vimp

This is my vim 8 configuration. Use at your own risk.

Build vim 8 from source

CentOS 7

Install libraries:

sudo yum install ncurses ncurses-devel libX11-devel libXt-devel xclip python3-devel

Build:

git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
cd vim/src
make distclean  # if you built Vim before
./configure --with-features=huge --enable-pythoninterp --without-x --enable-gui=no --enable-python3interp --with-python3-config-dir=/usr/lib64/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu
make
sudo make install

Ubuntu

Install libraries:

sudo apt install python3-distutils libncurses-dev python-dev python3-dev

Build:

git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
cd vim/src
make distclean  # if you built Vim before
./configure --with-features=huge --enable-pythoninterp --without-x --enable-gui=no --enable-python3interp --with-python3-config-dir=/usr/lib/python3.9/config-3.9-x86_64-linux-gnu/
make
sudo make install

Prerequisites

• vim-plug
• ctags
• ripgrep
• Make sure look is available for neoview

Installation

• Use terminal config (dconf load /org/mate/terminal/ < mate-terminal.conf for mate-terminal)
• Use the inputrc and screenrc files
• Add the following line to your .vimrc (assuming vimp is checked out in the home dir): source ~/vimp/vimrc
• Install vim-plug
• Start vim and run PlugInstall
• Restart shell
• Add this to .bashrc to make the terminal window title show current directory: PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND; }'printf "\033]0;%s\007" "${PWD/#$HOME/\~}"'