vim-go-ide

Get started with Go development in minutes!

0. What is this?

Quite simply this is a vim configuration which will setup all the necessary Go development environment (and plugins), without overwriting your current Vim settings. Basically, you will be able to use amazing vim-go plugin (plus number of others), without affecting your system's Vim configuration.

1. Install runtime:

Fork the repo, and then clone it to ~/.vim_go_runtime. Once done, just run installation script:

git clone [email protected]:farazdagi/vim-go-ide.git ~/.vim_go_runtime
sh ~/.vim_go_runtime/bin/install

NOTE: You system's Vim configuration will NOT be changed i.e. it is safe to install.

REQUIREMENT: vim-go-ide uses pathogen to manage plugins. You need to have pathogen installed on your machine (see farazdagi#12).

2. Run your newly installed Vim configuration:

Remember that your system's Vim config files remain untouched? During installation .vimrc.go is created. Let's use it:

vim -u ~/.vimrc.go

And btw, nothing prevents you from creation of a handy alias in your .zshrc:

alias vimgo='vim -u ~/.vimrc.go'

3. Setup necessary go tools (godep, gocode, godoc etc):

In order for the amazing vim-go to be most useful, run :GoInstallBinaries from w/i the Vim.

4. End-result:

Yep, that's it!

5. Where to go from here?

• You can also read a corresponding blog post.
• You are highly advised to review vim-go docs (just typing :help vim-go is also good enough).
• Review list of plugins installed (see bin/update_plugins), and default configuration that comes with this setup (see vimrc folder).
• You can also define your custom settings in ~/.vim_go_runtime/custom_config.vim the runtime will try to load this file - so feel free to remap keys as you see necessary!

If you know some plugin that will enhance this setup and thus should be included - submit a PR