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List of vim plugins I use - with mini tutorials

163 points by telemachos 15y ago

roryokane 15y ago
[…] I do all(not counting using the textarea inside the web browser) of my editing inside vim. You can edit even textareas with the “It’s All Text!” Firefox addon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/its-all-text/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/its-all-text/). I’ve never used it, but I’ve read it’s the standard for Vim editing of browser text for Firefox users.
- ujjvala 15y ago
  There is a Chrome Equivalent for that https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ooddekcmdpjicehjkgobdopbkgepmahj https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ooddekcmdpjicehjkg... but it takes much time to setup as chrome API doesn’t allow spawning new external processes as Firefox.
- nickknw 15y ago
  If you're using Pentadactyl (or Vimperator), then you get this with Ctrl-i. Vimperator (and now Pentadactyl) is the reason my main browser has been Firefox for a long time.
herTTTz 15y ago
Pyflakes is awesome, I think you just changed the way I edit python files.
- brandon 15y ago
  It's also pretty great as a pre-commit hook (invoked on the CLI). I've only had 2-3 false positives in about a year of using it as such.
eridius 15y ago
Nice list. The "Github repository" link for CloseTag points to Command-T. Also the SuperTab repo you linked is a mirror of an obsolete vimscript. It has a new maintainer and that maintainer's repo is at https://github.com/ervandew/supertab https://github.com/ervandew/supertab.
- etcet 15y ago
  Continuing with errata: "git submodule add git://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar.git bundle/fugitive" should be "git submodule add git://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar.git bundle/tagbar"
  - mnazim 15y ago
    Thanks for pointing out the errors guys. Updated the post with corrections.
subsection1h 15y ago
I do all(not counting using the textarea inside the web browser) of my editing inside vim. Even when I need to use a word processor, I first type my content inside vim and then open the word processor to format it. If he were an Emacs user, he could format his text using Emacs' Org mode rather than copying the text to a word processor. Text formatted using Org mode can be exported to numerous formats, including HTML, LaTeX, and PDF. Also, if he were an Emacs user, he could use Org mode to create and edit spreadsheets, limiting his use of an office suite to an even greater degree.
- slowpoke 15y ago
  As it is always said, Emacs is a great operating system - it only lacks a decent text editor. That said, I really don't think this is the place for war between the Church of Emacs and the Cult of vi.
- philjackson 15y ago
  Why is this being voted down? Is the poster offending someone? Why, when having these fun editor discussions are we not allowed to bring up, and compare the competition?
  - seclorum 15y ago
    Sure, and the next thing you know, Hitler is invited to the party and everyone has to go home ..
dolugen 15y ago
If installing the pyflakes fails, as in [0], do: git clone --recursive or git submodule update --init --recursive /via sethwoodworth [0] https://github.com/kevinw/pyflakes-vim/issues/27 https://github.com/kevinw/pyflakes-vim/issues/27
kaylarose 15y ago
IMO this is the best overall Vim add-on repo (for Python and Ruby devs alike): https://github.com/carlhuda/janus https://github.com/carlhuda/janus [1] [1] http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convince-me-to-use-vim-was-wrong/ http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convi...
- nwomack 15y ago
  Janus is amazing. I replaced all of the hassle of maintaining a bunch of plugins and vimrc with Janus and a few lines in ~/.vimrc.local and ~/.janus.rake With Janus, you can easily remove things you dont want and add plugins you need.
  - lloeki 15y ago
    I use pathogen with a bundle.available dir with git submodules and a bundle dir with symlinks to active ones. Makes it damn easy to enable/disable.
- beza1e1 15y ago
  I'm using pathogen with git submodules.
  - jacobr 15y ago
    All scripts on vim.org are cloned at GitHub too (https://github.com/vim-scripts/ https://github.com/vim-scripts/), Pathogen + GitHub is awesome for your .vim directory.
oinksoft 15y ago
I'd say testing a page to be sure it appears is a good idea. .wf-loading { visibility: hidden; } Whatever is setting <html class="wf-loading"> is not your friend, Mr. Nazim.
- mnazim 15y ago
  Yeah. Agree. I need to get around that and change that to a font stack instead of simply "hidden".
bcl 15y ago
I think TagBar is the standout of this list, I've been needing something like that for a while now.
crazydiamond 15y ago
Please look at Steve Losh's blog post. This contains great plugins ... was posted almost a year back. http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/
julien_p 15y ago
This is extremely close to my vim setup. Two additional plugins I'd recommend are ack.vim (https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim) to provide search across multiple files and ropevim (http://rope.sourceforge.net/ropevim.html http://rope.sourceforge.net/ropevim.html) for better python completion and some refactorings. Check out rope-omni (https://github.com/rygwdn/rope-omni https://github.com/rygwdn/rope-omni) for ropevim and supertab integration.
- lloeki 15y ago
  Close for me too. Since he mentioned TagClose and DelimitMate to close various stuff magically I find it notable to mention vim-surround [1], which allows for both tag and various stuff to be changed at will. For the ~/.vim layout I actually have a bundle dir but also a bundle.available dir. In the latter land all vim plugin git submodules I might need while the former contains links to those I actually want active. [1] https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround
seri 15y ago
I use FuzzyFinder (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1984 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1984) instead of Command-T, and I would also add: Endwise: https://github.com/tpope/vim-endwise https://github.com/tpope/vim-endwise, Matchit: https://github.com/tsaleh/vim-matchit https://github.com/tsaleh/vim-matchit, NerdTree: https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree, Surround: https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround, Snipmate: https://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim https://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim (compulsory)
- mnazim 15y ago
  EndWise: When I start any serious ruby programming. MatchIt: Already using it. Snipmate: I don't like snippets. I could never get used to them.
- gaving 15y ago
  I'd recommend trying Ultisnips instead (of the now abandoned) snipmate: http://fueledbylemons.com/blog/2011/07/27/why-ultisnips/ http://fueledbylemons.com/blog/2011/07/27/why-ultisnips/ I realise there is a fork going, but Ultisnips is providing a ton more features and seems a lot nicer in many aspects.

