Setting-up Vimux ( vim + tmux ) in Linux machine

By using vimux we can use vim as an IDE. It basically opens a terminal below vim panel with 20 width and then run the mapped command. Pre-requisites are vim and tmux installed.

Installation :

Make sure vim plugin manager will be installed. I installed pathgen. Now run the below command :

 cd ~/.vim/bundle
 git clone https://github.com/benmills/vimux.git

Configuration :

The function used to configure vimux are VimuxRunCommand, VimuxPromptCommand, VimuxRunLastCommand.

• VimuxRunCommand : used to run certain system command. It is mapped with autocmd FileType which map different commands for different filetypes. Press LEADER + e
• VimuxPromptCommand : used to open a prompt to run user supplied command. Press LEADER + p
• VimuxRunLastCommand : used to run last command Executed by VimuxRunLastCommand. Press LEADER + l

Note : LEADER key is mapped to / (slach), by default it is mapped to \ (backword-slash).

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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 :

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