If Vim Then Janus

If you're a vim user, then you should definitely check out janus (https://github.com/carlhuda/janus/). Installation is fully automated: Just do curl -Lo- https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap | bash. Your old .vim/ and .vimrc will be backed up. If you want to add additional tweaks, you can put them into .vimrc.before and .vimrc.after, respectively.


What Janus will do for you:

• Provide you with NerdTree, a file-explorer inside vim (\n).
• Add automated syntax checking to your program sources upon :w.
• Add Tagbar (\rt) for eayily access to the ctags in your source tree. (works with exuberant ctags only)
• Add EasyMotion (\\<MOTION-COMMAND>), which is probably the most jawdropping vim plugins I ever found.

Give it a try. There is nothing like an antediluvian text editor that doubles as a full-blown IDE. Or, as some might argue, its own operating system.


Oh and also... since we're on the topic: A simple google search for "vim configuration" will save you a LOT of time in the future. It's incredible what those vimthusiasts have already come up with, so why reinvent the vil?