#vim-plug

We will first install vim-plug to manage plugins, and will then install the Gruvbox theme. The end result will look like this:

Steps

Generate vim-plug by executing the following command:

$ curl -fLo ~/.local/share/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim

In ~/.config/nvim, create a new file called init.vim ($ touch init.vim)

Enter the following code in init.vim:

call plug#begin('~/.local/share/nvim/plugged')

Plug 'morhetz/gruvbox'

call plug#end()

colorscheme gruvbox

set background=dark

Start neovim ($ nvim) and, while it is in command mode, type :PlugInstall

Restart neovim to get the theme working

Description

We first install vim-plug with the curl command.

We then create init.vim, the file that holds all of neovim’s configuration (make the necessary directories if they’re missing).

In this file we have to create a section for plugins, and declare in the plug#begin tag in which folder vim-plug can install those plugins. We also add a colorscheme and background information so that neovim knows which theme to load and what the background colour should be.

Finally we start neovim (ignore the ‘can not find color scheme’ error) and use vim-plug’s :Pluginstall command in neovim to install the theme. This time you will not see the error as the theme has now been installed.

Useful Links

https://jdhao.github.io/2018/12/24/centos_nvim_install_use_guide_en/

https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug

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gqq which means reformat the current like, this let’s you do rewrapping properly particularly in README.md files

Defeating auto indent. You need to do a CTRL-D to so back a shift width.

I can…

While the advice to avoid plugins as much as possible and instead rely on native features is attractive, I nevertheless do use some plugins. Managing them has been fine with pathogen, so far, but this Vim Plug manager has the advantage of updating all the plugins in parallel.