Dotfiles by Hong Kim

Overview

This dotfiles repo is a fork of thoughtbot's dotfiles.

I chose thoughtbot's dotfiles b/c:

• It can be used across all Unix-like environments (both OSX and Linux).
• It assumes you use terminal vim (not macvim).
• It only includes essential configurations and plugins.

Installation

Clone this repo to any machine you intend to work:

git clone git://github.com/Hong-Kim/dotfiles.git

Then run the installation script:

cd dotfiles
./install.sh

This will create dotfile symlinks in your HOME directory, clone vundle to the ~/.vim/bundle/vundle directory, and use vundle to install all vim plugins.

Zsh is assumed (i.e. all shell configuration is done in ~/.zshrc). Switch to it, if not already:

chsh -s /bin/zsh

If you do not have zsh installed, you must install it first, using brew or apt-get depending on your OS. This is also true for tmux and vim. If you are on a linux machine and vim complains you do not have a ruby-supported version of vim, you should install vim-nox.

Personal Settings

Explanations for some of my personal settings:

• Emacs-keybindings on the command line: Vim's modal editing isn't so great on the command line. You have no indication of whether you are in insert-mode or normal-mode, which leads to many typos.
• Ctrl+t as my tmux prefix: Ctrl+a is used for beginning-of-line cursor movement. So instead, I use Ctrl+t (t is a mnemonic for tmux)
• Rbenv: I use rbenv. Running ~/.rbenv.sh(originally written by crpdm) will install rbenv and the ruby version 1.9.3-p392-railsexpress.
• Pretty git logging: Borrowed from Gary Bernhardt's .githelpers.

Settings/ideas stolen from yadr (mostly located in the ~/.vim/plugin/settings directory):

• Solarized-dark colorscheme: I prefer it over the github colorscheme (used by thoughtbot). Download and apply the solarized-dark iTerm2 theme.
• Convenient keybindings: See the ~/.vim/plugin/settings/keymap.vim file.

Additional vim plugins use (see the .vimrc.bundles file for a complete list):

• Lusty-explorer: I use ctrlp most of the time, but still need a decent file/directory navigator once in a while, and the :e command doesn't cut it.
• Vim-unimpared: I use it for the [+<space>, ]+<space> commands that add blank lines above and below the current line.