Best vimrc for mac install#
If you chose to install a Powerline patched font, you can let vim-airline use cooler arrows by uncommenting the line highlighted in this screenshot above, to make Vim look like this: Here’s what the Vim solarized plugind does to our ~/.vimrc: If you downloaded and installed Menlo for Powerline correctly, you should be able to set it using this panel in the preferences:įinally, running vim +PluginInstall to install the Solarized Vim colorscheme and vim-airline: Next up is changing your font to a Powerline patched font. Making that change should make Vim turn these colors:
If you’re on a Mac and you’ve imported the iTerm2 colorschemes, you should be able to find the Solarized Dark theme here: Your experience might diverge a little bit from these screenshots if you choose a different colorscheme because I’ll assume you’re setting everything up using Solarized Dark. Remember, you can use :qall to quit Vim after installing plugins. Otherwise, this should be the result of running vim +PluginInstall to install Vundle for the first time: If you add the changes introduced at this step before installing Vundle, you’ll get an error that looks like this: Here’s a screenshot of where it is in iTerm2 on OS X. To enable the mouse, you’ll have to figure out where the appropriate setting is in your terminal emulator. This is what Vim should look like immediately after opening it:Īfter you add these settings, your ~/.vimrc should look like this when opened in Vim: This is what my system looks like for me after each step. This is by no means a complete walkthrough! It’s just a reference for those who are curious if they installed everything correctly. I took some screenshots to accompany my Vim as an IDE repo on GitHub. Vim as an IDE – Jake Zimmerman Vim as an IDE
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