darkcloud-vimconfig

A theme, config and collection of plugins for Vim.

Requirements

• Vim: The latest vim should be installed to use this distribution (versions 7.3 and below aren't tested or guaranteed to work).
• Bash: Required by the update and gentags scripts.
• Git: Required by the update script and git-related plugins.
• Python: Required by the gundo and MatchTagAlways plugins.

Optional Requirements

• Artistic Style: Required by the autoformat plugin to format C, C++, C++/CLI, C#, and Java source (astyle website).
• autopep8: Required by the autoformat plugin to format Python using the PEP 8 style guide (autopep8 repo).
• Compilers and Runtimes: The syntastic plugin can use the compiler or runtime for most languages to provide real-time syntax checking.
• CTags: Required by the tagbar and neocomplcache plugins as well as the gentags script (ctags website).
• JS Beautifier: Required by the autoformat plugin to format Javascript source and HTML (js-beautify repo).
• Powerline Fonts: Required to enable the fancier looking status line (powerline-fonts repo).
• Tidy: Required by the autoformat plugin to format XHTML and XML (tidy website).

Distribution Features

• Default Configuration: A complete set of defaults, focusing on the most modern settings that still provide a compatible experience.
• Custom theme: An original colour scheme with explicit values set to optimize the look of individual filetypes.
• Key Bindings/Aliases: A set of bindings and aliases defined to group similar features and provide numerous (and sometimes more familiar) ways to access options.
• Plugins: A set of plugins have been included and configured to provide support for most normally-unsupported filetypes, and a set of features useful when using Vim as an editor.
• Custom Configuration: A second vimrc and bundle folder are included that aren't maintained as part of the repo, making custom plugins and configuration easy to add.

Installation

1. Clone the darkcloud-vimconfig repo and use the update script to install the plugins:

• git clone https://github.com/prurigro/darkcloud-vimconfig.git
• ./darkcloud-vimconfig/update (if you don't want colour output, run: ./darkcloud-vimconfig/update --no-colour instead)
• Note: The update script requires bash, but if it's not available you can enter the darkcloud-vimconfig/ folder and run: git submodule update --init to install the plugins manually, then create vim/vimrc.user and remember to run: :Helptags once everything else is running.

2. If you don't know where vim expects to find your vimrc, start vim and run: :version to find the values "user vimrc file" (for a single-user install) and "system vimrc file" (for a system-wide install). T
3. Copy or symlink the vimrc file from darkcloud-vimconfig/vimrc to one of the locations vim expects to find it, based on whether you want a local or system-wide install, then choose one of the following:

• Edit the g:darkcloudpath variable in the vimrc file itself, pointing it to the location you're keeping the darkcloud-vimconfig repo folder.
• Create a file @ ~/.vim/darkcloud-path.vim and in it put the following: let g:darkcloudpath="/etc/darkcloud-vimconfig", but replacing "/etc/darkcloud-vimconfig" with the path to the darkcloud-vimconfig repo folder.
• Place darkcloud-vimconfig in the default location @ /etc/darkcloud-vimconfig.
• Create your own vimrc and have that set the g:darkcloudpath variable before sourcing the included vimrc.

Vimpager

Once darkcloud-vimconfig has been set up, you can configure vimpager to use it by running (assuming the default path @ "/etc/darkcloud-vimconfig"):

ln -s /etc/darkcloud-vimconfig/vimpagerrc /etc/vimpagerrc (for a system-wide configuration), or:

ln -s /etc/darkcloud-vimconfig/vimpagerrc ~/.vimpagerrc (for a given user).

As usual, to have your system use vimpager in place of less, you'll need to set the $PAGER environment variable to vimpager:

export PAGER=vimpager, and configure aliases for less in "/etc/bash.bashrc" or "~/.bashrc": alias less='vimpager'