163 points by telemachos 15y ago

[…] I do all(not counting using the textarea inside the web browser) of my editing inside vim. You can edit even textareas with the “It’s All Text!” Firefox addon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/its-all-text/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/its-all-text/). I’ve never used it, but I’ve read it’s the standard for Vim editing of browser text for Firefox users.

ujjvala 15y ago
There is a Chrome Equivalent for that https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ooddekcmdpjicehjkgobdopbkgepmahj https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ooddekcmdpjicehjkg... but it takes much time to setup as chrome API doesn’t allow spawning new external processes as Firefox.
nickknw 15y ago
If you're using Pentadactyl (or Vimperator), then you get this with Ctrl-i. Vimperator (and now Pentadactyl) is the reason my main browser has been Firefox for a long time.

herTTTz 15y ago

Pyflakes is awesome, I think you just changed the way I edit python files.

brandon 15y ago
It's also pretty great as a pre-commit hook (invoked on the CLI). I've only had 2-3 false positives in about a year of using it as such.

eridius 15y ago

Nice list. The "Github repository" link for CloseTag points to Command-T. Also the SuperTab repo you linked is a mirror of an obsolete vimscript. It has a new maintainer and that maintainer's repo is at https://github.com/ervandew/supertab https://github.com/ervandew/supertab.

etcet 15y ago
Continuing with errata: "git submodule add git://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar.git bundle/fugitive" should be "git submodule add git://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar.git bundle/tagbar"
- mnazim 15y ago
  Thanks for pointing out the errors guys. Updated the post with corrections.

subsection1h 15y ago

I do all(not counting using the textarea inside the web browser) of my editing inside vim. Even when I need to use a word processor, I first type my content inside vim and then open the word processor to format it. If he were an Emacs user, he could format his text using Emacs' Org mode rather than copying the text to a word processor. Text formatted using Org mode can be exported to numerous formats, including HTML, LaTeX, and PDF. Also, if he were an Emacs user, he could use Org mode to create and edit spreadsheets, limiting his use of an office suite to an even greater degree.

