vim plugins installation and some basic .vimrc configuration

Installing plugin manager Pathogen

Run below commands:

 $ mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle
 $ curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim

Add below lines to ~/.vimrc file :

 execute pathogen#infect()
 syntax on
 filetype plugin indent on

Installing NERDTREE plugin:

Commands :

 $ cd ~/.vim/bundle
 $ git clone https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree.git

Add below lines to ~/.vimrc file :

 map <F2> :NERDTree<CR>
 autocmd StdinReadPre * let s:std_in=1
 autocmd VimEnter * if argc() == 0 && !exists("s:std_in") | NERDTree | endif

To open the NERDTREE pane press F2.

Using language Templates in vim :

Create templates folder on ~/.vim folder

 $ mkdir ~/.vim/templates
 $ cd ~/.vim/templates

Now create template files on ~/.vim/templates/ directory. Some examples of template files are as follows :
template.c

 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     return 0;
 }

template.cpp

 #include <iostream>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     return 0;
 }

template.py

 #!/usr/bin/python

template.sh

 #!/bin/bash

Now add below lines to ~/.vimrc file :

 " code for template snippets
 if has("autocmd")
   augroup templates
     autocmd BufNewFile *.sh 0r ~/.vim/templates/template.sh
     autocmd BufNewFile *.c 0r ~/.vim/templates/template.c
     autocmd BufNewFile *.cpp 0r ~/.vim/templates/template.cpp
     autocmd BufNewFile *.java 0r ~/.vim/templates/template.java
     autocmd BufNewFile *.php 0r ~/.vim/templates/template.php
     autocmd BufNewFile *.py 0r ~/.vim/templates/template.py
     autocmd BufNewFile *.html 0r ~/.vim/templates/template.html
   augroup END
 endif

Installing Supertab in vim :

Auto-Completion function (sort of...). Commands :

 $ cd ~/.vim/bundle
 $ git clone https://github.com/ervandew/supertab

Installing taglist with bundle

It shows all the tags (function, classes, variables ) etc. Steps to install :

Download taglist from : http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/download.html
Create a folder in ~/.vim/bundle/taglist and put doc and plugin folders in it.
Add below configuration in it.

 map <F3> :TlistToggle<CR>
 let Tlist_Use_Right_Window   = 1 

Now you can start taglist by pressing F3 button and second line of above configuration snippets sets taglist to right side of vim window. If there any message Error message shows like this :

  Taglist: Exuberant ctags (http://ctags.sf.net) not found in PATH. Plugin is not loaded.
 Press ENTER or type command to continue

then you have to install exuberant-ctags package

  sudo apt-get install exuberant-ctags