VIM-tips

Plugin Manager

• pathogen - Manage your runtimepath with ease.
• vim-plug - Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager
• Vundle - Plug-in manager for Vim
• neobundle - Next generation Vim package manager

Version Control

• vim-gitgutter - It shows a git diff in the gutter (sign column) and stages/undoes hunks.
• vim-fugitive - Use git command in VIM.
• vimagit - From a very single vim buffer, you can perform main git operations in few key press

Stauts/tabline

• vim-airline - Lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air
• powerline - Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awesome, i3 and Qtile.
• lightline - A light and configurable statusline/tabline for Vim

File Manager

• nerdtree - The NERD tree allows you to explore your filesystem and to open files and directories.
• nerdtree-git-plugin - A plugin of NERDTree showing git status
• v - Open recently edited files, no matter where you are in the filesystem.

Filetype Plugins

• csv.vim - A Filetype plugin for csv files
• vim-json - A better JSON for Vim

File Searcher

• ctrlp - Full path fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, ... finder for Vim.
• ack.vim - Keywords search tool from Vim, with an enhanced results list

Integration with Other Applications

• w3m.vim - w3m (a console-based web browser) plugin for vim.
• tmuxline.vim - Simple tmux statusline generator with support for powerline symbols and statusline / airline / lightline integration.
• gist-vim - This is a vimscript for creating gists

Malware Analysis

• FileInsight-plugins - Tiny plugins for McAfee FileInsight hex editor useful for various kind of decoding tasks in malware analysis

Navigation

• vim-multiple-cursors - Sublime Text style multiple selections for Vim
• vim-easymotion - EasyMotion provides a much simpler way to use some motions in vim.
• taglist.vim - Source code browser (supports C/C++, java, perl, python, tcl, sql, php, etc)
• incsearch.vim - Improved incremental searching for Vim
• vim-signature - A plugin to place, toggle and display marks.
• wildfire.vim - Quickly select the closest text object among a group of candidates.

Programming

• Autoformat
  • vim-autoformat - Provide easy code formatting in Vim by integrating existing code formatters.
• Autocomplete
  • neocomplete - Provides keyword completion system by cache in the current buffer.
  • delimitMate - Provides insert mode auto-completion for quotes, parens, brackets, etc.
  • auto-pairs - Insert or delete brackets, parens, quotes in pair.
  • vim-autocomplpop - Automatic trigger complete popup menu
• Comment out lines
  • nerdcommentor - Powerful and easy to use comment tools
  • tComment - TComment works like a toggle, i.e., it will comment out text that contains uncommented lines, and it will uncomment already commented text.
  • vim-commentary - Comment stuff out.
• Code Snipes
  • snipMate - SnipMate aims to provide support for textual snippets, similar to TextMate or other Vim plugins like UltiSnips.
  • ultisnips - Snippet solution for Vim.
• Documentation
  • DoxygenToolkit.vim - Simplify Doxygen documentation in C, C++, Python.
• Error Checking
  • syntastic - Syntax checking hacks for vim
  • vim-trailing-whitespace - Highlights trailing whitespace in red and provides :FixWhitespace to fix it.
• Indention
  • indentline - A vim plugin to display the indention levels with thin vertical lines
• Line Number Toggling
  • togglenumber - Easy toggle between different numbering modes
• Refactoring
  • vim-multiple-cursors - It's great for quick refactoring.
• Surroundings
  • vim-surround - The plugin provides mappings to easily delete, change and add such surroundings in pairs.
• Tag display
  • tagbar - A class outline viewer for Vim.
• Undo
  • gundo.vim - Graph your Vim undo tree in style.

ToDo-List

• vim-simple-todo

Buffer/Tab

• minibufexpl - Elegant buffer explorer - takes very little screen space
• vim-bbye - Delete buffers and close files in Vim without closing your windows or messing up your layout.

Shell

• vimshell - Powerful shell implemented by vim.

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Language-Related

Python

• jedi-vim - Awesome Python autocompletion with VIM

• flake8-vim - Frosted, pep8 and mcabe checker for Vim

• Useful VIM scripts

   # Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for.
   set tabstop=4
   # Number of spaces to use for each step of (auto)indent.  Used for |'cindent'|, |>>|, |<<|, etc.
   set shiftwidth=4
   # Converting tabs to spaces.
   set expandtab
   # Remove tailing spaces upon saving the file
   autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e
  

Javascript

• yajs.vim - Another JavaScript Syntax file for Vim
• es.next.syntax.vim - This syntax file is for ES7 and future syntax
• vim-jsx - Syntax highlighting and indenting for JSX
• vim-nodejs-complete - Node.js omnifunc function of vim.
• vim-js-pretty-template - Highlight JavaScript's Template Strings contents in other FileType.

C-family Languages

• YouCompleteMe - Fast, as-you-type, fuzzy-search code completion engine for Vim.
• vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight - Additional Vim syntax highlighting for C++ (including C++11/14)
• vim-fswitch - Vim plug for switching between companion source files (e.g. ".h" and ".cpp")
• vim-protodef - Pulling C++ function prototypes into implementation files
• clang_complete - Vim plugin that use clang for completing C/C++ code.

Go

• vim-go - Go (golang) support for Vim, which comes with pre-defined sensible settings (like auto gofmt on save), with autocomplete, snippet support, improved syntax highlighting, go toolchain commands, and more.

Typescript

• typescript-vim - Typescript syntax files for Vim
• tsuquyomi - Typescript autocomplete, syntax checking, and more.

Markdown

• vim-instant-markdown - Instant Markdown previews for vim.
• vim-markdown - Syntax highlighting, matching rules and mappings for the original Markdown and extensions.