'm doomed.

This is why I stick pretty close to stock vim - I use it on too many remote systems to worry about keeping my environment consistent. I could automate something, and maybe when our sysadmin finishes integrating puppet into our servers I can use that, but in the meantime, my .vimrc is just syntax highlighting and tab settings.