Description

This is just a reference vimrc file which provides few modern IDE functionalities customized mostly for C programming language. It dependes upon several plugins to achieve the same. It can be further customized for other programming languages.

Steps to configure

Please install below packages on ubuntu OS.

• sudo apt install global
• sudo apt install ctags exuberant-ctags cscope cmake gcc g++
• sudo apt install python3 python3-dev

Create below dirs.

• mkdir ~/.vim/undodir -p
• mkdir ~/.cache/tags -p

Download plug.vim

• curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim

Rename the vimrc with dot and copy .vimrc to user dir (~/).

Open vimrc and Install all plugs inside vimrc and use below command in Esc mode.
:PlugInstall

Compile YoucompleteMe.

• cd ~/.vim/plugged/YouCompleteMe
• python3 install.py --clang-completer

Rename ycm_extra_c_cpp_conf.y with dot and copy .ycm_extra_c_cpp_conf.py to YCM dir.

Usage

• To toggle the list of member functions and structures , you can use "Space + d"
• To jump to function definition, you can use " Space + ]"
• To move cursor among windows, you can use " Space + h/j/k/l"
• To open current directory , you can use " Space + pv"
• To resize to vertical windows, you can use " Space + v"
• To open terminal as an adjacent window, you can use " Space + t"

Thanks!

Thanks @Primeagen for explaining vim configuration details.

Sample Screenshot

NB: Back ground transparency is set in the ubuntu terminal properties. It is not part of the vim configuration.