Gvim Setting up the basics

General Setings

To include some basics in your config first create a directory called general and a file called settings.vim

mkdir %userprofile%\.config\vim\general type nul > %userprofile%\gvim\general\settings.vim

Here is every general setting I use with a brief explanation:

Add the following to settings.vim

filetype plugin indent on syntax on " enable basic syntax highlighting. set nocompatible " for sneak set noswapfile "dont need swapfile set undodir=C:/Users/ayush/.vim/undo-dir "stores all undo info in file. set undofile scriptencoding utf-8 set encoding=utf-8 set clipboard=unnamed " Share clipboard with OS set backspace=2 " make backspace work like most other apps set backspace=indent,eol,start set laststatus=2 " always show statusline set cursorcolumn set cursorline set ruler " show line number and column number set guioptions-=m " removes menu set guioptions-=T " removes toolbar set guioptions-=r " removes right scrollbar set guicursor=a:blinkwait0 " remove cursor blinking set nu "absolute line numbers set ai "automatic indentation picked from parent line set ignorecase "ignore case when searching. set hlsearch "highlight search set incsearch "search as you type. set ff=unix "unix like line endings. set foldlevel=99 " by default keep the folds open. " Font & Colorscheme set background=dark set guifont=Consolas:h13 set guifontwide=NSimsun:h14

Source in .vimrc

source $HOME\.config\nvim\general\settings.vim

Mapping new keys

Again we'll create a directory called keys and and a file called mappings.vim

mkdir %userprofile%\.config\vim\keys type nul > %userprofile%\.config\vim\keys\mappings.vim

Add the following to mappings.vim:

" setting leader key to <space> let mapleader=" " " MAPPINGS " Ctrl+F1 to toggle menu bar nnoremap <C-F1> :if &go=~#'m'<Bar>set go-=m<Bar>else<Bar>set go+=m<Bar>endif<CR> nnoremap <C-F2> :ts <CR> " vim tabs quick shortcuts map tn :tabnew<CR> map tk :tabprev<CR> map tj :tabnext<CR> map tq :tabclose<CR> " undotree toggle autocmd FileType python noremap <buffer> <F8> :call Autopep8()<CR> "file browser nnoremap <leader>ff :wincmd v<bar> :Ex <bar> :vertical resize 30<CR> " switching between open windows remapped. nnoremap <leader>h :wincmd h<CR> nnoremap <leader>j :wincmd j<CR> nnoremap <leader>k :wincmd k<CR> nnoremap <leader>l :wincmd l<CR> " disable search highlighting if maparg('<C-L>', 'n') ==# '' nnoremap <silent> <C-L> :nohlsearch<C-R>=has('diff')?'<Bar>diffupdate':''<CR><CR><C-L> endif " resize window quickly nnoremap <silent> <leader>+ :vertical resize +5<CR> nnoremap <silent> <leader>- :vertical resize -5<CR> " remap for substitute command nnoremap <leader>z :%s//gc<Left><Left><Left> " quickly generate ctags nnoremap <leader>t :!ctags -R .

Source in .vimrc

source $HOME\.config\nvim\keys\mappings.vim