I’ve gone through many rounds of tailoring Vim to my own needs. Finally, I’ve landed on a configuration that balances usability and a touch of modernity.

Light or pleasant?

Plugins are Vim’s strength but also its weakness: they slow it down. And when you’re often working on underpowered VMs or remote servers, waiting for a plugin to “kick in” is painfully annoying.

Example: Python syntax highlighting with error catching. Many who’ve tinkered with Vim know about pathogen — a plugin manager that unlocks endless possibilities.

Plugins galore

From simple to advanced: embedding objects, parsing dozens of files at once, or suggesting code fixes with auto-completion.

What’s different in my setup?

  • Font: Menlo
  • Color scheme: Molokai (a pleasant gray tone)
  • Syntax checking enabled
  • A handful of Vim options tuned — but nothing memory/CPU hungry

This setup is fast, portable, and works everywhere I drop it. Exactly what I wanted.

I don’t claim it’s the only way — but it’s mine. And it works.

Source: github.com/venomen/configs

( .vim/ .vimrc)

Extras: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-not-to-be-afraid-of-vim-anymore-ec0b7264b0ae

Manual for beginners