How to Configure Vim as Your Main Python IDE

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  • vim-material

    🧩 Visual Studio Code Material Theme port for Vim/Neovim

    this is the menu for choosing vim colorscheme. you can use arrow keys to navigate between it and press enter to applied that colorscheme. to add new colorscheme, you can search it in github. the coloscheme that i personally use is material colorscheme. to use this colorscheme, download the file in colors folder and place it to vim82 -> colors in your vim folder. after that, you can applied that colorscheme like usual.

  • vim-airline

    lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air

    the cool yellow line in the bottom of my Vim at the screenshot above is called statusbar. there are some plugins that you can use to make your statusbar looks better. for example, vim airline and vim lightline. I myself use vim airline for my statusbar. to install this plugin, you can use some plugin-manager that you prefer, like vundle or vim-plug. but, if you use Vim 8, you can use vim native package manager. to install vim airline using vim native package manager, do this step :

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  • lightline.vim

    A light and configurable statusline/tabline plugin for Vim

    the cool yellow line in the bottom of my Vim at the screenshot above is called statusbar. there are some plugins that you can use to make your statusbar looks better. for example, vim airline and vim lightline. I myself use vim airline for my statusbar. to install this plugin, you can use some plugin-manager that you prefer, like vundle or vim-plug. but, if you use Vim 8, you can use vim native package manager. to install vim airline using vim native package manager, do this step :

  • nerdtree

    A tree explorer plugin for vim.

    NERDTree is on the lookout for a new maintainer. See issue #1280 to submit your name for consideration.

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