Configuration

• Configure Variables: The following variables can be added to vim/vimrc.user and have their values set to the values you require:
  • g:autostartfiler: 1 = Start the filer file manager when vim is run and the buffer is empty | 0 = Do nothing when vim is run and the buffer is empty (default: 1)
  • g:autostartchecker: 1 = Check syntax once an appropriate file is loaded | 0 = Check syntax only after syntax checking is toggled on (default: 0)
  • g:autostarttagbar: 1 = Have the tagbar load automatically when a compatible format is run | 0 = The tagbar will stay hidden until triggered on demand with its toggle (default: 0)
  • g:disableautotags: 1 = Prevent tags from being automatically generated and highlighted | 0 = Automatically generate and highlight tags (default: 0)
  • g:disablelinebreaks: 1 = Override filetype plugins so linebreaks never occur | 0 = Linebreaks are disabled by default, but filetype plugins can override this setting (default: 0)
  • g:powerlinefonts: 1 = Render the statusline using characters available with powerline-patched fonts | 0 = Render the statusbar with less attractive but more compatible characters available in all fonts (default: 0)
• Custom Settings: Settings with priority over those set by darkcloud-vimconfig can be added to a file named vimrc.user, located in darkcloud-vimconfig/vim/ or any of the folders in the runtimepath.
• Custom Plugins: Pathogen compatible plugins can be cloned or extracted to "darkcloud-vimconfig/vim/bundle.user/", or a folder named "bundle" or "bundle.user" in any of the folders in the runtimepath.
• Custom Snippets: To add or override Emmet snippets, create ~/.vim/snippets.json and add your own definitions using json like shown in the Emmet Documentation.
• File Associations: To use the file manager in vim to run files with external programs, create "~/.vim/filetypes.vim" and on each line, write an association between a file extension and the program to launch files of that type that looks like: call vimfiler#set_execute_file('mp4','xdg-open').
• Update Script: (requires: bash+git) Use this to update the project and submodules, as well as handle any required maintenance, generate docs from the pathogen plugins and create missing config scripts with preset values.
• Generate System Tags: (requires: bash+ctags) Generate a list of ctags for your system libraries in /usr/include and /usr/local/include as well as any folders passed as arguments by running the gentags script.

Mappings

Mouse

Binding	Mode	Action
Ctrl+ScrollUp	ALL	Scroll right a few characters at a time
Ctrl+ScrollDown	ALL	Scroll left a few characters at a time
Alt+ScrollUp	ALL	Scroll right one character at a time
Alt+ScrollDown	ALL	Scroll left one character at a time
MiddleClick	ALL	Select between the cursor and the mouse
Ctrl+LeftClick	ALL	Select between the cursor and the mouse
Alt+LeftClick	ALL	Select the line at the mouse
Ctrl+Alt+LeftClick	ALL	Select the paragraph at the mouse
Ctrl+RightClick	ALL	Copy selection or character under the cursor
Ctrl+MiddleClick	ALL	Copy selection or character under the cursor
Alt+RightClick	ALL	Cut selection or character under the cursor
Alt+MiddleClick	ALL	Cut selection or character under the cursor
Ctrl+Alt+RightClick	ALL	Paste at the cursor
Ctrl+Alt+MiddleClick	ALL	Paste at the cursor
Shift+MiddleClick	ALL	Paste the contents of the xorg buffer

Keyboard

Sidebars

Binding	Mode	Action
Ctrl or Alt+F1 or Backslash+[	ALL	Toggle vimfiler file manager sidebar
Ctrl or Alt+F2 or Backslash+]	ALL	Toggle the gundo undo history sidebar
Ctrl or Alt+F3 or Backslash+{	ALL	Toggle the tagbar source code tag sidebar
Ctrl or Alt+F4 or Backslash+}	ALL	Toggle the extradite git history window
Ctrl or Alt+F12	ALL	Toggle the goyo distraction-free mode

Toggles

Binding	Mode	Action
~	N	Popup a command list dialog
F1	ALL	Toggle line wrapping
F2	ALL	Toggle highlighting of spelling mistakes
F3	ALL	Toggle source code syntax checking
F4	ALL	Toggle external-paste mode
`	N	Toggle gutter (left bar with line numbers etc.)
Backslash+F1	N	Toggle the vim reference manual
Backslash+Space	N	Toggle the goyo distraction-free UI
?+Space	N	Toggle the spellcheck bottom bar of mistakes

Spell Check

Binding	Mode	Action
?+Space	N	Toggle spellcheck error list
?+	N	Add the selected word to the local dictionary
??	N	Show spelling suggestions for selected word
?N	N	Go to the next spelling mistake
?P	N	Go to the previous spelling mistake

