vim

Requirements

Before run install.sh, some preparation need to be done:

• git is installed
• cmake is installed
• nodejs is installed
• python or python3 is installed

NOTE: You can install chocolatey for easier install dependencies in windows 10 https://chocolatey.org/

Automatic install in Linux/Mac

Run command:

cd ~/.vim
sudo ./install.sh

Manual install in Windows

• install vim from : https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases

• install dependency (manual download)

  • download and install cmake: https://cmake.org/download/ ( Make sure cmake in PATH environment variable )
  • install nodejs if not already installed
  • installed related python according to vim release page

• install dependency (automatically)

  @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"
  choco install cmake -y
  choco install python3 --version=3.6.7 -y
  choco install nodejs -y
  

• create a _vimrc in your home directory with "source $HOME/.vim/.vimrc"

• start vim and run command: PluginInstall

• install tern_for_vim with "npm install"

  • cd ~/.vim/bundle/tern_for_vim/
  • npm install

• install youcompleteme

  • cd ~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe/
  • git submodule update --init --recursive
  • python install.py --clang-completer --tern-completer
  • More info: https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe#windows

• install flake8 for python lint

  • pip install flake8

• install autopep8

  • pip install autopep8

Configurations

In order to make this repository common for all people. User specified configurations should be put into the environment variable instead of put into .vimrc directly. we support the following environment variables:

• vim_username
  • this is the username that will be used for code snips
• vim_email
  • this is the email that will be used for code snips
• vim_ycm_server_python_interpreter
  • this is the python that you want to use for start YouCompleteMe

Optional: Use Neovim

• install neovim
  • get the source code from https://github.com/neovim/neovim
  • untar the zip file
  • make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
  • make CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/full/path/"
  • make install
  • install the neovim plugin in vim
    • pip install neovim
    • pip install neovim --user
  • make a link of the original vim configuration file
    • mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/
    • ln -s ~/.vimrc ~/.config/nvim/init.vim

Tips:

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