Using VIM

Using VIM is always a geek thing. However, it seems to be exausting to remember large numbers of commonds and shortcuts. Perhaps some really cool plugins can help alleviate the pain.

  • First of all, a tool to manage the plugins is of need. vim-plug is a minimalist Vim plugin manager, which is very easy to setup and use.
  • To automatically complete the code, a tool called YouCompleteMe is one of the most popular tools. And to use this tool for C-family languages, another tool Bear is needed. Both of these two projects have detailed document.
  • A very useful website to find useful vim plugins is Vim Awesome.
  • Another very attractive Swiss-Army-Knife like package is SpaceVim. It is a community-driven vim distribution that seeks to provide layer feature, especially for neovim. It offers a variety of layers to choose from. to create a suitable vim development environment, you just need to select the required layers.