slowpoke 15y ago
As it is always said, Emacs is a great operating system - it only lacks a decent text editor. That said, I really don't think this is the place for war between the Church of Emacs and the Cult of vi.
philjackson 15y ago
Why is this being voted down? Is the poster offending someone? Why, when having these fun editor discussions are we not allowed to bring up, and compare the competition?
- seclorum 15y ago
  Sure, and the next thing you know, Hitler is invited to the party and everyone has to go home ..

dolugen 15y ago

If installing the pyflakes fails, as in [0], do: git clone --recursive or git submodule update --init --recursive /via sethwoodworth [0] https://github.com/kevinw/pyflakes-vim/issues/27 https://github.com/kevinw/pyflakes-vim/issues/27

kaylarose 15y ago

IMO this is the best overall Vim add-on repo (for Python and Ruby devs alike): https://github.com/carlhuda/janus https://github.com/carlhuda/janus [1] [1] http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convince-me-to-use-vim-was-wrong/ http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convi...

nwomack 15y ago
Janus is amazing. I replaced all of the hassle of maintaining a bunch of plugins and vimrc with Janus and a few lines in ~/.vimrc.local and ~/.janus.rake With Janus, you can easily remove things you dont want and add plugins you need.
- lloeki 15y ago
  I use pathogen with a bundle.available dir with git submodules and a bundle dir with symlinks to active ones. Makes it damn easy to enable/disable.
beza1e1 15y ago
I'm using pathogen with git submodules.
- jacobr 15y ago
  All scripts on vim.org are cloned at GitHub too (https://github.com/vim-scripts/ https://github.com/vim-scripts/), Pathogen + GitHub is awesome for your .vim directory.

oinksoft 15y ago

I'd say testing a page to be sure it appears is a good idea. .wf-loading { visibility: hidden; } Whatever is setting <html class="wf-loading"> is not your friend, Mr. Nazim.

mnazim 15y ago
Yeah. Agree. I need to get around that and change that to a font stack instead of simply "hidden".

bcl 15y ago

I think TagBar is the standout of this list, I've been needing something like that for a while now.

crazydiamond 15y ago

Please look at Steve Losh's blog post. This contains great plugins ... was posted almost a year back. http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/

julien_p 15y ago

This is extremely close to my vim setup. Two additional plugins I'd recommend are ack.vim (https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim) to provide search across multiple files and ropevim (http://rope.sourceforge.net/ropevim.html http://rope.sourceforge.net/ropevim.html) for better python completion and some refactorings. Check out rope-omni (https://github.com/rygwdn/rope-omni https://github.com/rygwdn/rope-omni) for ropevim and supertab integration.

lloeki 15y ago
Close for me too. Since he mentioned TagClose and DelimitMate to close various stuff magically I find it notable to mention vim-surround [1], which allows for both tag and various stuff to be changed at will. For the ~/.vim layout I actually have a bundle dir but also a bundle.available dir. In the latter land all vim plugin git submodules I might need while the former contains links to those I actually want active. [1] https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround

seri 15y ago

I use FuzzyFinder (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1984 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1984) instead of Command-T, and I would also add: Endwise: https://github.com/tpope/vim-endwise https://github.com/tpope/vim-endwise, Matchit: https://github.com/tsaleh/vim-matchit https://github.com/tsaleh/vim-matchit, NerdTree: https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree, Surround: https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround, Snipmate: https://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim https://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim (compulsory)

mnazim 15y ago
EndWise: When I start any serious ruby programming. MatchIt: Already using it. Snipmate: I don't like snippets. I could never get used to them.
gaving 15y ago
I'd recommend trying Ultisnips instead (of the now abandoned) snipmate: http://fueledbylemons.com/blog/2011/07/27/why-ultisnips/ http://fueledbylemons.com/blog/2011/07/27/why-ultisnips/ I realise there is a fork going, but Ultisnips is providing a ton more features and seems a lot nicer in many aspects.