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Vim Plugins
Posted: 2012-05-01
As I was updating some of my dotfiles, I also started reorganizing the way my .vimrc is layed out. It then came to me that it would be a nice addition to this website to add a list of my most often used vim plugins, if only to remind myself what to download when I set up a new system. So, let’s get started, in alphabetical order:
- ack.vim Ack wrapper
- Align Align statements
- cream-showinvisibles Toggle view of invisible characters
- fugitive.vim Git wrapper
- gnupg.vim Transparent editing of GPG encrypted files
- NERD tree Filesystem explorer
- QuickFixNotes Add notes to files
- scratch.vim Create a scratch buffer
- surround.vim Easier “surrounding” of text
- taglist.vim Source code browser
- Vim-LaTeX LaTeX file editing
- YankRing.vim Add an Emacs like “kill-ring”
- ZenCoding.vim Abbreviation expansion, mainly for quick HTML typing
I do not have all of those plugins in daily use, as some of them are rather special. I also tend to forget about having them installed, until I rediscover their usefulness at a later point. The list is not exhaustive, but should include all the major plugins I use. I might add to this list in the future, if more plugins arise from the depth of my .vim/ directory that I forgot about.