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Install Vim the ubiquitous text editor

Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X.

Vim is rock stable and is continuously being developed to become even better. Among its features are:

persistent, multi-level undo tree
extensive plugin system
support for hundreds of programming languages and file formats
powerful search and replace
integrates with many tools

Vim

Plugins

Plugin manager vim-plug

nerdtree
i3-vim-syntax
vim-devicons
vim-markdown
html5
php
python-syntax
vimwiki
ultisnips
lightline

To install the plugins, open vim and run:

:PlugInstall

To update installed pluging run:

:PlugUpdate

To remove unlisted plugins run:

PlugClean

To upgrade vim-plug iself run:

:PlugUpgrade

Plugins included in this repo:

vim-plug
vim-wiki
ultisnips

Keybindings

Some usful keybindings for this custom build:

Leader key = SpaceBar

| Key      | Acction             |
| :------- | :------------------ |
| Leader+n | NerdTree            |
| Leader+f | Ranger File Manager |
| Leater+v | Split Horizontal    |
| Leaver+h | Split Vertical      |
| Ctrl+h   | Change Split Left   |
| Ctrl+j   | Change Split Dwon   |
| Ctrl+k   | Change Split Up     |
| Ctrl+l   | Change Split Right  |
| ii       | Normal Mode         |
| i        | Insert Mode         |

If you like this build

git clone https://github.com/codedarkness/vim

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