Formatting

Binding	Mode	Action
Leader+J	N+V	Format line/selected lines to a max width of the textwidth
Leader+f	N+V	Format document/selection alignment using Vim syntax
Leader+F	N	Format based on file-type using Autoformat
Leader+F	N+V	(Markdown) Format table cursor is currently on
Leader+t	N	Convert all tabs into spaces and continue session with spaces
Leader+T	N	Convert all spaces into tabs and continue session with tabs
Leader+w	N	Remove all trailing whitespace
Leader+A	N+V	Align comments in document/selection
Leader+a	N+V	Align comments following non-comments in document/selection

GVim

Binding	Mode	Action
Backslash+F1	ALL	Toggle the menubar
Backslash+F2	ALL	Toggle the toolbar
Backslash+F3	ALL	Toggle the scrollbars

Complete Reference

For a complete list of mappings specific to darkcloud-vimconfig, check the list in the comments at the top of vim/config/keyboard.vim.

Plugins

• auto-autoformat: Provides easy code formatting in Vim by integrating existing code formatters.
• autoswap.vim: Switch to open editor window instead of asking what to do with swapfile.
• emmet-vim: Support for expanding abbreviations.
  • webapi-vim: A web library used by emmet to provide support for custom snippets.
• goyo.vim: Distraction-free writing in Vim.
• gundo.vim: Sidebar to visualize your undo tree and browse the differences of each change.
• incsearch.vim: Improved incremental searching for Vim.
• lightline.vim: A light and configurable statusline/tabline for Vim.
• MatchTagAlways: A Vim plugin that always highlights the enclosing html/xml tags.
• neocomplcache.vim: The 'ultimate' auto-completion system for Vim.
• patchreview-vim: A Vim plugin for doing single, multi-patch or diff code reviews.
• rename.vim: Rename the current file in the vim buffer + retain relative path.
• ReplaceWithRegister: Replace text with the contents of a register (for paste+replace without writing over the buffer).
• SudoEdit.vim: Read and write files without the necessary permissions through the use of sudo.
• syntastic: Uses system compilers and parsers to check syntax either on-the-fly or after saving a compatible document.
• tabular: Vim script for text filtering and alignment.
• tagbar: Uses ctags to generate a sidebar of the tags for the current file.
• tcommand_vim: Select commands, menu items etc. from a list.
  • tlib_vim: Some utility functions for VIM.
• tcomment_vim: File-type sensible comments that can be easily toggled on and off for blocks of text.
• vim-bookmarks: Bookmark or annotate lines and quickly navigate between them.
• vim-easytags: Automated tag file generation and syntax highlighting of tags in Vim.
  • vim-misc: Miscellaneous auto-load Vim scripts required by vim-easytags.
• vim-extradite: A git commit browser extending vim-fugitive that displays differences and optionally loads old revisions.
• vimfiler.vim: A curses-style file manager for vim that runs on it's own or in a sidebar and can associate handlers for file types.
  • unite.vim: A library used by Vim Filer to help build its user interface.
• vim-fixkey: A set of keyboard mappings that override differences in different environments that might normally break consistency or compatibility.
• vim-fugitive: A wrapper integrating git into vim in such a way as to provide features neither of them could offer on their own.
• vim-move: Provides a few convenient ways to move selected text.
• vim-pathogen: A plugin to load other plugins while keeping them isolated in their own directory structure rather than all dumped together.
• vim-polyglot: The darkcloud-vimconfig fork of a meta-package that attempts to provide the best syntax plugins for each file type.
• vim-signify: When a version controlled file is changed, this displays a column showing where and how, and allows for navigation to and between differences.
• vim-surround: Provides functionality to exchange surrounding delimiters and xml-style tags with another, or simply remove them.
  • vim-repeat: A library used by vim-surround to allow its delimiter-switching functions to be repeated with the . command.
• vim-togglelist: Supplies toggle functions for the location and error lists, which are used by a number of plugins and normally require separate open and close commands.
• vim-trailing-whitespace: Highlights and allows for the easy removal of trailing whitespace in documents.
• vim-unimpaired: Pairs of handy bracket mappings.

Credits

• By Kevin MacMartin: GitHub Projects | Arch Linux AUR Packages
• The jellybean theme for Vim by NanoTech was stripped down and used as a starting point to build the darkcloud theme included in this project.
• The vim-markdown plugin TableFormat command, used to format tables in markdown files, was pulled into plugins.vim from ftplugin/mkd.

License

Licensed under the MIT license.