Add descriptions of the vim plugins.
David Blume

David Blume commited on 2015-11-28 08:57:56
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@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ See [config.dlma.com](http://config.dlma.com) for more.
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     1. .vimrc
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     2. An empty .vim_undo directory
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     3. .vim with the following plugins:
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-        1. [pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen).
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-        2. [vim-powerline](https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline).
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-        3. [bbye for :Bdelete](https://github.com/moll/vim-bbye).
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-        4. [nerdtree](https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree).
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-        5. [taglist](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=273).
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-        6. [file-line](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2184).
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-        7. [visual-star-search](http://got-ravings.blogspot.com/2008/07/vim-pr0n-visual-search-mappings.html).
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+        1. [pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen), the Vim plugin manager.
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+        2. [vim-powerline](https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline), for a better Vim statusline.
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+        3. [bbye for :Bdelete](https://github.com/moll/vim-bbye), to delete buffers without affecting windows.
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+        4. [nerdtree](https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree), a better filesystem tree-view explorer.
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+        5. [taglist](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=273), a ctags tree-view explorer.
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+        6. [file-line](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2184), to open file:line as from a compiler error.
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+        7. [visual-star-search](http://got-ravings.blogspot.com/2008/07/vim-pr0n-visual-search-mappings.html), so * and # work in visual mode too.
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         8. Assorted favorite colors like [desert](https://github.com/dblume/desert.vim).
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 3. .gitconfig (but it needs vimdiff and github settings.)
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 #### What's not installed
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-1. Private or public keys, get those from the USB4 bioport in the back of your neck.
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+1. Private data like keys, get those from the USB4 bioport in the back of your neck.
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 ### Is it any good?
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 echo Note: Your old dotfiles are backed up to $backup_dir
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-# Move new dot files in
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-mv .bashrc $HOME
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-mv .bash_profile $HOME
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-mv .gitconfig $HOME
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-mv .vim $HOME
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+# Move new dot files in.
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+# If you cloned the repo, consider making symbolic links instead,
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+# to more easily keep this home directory current by pulling updates.
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+cp .bashrc $HOME
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+cp .bash_profile $HOME
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+cp .gitconfig $HOME
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+cp -r .vim $HOME
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 # Make a directory for vim undo
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 if [ ! -d $HOME/.vim_undo ]; then
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