What "set and forget" flexible VIM setup would you recommend?

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  • janus

    Vim distribution

    When I started with Vim (2011), i used https://github.com/carlhuda/janus It came with a much of good defaults, conventions, and setup. It hasn't had active development lately. I used Janus for about 2 years before I was comfortable enough to start my own setup from the ground up.

  • SpaceVim

    Discontinued A community-driven modular vim/neovim distribution - The ultimate vimrc

    As for the config itself, maybe something like SpaceVim will help you get started.

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  • spacemacs

    A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!

    Oh I see. Alternative, and I know it's not Vim, but Spacemacs (the project Spacevim is based on) is quite active. It comes with Vim emulation, some people say it's even better than Vim itself (evil-mode).

  • nvimdots

    A well configured and structured Neovim.

    I would say if you're going full neovim, take a look at people's lua configs and see how they're accomplishing the things you're looking for.

  • packer.nvim

    A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config

    For example people are recommending CoC and ALE, but neovim now has a built in LSP server. People are recommending vim.plug (which I used for years) when in fact packer.nvim is the best bet for neovim + lua configs.

  • WorkOS

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