Vundle is short for Vim bundle and is a Vim plugin manager.
Vundle allows you to...
- keep track of and configure your plugins right in the
.vimrc
- install configured plugins (a.k.a. scripts/bundle)
- update configured plugins
- search by name all available Vim scripts
- clean unused plugins up
- run the above actions in a single keypress with interactive mode
Vundle automatically...
- manages the runtime path of your installed scripts
- regenerates help tags after installing and updating
Vundle is undergoing an interface change, please stay up to date to get latest changes.
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Introduction:
Installation requires Git and triggers
git clone
for each configured repository to~/.vim/bundle/
by default. Curl is required for search.If you are using Windows, go directly to Windows setup. If you run into any issues, please consult the FAQ. See Tips for some advanced configurations.
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Set up Vundle:
$ git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
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Configure Plugins:
Put this at the top of your
.vimrc
to use Vundle. Remove plugins you don't need, they are for illustration purposes.set nocompatible " be iMproved, required filetype off " required " set the runtime path to include Vundle and initialize set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim call vundle#begin() " alternatively, pass a path where Vundle should install plugins "call vundle#begin('~/some/path/here') " let Vundle manage Vundle, required Plugin 'gmarik/Vundle.vim' " The following are examples of different formats supported. " Keep Plugin commands between vundle#begin/end. " plugin on GitHub repo Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive' " plugin from http://vim-scripts.org/vim/scripts.html Plugin 'L9' " Git plugin not hosted on GitHub Plugin 'git://git.wincent.com/command-t.git' " git repos on your local machine (i.e. when working on your own plugin) Plugin 'file:///home/gmarik/path/to/plugin' " The sparkup vim script is in a subdirectory of this repo called vim. " Pass the path to set the runtimepath properly. Plugin 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim/'} " Avoid a name conflict with L9 Plugin 'user/L9', {'name': 'newL9'} " All of your Plugins must be added before the following line call vundle#end() " required filetype plugin indent on " required " To ignore plugin indent changes, instead use: "filetype plugin on " " Brief help " :PluginList - list configured plugins " :PluginInstall(!) - install (update) plugins " :PluginSearch(!) foo - search (or refresh cache first) for foo " :PluginClean(!) - confirm (or auto-approve) removal of unused plugins " " see :h vundle for more details or wiki for FAQ " Put your non-Plugin stuff after this line
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Install Plugins:
Launch
vim
and run:PluginInstall
To install from command line:
vim +PluginInstall +qall
See the :h vundle
Vimdoc for more details.
See the changelog.
see Examples
Thank you!
- Vundle was developed and tested with Vim 7.3 on OS X, Linux and Windows
- Vundle tries to be as KISS as possible
Vundle is a work in progress, so any ideas and patches are appreciated.
- ✓ activate newly added bundles on
.vimrc
reload or after:PluginInstall
- ✓ use preview window for search results
- ✓ Vim documentation
- ✓ put Vundle in
bundles/
too (will fix Vundle help) - ✓ tests
- ✓ improve error handling
- allow specifying revision/version?
- handle dependencies
- show description in search results
- search by description as well
- make it rock!