NERDTree is a file explorer plugin that provides "project drawer" functionality to your vim editing. You can learn more about it with :help NERDTree.
QuickStart Launch using e.
Customizations:
Use to toggle NERDTree Use e or nt to load NERDTreeFind which opens NERDTree where the current file is located. Hide clutter ('.pyc', '.git', '.hg', '.svn', '.bzr') Treat NERDTree more like a panel than a split.
Ctrlp replaces the Command-T plugin with a 100% viml plugin. It provides an intuitive and fast mechanism to load files from the file system (with regex and fuzzy find), from open buffers, and from recently used files.
QuickStart Launch using .
Once CtrlP is open:
Press to purge the cache for the current directory to get new files, remove deleted files and apply new ignore options. Press and to cycle between modes. Press to switch to filename only search instead of full path. Press to switch to regexp mode. Use , or the arrow keys to navigate the result list. Use or , to open the selected entry in a new tab or in a new split. Use , to select the next/previous string in the prompt's history. Use to create a new file and its parent directories. Use to mark/unmark multiple files and to open them. Run :help ctrlp-mappings or submit ? in CtrlP for more mapping help.
This plugin is a tool for dealing with pairs of "surroundings." Examples of surroundings include parentheses, quotes, and HTML tags. They are closely related to what Vim refers to as text-objects. Provided are mappings to allow for removing, changing, and adding surroundings.
Details follow on the exact semantics, but first, consider the following examples. An asterisk (*) is used to denote the cursor position.
Old text Command New text ~
"Hello *world!" ds" Hello world!
[123+4*56]/2 cs]) (123+456)/2
"Look ma, I'm *HTML!" cs"<q> <q>Look ma, I'm HTML!</q>
my $str = *whee!; vllllS' my $str = 'whee!';
if *x>3 { ysW( if ( x>3 ) {
(use } instead of { for no space)
The letters w, W, and s correspond to a |word|, a |WORD|, and a |sentence|
For instance, if the cursor was inside "foo bar", you could type cs"' to convert the text to 'foo bar'.
There's a lot more, check it out at :help surround
NERDCommenter allows you to wrangle your code comments, regardless of filetype. View help :NERDCommenter or checkout my post on NERDCommenter.
QuickStart Toggle comments using c in Visual or Normal mode.
Default is ","
Fugitive adds pervasive git support to git directories in vim. For more information, use :help fugitive
Use :Gstatus to view git status and type - on any file to stage or unstage it. Type p on a file to enter git add -p and stage specific hunks in the file.
Use :Gdiff on an open file to see what changes have been made to that file
QuickStart gs to bring up git status
Customizations:
gs :Gstatus gd :Gdiff gc :Gcommit gb :Gblame gl :Glog gp :Git push gw :Gwrite :Git will pass anything along to git.
spf13-vim includes the Tagbar plugin. This plugin requires exuberant-ctags and will automatically generate tags for your open files. It also provides a panel to navigate easily via tags
spf13-vim binds tt to toggle the tagbar panel
Tip: Check out :help ctags for information about VIM's built-in ctag support. Tag navigation creates a stack which can traversed via Ctrl-] (to find the source of a token) and Ctrl-T (to jump back up one level).
EasyMotion provides an interactive way to use motions in Vim.
It quickly maps each possible jump destination to a key allowing very fast and straightforward movement.
QuickStart EasyMotion is triggered using the normal movements, but prefixing them with . eg: ,,w/,,b