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spf13-vim is a distribution of vim plugins and resources for Vim, GVim and MacVim.
It is a completely cross platform distribution that stays true to the feel of vim while providing modern features like a plugin management system, autocomplete, tags and tons more.

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spf13-vim

Easy Installation *nix and os x

The easiest way to install spf13-vim is to use our automatic installer by simply copying and pasting the following line into a terminal. This will install spf13-vim and backup your existing vim configuration.

If you are upgrading from a prior version (before 3.0) this is also the recommended installation.

Updating to the latest version

Installing on Windows

On Windows and *nix Git and Curl are required.

Installing dependencies

Install msysgit

After installation try running git --version within command prompt (press Win-R, type cmd, press Enter) to make sure all good:

Setup Curl

Instructions blatently copied from vundle readmeInstalling Curl on Windows is easy as Curl is bundled with msysgit!But before it can be used with Vundle it's required make curl run in command prompt.The easiest way is to create curl.cmd with this content

And copy it to C:Program FilesGitcmdcurl.cmd, assuming msysgit was installed to c:Program FilesGit

to verify all good, run:

Installing spf13-vim on Windows

The easiest way is to download and run the spf13-vim-windows-install.cmd file.

The .vimrc file is suited to programming. It is extremely well organized and folds in sections. Each section is labeled and each option is commented.

It fixes many of the inconveniences of vanilla vim including

A single config can be used across Windows, Mac and linux
Eliminates swap and backup files from littering directories, preferring to store in a central location.
Fixes common typos like :W, :Q, etc
Setup a solid set of settings for Formatting (change to meet your needs)
Setup the interface to take advantage of vim's features including
- omnicomplete
- line numbers
- syntax highlighting
- A better ruler & status line
- & more
Configuring included plugins

Customization

Create ~/.vimrc.local and ~/.gvimrc.local for any local customizations.

For example, to override the default color schemes:

Vundle The best plugin manager

Vundle is an excellent system built on the same principles as Pathogen, but with an integrated plugin management system that is Git and Github aware.

spf13-vim uses the Vundle plugin management system to have a well organized vim directory (Similar to mac's app folders). Vundle also ensures that the latest versions of your plugins are installed and makes it easy to keep them up to date.

NERDTreefile navigation

NERDTree is a file explorer plugin that provides 'project drawer' functionality to your vim editing. You can learn more about it with :help NERDTree or checkout my post on NERDTree.

QuickStart Launch using <Leader>e.

Customizations:

Use <C-E> to toggle NERDTree
Use <leader>e or <leader>nt to load NERDTreeFind which opens NERDTree where the current file is located.
Hide clutter ('.pyc', '.git', '.hg', '.svn', '.bzr')
Treat NERDTree more like a panel than a split.

ctrlpfast file finder

Ctrlp replaces the Command-T plugin with a 100% viml plugin. It provides an intuitive and fast mechanism to load files from the file system (with regex and fuzzy find), from open buffers, and from recently used files.

QuickStart Launch using <c-p>.

Surroundmanaging all the '[{}]' etc

This plugin is a tool for dealing with pairs of 'surroundings.' Examples of surroundings include parentheses, quotes, and HTML tags. They are closely related to what Vim refers to as text-objects. Provided are mappings to allow for removing, changing, and adding surroundings.

Details follow on the exact semantics, but first, consider the following examples. An asterisk (*) is used to denote the cursor position.

For instance, if the cursor was inside 'foo bar', you could type cs' to convert the text to 'foo bar'.

There's a lot more, check it out at :help surround

NERDCommentercomment++

NERDCommenter allows you to wrangle your code comments, regardless of filetype. View help :NERDCommenter for all the details.

QuickStart Toggle comments using <Leader>c<space> in Visual or Normal mode.

Syntasticintegrated syntax checking

Syntastic is a syntax checking plugin that runs buffers through external syntax checkers as they are saved and opened. If syntax errors are detected, the user is notified and is happy because they didn't have to compile their code or execute their script to find them.

numbers.vimbetter line numbers

This plugin will alternate between relative numbering (normal mode) and absolute numbering (insert mode) depending on the mode you are in. This allows you to easily move code around with the relative line numbers when in normal mode. As well as providing accurate line numbers when writing code in insert mode

neocomplcacheautocomplete++

NeoComplCache is an amazing autocomplete plugin with additional support for snippets. It can complete simulatiously from the dictionary, buffer, omnicomplete and snippets. This is the one true plugin that brings Vim autocomplete on par with the best editors.

QuickStart Just start typing, it will autocomplete where possible

Customizations:

Automatically present the autocomplete menu
Support tab and enter for autocomplete
<C-k> for completing snippets.

Fugitive deep git integration

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Fugitive adds pervasive git support to git directories in vim. For more information, use :help fugitive

Use :Gstatus to view git status and type - on any file to stage or unstage it. Type p on a file to enter git add -p and stage specific hunks in the file.

Use :Gdiff on an open file to see what changes have been made to that file

QuickStart<leader>gs to bring up git status

Customizations:

<leader>gs :Gstatus
<leader>gd :Gdiff
<leader>gc :Gcommit
<leader>gb :Gblame
<leader>gl :Glog
<leader>gp :Git push
:Git ___ will pass anything along to git.

PIV PHP editing

The most feature complete and up to date PHP Integration for Vim with proper support for PHP 5.3