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Welcome to andreabradpitto's Vim configuration's readme file

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This repository hosts my Vim configuration file (vimrc) that takes care of installing all my plugins, and changes some settings when first launched on a new machine.

Instructions

1 - Move .vim folder inside user's directory (C:\users\<YOUR_USERNAME> for Windows or /home/<YOUR_USERNAME> (alias: ~) for Unix-based systems)

Warning

In case of Windows, rename the .vim folder into vimfiles.
Notice that in this scenario you will also have to edit some paths in vimrc.

2 - (Optional) Delete the rest of this repository in order to clean up some space

3 - (Optional) Before launching Vim, remove any previously created .viminfo files.
By default, it will be in your %HOMEPATH% (CMD)/$HOME (PowerShell)/~ (Bash).
The new .viminfo will be created inside the .vim folder by this configuration.
You may also manually import old data from the .viminfo file to the new one, before eventually deleting the former

4 - Launch Vim. On first execution, it will download all required plugins and change the default/current Vim settings

5 - Enjoy!

A note on vimrc, .viminfo, & other autogenerated files

As reported by the Vim help (:help vimrc):

        Places for your personal initializations:
                Unix            $HOME/.vimrc or $HOME/.vim/vimrc
                MS-Windows      $HOME/_vimrc, $HOME/vimfiles/vimrc
                                or $VIM/_vimrc
                Amiga           s:.vimrc, home:.vimrc, home:vimfiles:vimrc
                                or $VIM/.vimrc
                Haiku           $HOME/config/settings/vim/vimrc

        The files are searched in the order specified above and only the first
        one that is found is read.

        RECOMMENDATION: Put all your Vim configuration stuff in the
        $HOME/.vim/ directory ($HOME/vimfiles/ for MS-Windows). That makes it
        easy to copy it to another system.

Thus, I am simply following Vim's recommendation about vimrc file.
Additionally, I decided to put in the same folder also .viminfo.
Another Vim-autogenerated file, .netrwhist (see this GitHub Gist), is already located inside .vim by default, so I did not have to tweak anything in that case.

Learning Vim

A good an exhaustive guide on how to use Vim can be found within this GitHub repo.

PS :q! to exit Vim 😉