🐸 Personal Vim8 Settings

Before installation, backup and clean all files and directories starting with '.vim' in the HOME directory to avoid effects related to the old and new configurations.

Recommended OS is CentOS 8 which have Clang 11+, GCC 7+/8+, and you also could install universal ctags(https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags) by your self for more ctag features.

👀 Install:

Run the command to install and config your vim shit ~

sudo wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrmgxxxx/vim/master/install.sh | sh

⌨️ Keybindings:

Custom Keybindings

Key	Mode	Description	Source
<Leader>	-	Leader key: defaults to \ (backslash), used as prefix for custom keybindings	Vim default
<Leader>gg	Normal	Search word under cursor: uses Ag (The Silver Searcher) to search the entire project for the word under cursor	fzf.vim
<Ctrl-p>	Normal	Fuzzy file finder: opens fzf fuzzy search window to quickly locate and open files in the project	fzf.vim
<Leader>r	Normal	Temporary relative line numbers: enables relative line numbers for 1 second then auto-disables, useful for quick jump calculations	Custom function

Plugin Behaviors & Implicit Keybindings

vim-gutentags (Auto Tag Management)

Behavior	Description
Auto generate/update tags	Automatically generates tag files using ctags/gtags when .root or .git project root is detected, cached in ~/.cache/tags
Ctrl-]	(Vim built-in) Jump to the definition of the symbol under cursor (depends on ctags)
Ctrl-t	(Vim built-in) Jump back from definition to previous location
Ctrl-o	(Vim built-in) Jump to previous location (general purpose jump back)

ALE (Async Lint Engine)

Behavior	Description
Auto fix on save	ale_fix_on_save = 1, automatically runs fixers when saving files
Error sign ✗	Displays error indicator in the sign column
Warning sign ⚡	Displays warning indicator in the sign column
Supported linters	Shell (csh/zsh), Python (pylint), Go (gofmt/golint), C/C++ (clang/gcc)

vim-go (Go Development)

Behavior	Description
Auto format on save	Uses gofmt to auto-format Go files on save
Enhanced syntax highlighting	Highlights types, fields, functions, function calls, operators, diagnostics, etc.

vim-clang-format (C/C++ Formatting)

Behavior	Description
Auto format on save	Automatically runs clang-format on save for .c/.h/.cpp/.hpp/.cc/.hh/.cxx/.hxx files
Style	C++ based on LLVM style, 4-space indent, Allman brace style, no column limit
Proto files	Formatting disabled

vim-better-whitespace (Whitespace Management)

Behavior	Description
Auto highlight	Highlights trailing whitespace at end of lines
:StripWhitespace	Command to remove all trailing whitespace

Basic Editor Settings

Setting	Effect
set nu	Show absolute line numbers
set hlsearch	Highlight search results
set ts=4 / set shiftwidth=4	Tab width 4, indent width 4
set expandtab	Convert tabs to spaces
set autoindent / set smartindent	Auto indent + smart indent
set showmatch	Briefly highlight matching bracket when typing
set colorcolumn=150	Show vertical guide line at column 150
set backspace=2	Allow backspace over indent, line breaks, and pre-existing characters
Status line	Shows: working directory + file path + modified flag + line/column/percentage

🍉 Recommended .gitconfig:

[color]
    branch = auto
    ui = auto
    status = auto
[alias]
    st = status
    co = checkout

    # show the file commit log graph base on 'git log'
    ll = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(red)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset) %C(bold green)%s%C(reset) %C(blue)- %an%C(reset) %C(blue)%aD%C(reset) %C(blue)(%ar)%C(reset)' --all

    # show the file line commit base on 'git blame' and 'git log',
    # e.g.: git lb 42 example.cpp
    lb = "!f() { \
        commit_hash=$(git blame -L $1,$1 \"$2\" 2>/dev/null | awk \"{print \\$1}\" | head -1); \
        if [ -z \"$commit_hash\" ] || [ \"$commit_hash\" = \"^\" ]; then \
            return 1; \
        fi; \
        git log --format=\"%s\" -n 1 $commit_hash; \
    }; f"
[core]
    editor = vim