Here's a similar post from me http://joelhooks.com/blog/2013/04/09/getting-to-know-vim/ http://joelhooks.com/blog/2013/04/09/getting-to-know-vim/ Starting from

Here's a similar post from me http://joelhooks.com/blog/2013/04/09/getting-to-know-vim/ http://joelhooks.com/blog/2013/04/09/getting-to-know-vim/ Starting from blank and building my own dotfiles is what did the trick for me. Using a big ass template actually made it more difficult.