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Re: Vim plugins I use

#91

Post by bananamerica » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 3:31 AM UTC

baby wrote: post #10

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 conf…

On Emacs, if you hit enter on a package after running (M-x list-packages), there's usually a brief summary and a link to Github. After you install the package, you have lots of commands to access documentation. Here's some of them:

  C-h i: info manuals
  C-h ?: help for help 
  C-h F: help for commands
  C-h v: help for variables
  C-h f: help for functions
  C-h m: help for minor modes

That's a lot of help if you ask me!

Re: Vim plugins I use

#92

Post by h1d » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 8:50 PM UTC

crehn wrote: post #44

I personally use no plugins [1]. Zero friction moving from host to host. Vim is a great text editor, not a great IDE. For anything more sophisticated I prefer just switching to something like VS Code (with Vim bindings of course). [1] https://github.com/hoffa/dotfiles/blob/master/.vimrc

It's really non constructive to think sticking to the painful default config of vim as a virtue. Why don't you just copy your vim config around? or if you're sharing users, ask to create your own user or just source your own config when you're using it.

Re: Vim plugins I use

#93

Post by h1d » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

commandlinefan wrote: post #84

I stay away from plugins for fear that I’ll get so used to them, I’ll be lost if I sit down in front of a terminal that doesn’t have them installed.

And you waste 95% of the time you use your own vim with painful default? Some people seem to want to live by your statement but I treat it pointless. Just pretend the default vim is another editor and live with your customized version.