My Vim config, which I think is better than yours.

Maybe it's not. Much of it has come from other developers' settings I've seen on the web, so maybe I've stolen something from you.

I work primarily with Ruby, Javascript, Markdown, HTML, and CSS, so my setup is somewhat specific to those languages (and libraries/frameworks written with them).

This repo changes pretty frequently as my tastes change or I install a plugin that scratches a new itch. I've tried to keep things commented as much as possible.

Oh, you will need Vim 7.3, either console or MacVim. A shell script is included at share/install-vim.sh to help install console Vim. For MacVim, try b4winkler/macvim or Homebrew.

I use pathogen.vim and git submodules to handle third party plugins. All plugins are kept in the default location for pathogen, vim/bundle/. A Makefile is included to update plugins and their helptags.

Before installing, backup ~/.vim, ~/.vimrc and ~/.gvimrc

cd ~
mkdir vim-backup
for i in .vim .vimrc .gvimrc; do mv $i vim-backup/$i.bak; done
rmdir ~/.vim

Clone this repo:

cd ~
git clone git://github.com/itspriddle/vim-config.git .vim --recursive
ln -s .vim/vimrc .vimrc
ln -s .vim/gvimrc .gvimrc

Update all plugins installed as git submodules and runs :Helptags to make Vim aware of their help documents:

cd ~/.vim
make update-plugins
make update-help
make update # runs both update-plugins and update-help

~/.vim/.tmp/ may need to be cleaned up from time to time:

cd ~/.vim
make clean

See vim/bundle/ for a list of installed plugins.