Vim workshop

Note: This workshop is a bit dated, and as such, the instructions might not work as expected. For a modern look at a vim installation, check out my dotfiles. This repository may be archived soon.

This repo contains the slides for my vim talk. Additionally, I have provided a starter vimrc and tmux.conf. These may be a good starting point for someone getting into vim and tmux.

Check out the presentation PDF.

Vim setup instructions

1. Download vim

   Likely, vim is already installed on you machine. If you're on a mac, you can get the latest vim from Homebrew.

   brew install macvim --override-system-vim
   

2. Create a vimrc

   Create a vim configuration file in your home directory and a .vim/bundle directory

   cp vimrc ~/.vimrc
   mkdir -p ~/.vim/bundle
   

3. Add vundle

   If you'd like to use vundle to manage plugins, you can install it as a git submodule

   git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/vundle
   

   You will also need to let vim know about vundle by adding it to your ~/.vimrc.

   set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/vundle/
   call vundle#begin()
   
   " let vundle manage vundle
   Plugin 'gmarik/vundle'
   
   " list all plugins that you'd like to install here
   Plugin 'kien/ctrlp.vim' " fuzzy find files
   Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdtree' " file drawer, open with :NERDTreeToggle
   Plugin 'benmills/vimux'
   Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive' " the ultimate git helper
   Plugin 'tpope/vim-commentary' " comment/uncomment lines with gcc or gc in visual mode
   
   call vundle#end()
   filetype plugin indent on
   

4. Start vim and install default plugins

   vim +PluginInstall
   

5. Install tmux

   tmux can be installed from Homebrew on OSX

   brew install tmux
   

6. Add a tmux config

   cp tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
   

7. Connect to a new tmux session

   tmux new-session -s pasta
   

Got questions? I'm always excited to talk about vim + tmux!

Trouble Shooting

1. If your tmux session is closed immediatly and you see the [exited] message in the terminal you are probably missing the reattach-to-user-namespace package to install it simply do

   brew install reattach-to-user-namespace