# README - dotfiles-vim

- Created :
- Updated : 2024-02-27 14:19

I want to finally have a `.vimrc` in which I understand each and every line.  After years of collecting snips and
scraps from other people's dotfiles, I want to make sure that I am aware of what my `.vimrc` is doing.

This configuration is based heavily on the guide I found here: [Vim Zero](https://www.oliversherouse.com/posts/vim_zero.html) 
which does exactly what I am aiming to do here: wipe the slate clean and start over.

Whenever possible, I've noted the URL from which I found the setting or snippet.  I try to insist that not everything is self-explanatory.

## Installation

Without the Ansible playbook, just clone this repo to a directory and create a few symlinks:

```sh
ln -s dotfiles-vim/.vimrc $HOME/.vimrc
ln -s dotfiles-vim/.vim $HOME/.vim
```

Then open vim and install (or update) the plugins with `:PlugInstall` (or `:PlugUpdate`)

---

* 2024-02-13: Several changes:
  * Included more comments and links about what each entry does
  * Removed `polyglot` plugin
  * Removed `ALE` plugin 
  * Removed `tpope/vim-markdown` plugin
  * Removed netrw customizations
  * Removed auto templates, changed them to snippets:
    * Insert markdown header with `,md`
    * Insert shell header with  `,sh`
* 2024-02-22: Replaced Vimwiki with Vim Markdown
  * Suggestions from [Writing Markdown in Vim](https://codeinthehole.com/tips/writing-markdown-in-vim/)
  * Added
    * `godlygeek/tabular`
    * `preservim/vim-markdown`
* 2024-02-25: 
  * Added [vim-spellsync](https://github.com/micarmst/vim-spellsync) plugin and made the needed changes to accommodate
  * Reworked markdown and shell script templates to update dates in headers automatically.
  * Started making better commit messages in order to avoid having to document details in README :)