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settings for diff so its settings will be enabled by default when it's being used regardless of where it gets initiated, and won't be used at all when it's not initiated. Improved vimdiff settings in general. Improved the help popup tab (it's now sized exactly to the width of the help page). The theme now takes colour hex codes with or without #s at the start so they can be used with the coloresque plugin to show the colours while editing. The theme now considers gitgutter. vimdiff now uses <leader>> and <leader>< to make a change because I realized the current way was leading to changes being made when you reversed direction.
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# Darkcloud Vim Distribution: Theme, Config and Plugins #
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## Requirements ##
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1. **Vim** v7.4+: Everything has been written and tested using Vim 7.4.135, and I assume there could be issues with 7.3 and below.
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2. **Git** (__optional__): Required to clone and update the repository, and pull the plugins as submodules.
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3. **CTags** (__optional__): Available @ <http://ctags.sourceforge.net>, place in __$PATH__ or the vim folder to use the tagbar or extended C omni/auto-completion.
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4. **Grep and Find** (__optional__): Have grep, fgrep, egrep and agrep ([windows binaries](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm)), and find and xargs ([windows binaries](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/findutils.htm)) in $PATH or the vim folder to use the Grep plugin commands.
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6. **Powerline Fonts** (__optional__): Required for an extended look/feel using lightline, otherwise it should be toggled off in the vimrc.
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5. **Bash** (__optional__): Required to use the update and ctags generation scripts, both of which can be run with the commands listed within.
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## Features ##
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* A custom theme that includes an original colour scheme and an ever growing collection of explicit syntax colour overrides.
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* A complete default configuration that attempts to provide a useful, easy to use and modern vim experience without becoming bloated.
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* Key bindings and aliases to make useful features more accessible and provide a smoother work flow while attempting to vim's default behaviour while adding behaviour.
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* A selection of plugins chosen either because they improve vim's support for common filetypes, or because they provide value-added features that aren't bloated and manage to make vim more useful as a text editor.
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## Installation ##
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1. Clone the darkcloud-vimconfig repo and use the __update__ script to install the plugins:
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* `git clone https://github.com/prurigro/darkcloud-vimconfig.git`
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* `sh darkcloud-vimconfig/update`
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* Note: The __update__ script requires bash, but you can enter the __darkcloud-vimconfig/__ folder and run: `git submodule update --init` to install the plugins manually if it's not available.
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2. Open vim and run: `:version` to find the values for "user vimrc file" for a single-user install and "system vimrc file" for a system-wide install, then copy the vimrc file from `darkcloud-vimconfig/` to one of these locations.
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3. Open the vimrc you just installed and either edit the variables in the "__USER CONFIG SETTINGS__" section, or (preferably) copy them to __vim/vimrc.user__ and edit them there:
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* **s:darkcloudpath**: Set to the location of the darkcloud-vimconfig folder. (__default__: __/etc/darkcloud-vimconfig__)
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* **g:autostartchecker**: 1 = Check syntax once an appropriate file is loaded | 0 = Check syntax only after syntax checking is toggled on (__default__: 1)
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* **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)
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* **guifont**: Set to the name of the font you would like to use with gVim followed by the size, making sure to escape spaces and that a powerline-compatible font is selected if the above option is set to 1. (__default__: Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ 12)
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4. Install ctags (http://ctags.sourceforge.net) to your system using a package and ensure it can be accessed in __$PATH__, or install support for vim exclusively by copying the ctags binary to the __darkcloud-vimconfig/vim__ folder.
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## Configuration ##
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* **Custom Configuration**: 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.
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* **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.
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* **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](http://docs.emmet.io/customization/snippets/).
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* **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')`.
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* **Update Script**: (requires: bash+git) Update the project and its submodules using the same "update" script in the root of darkcloud-vimconfig as the one used to download the plugins.
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* **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.
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* **Fix TMux Keys**: (requires: tmux): Add the following settings to tmux to ensure the colour scheme gets loaded and all the keyboard combinations work: `set -g default-terminal "screen-256color` and `set-window-option -g xterm-keys on`
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## Notes ##
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* **Runtimepath**: To find the runtimepath locations currently set, run the following in vim: `:verbose set runtimepath`.
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* **Reference**: Type `??`, `?>` and '?<' to toggle sidebars with different reference topics.
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* **Unique Key Bindings**: You can find a list of the bindings added by darkcloud-vimconfig, as well as a few of the ones added by plugins in __vim/config/keyboard.vim__.
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## Credits ##
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* Written by prurigro: [GitHub Projects](https://github.com/prurigro) | [Arch Linux AUR Packages](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=prurigro)
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* Many other authors have their work contained in this repo, most of which are self contained in the vim/bundle directory. I also used the Vim jellybean theme as a basis for the Darkcloud theme, which is maintained by NanoTech <http://nanotech.nanotechcorp.net/>
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## License ##
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All projects cloned in the vim/bundle folder are separate and have their own licenses. Everything else is released under the MIT license.
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