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>	ALL	Toggle vimfiler file manager sidebar
<(Ctrl-or-Alt)-F2>	ALL	Toggle the gundo undo history sidebar
<(Ctrl-or-Alt)-F3>	ALL	Toggle the tagbar source code tag sidebar
<(Ctrl-or-Alt)-F4>	ALL	Toggle the extradite git history window
<(Ctrl-or-Alt)-F12>	ALL	Toggle the goyo distraction-free mode

Toggles

Binding	Mode	Action
`	NORM	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
~	NORM	Toggle gutter (left bar with line numbers etc.)
<Backslash><F1>	NORM	Toggle the vim reference manual
<Backslash><Space>	NORM	Toggle the goyo distraction-free UI
?<Space>	NORM	Toggle the spellcheck bottom bar of mistakes

Spell Check

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

GVim

Binding	Mode	Action
<Backslash><F1>	ALL	Toggle the menubar (gvim)
<Backslash><F2>	ALL	Toggle the toolbar (gvim)

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.
• 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.
• 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-easytags: Automated tag file generation and syntax highlighting of tags in Vim.
  • vim-misc: Miscellaneous auto-load Vim scripts.
• 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.

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.

License

Licensed under the MIT license.