Vimified

Dev tools

editor configuration

SHOW HN2012

15points
18comments
#1,074of 1,677 in 2012
Top 65%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.36.

Idea: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good plugin selection

    From 1 comment
  • Steps in the right direction compared to Janus

    From 1 comment
    • "The Ultimate Vim Configuration" is like saying "The Ultimate Pair of Pants." No matter how hard you try, one size just doesn't fit all. That having been said, projects like this…
      Calamitous on HN

Objections

  • One config does not fit everyone; users want to control their own vimrc

    From 3 comments
    • "The Ultimate Vim Configuration" is like saying "The Ultimate Pair of Pants." No matter how hard you try, one size just doesn't fit all. That having been said, projects like this…
      Calamitous on HN
    • Thanks for the hard work, but the only person that should decide what is or not in my .vim folder and my .vimrc is me. Also the name doesn't seem very good to me : "vimifying"…
      johncoltrane on HN
    • I appreciate what you're doing. Whatever you do try not to hinder people learning vim as a core. After installing Janus, I decided that I wasn't learning Vim anymore, I was…
      brandoncordell on HN
  • Plugins listed lack descriptions and explanation

    From 1 comment
    • I wish each plugin listed had a descriptive paragraph instead of just a one liner. I've meticulously curated my vimrc to accommodate my particular work-flow and visual…
      vectorpush on HN
  • Less feature-rich than spf13-vim and no Windows support

    From 2 comments
    • At the moment spf13-vim is, indeed, more feature-rich. There is also no Windows support yet. I'll provide a way to easily select plugin sets for a specific language/technology.…
      zaiste on HN
    • Why should I choose vimified over spf13-vim? [Especially because I am on Windows and I don't see any details about Windows support.] Also, why should I install plugins about…
      solutionyogi on HN
  • Name is misleading since vimify means making things more Vim-like

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks for the hard work, but the only person that should decide what is or not in my .vim folder and my .vimrc is me. Also the name doesn't seem very good to me : "vimifying"…
      johncoltrane on HN
  • Vim freezes at 100% CPU on startup and yankring errors on missing directory

    From 1 comment
    • Vim completely freezes and consumes 100% cpu right after starting up. Also, the yankring plugin has a problem with non-existant ~/.vim/tmp directory.
      karinqe on HN

Requests

  • Descriptive documentation for each plugin

    From 1 comment
    • I wish each plugin listed had a descriptive paragraph instead of just a one liner. I've meticulously curated my vimrc to accommodate my particular work-flow and visual…
      vectorpush on HN
  • Windows support

    From 1 comment
    • Why should I choose vimified over spf13-vim? [Especially because I am on Windows and I don't see any details about Windows support.] Also, why should I install plugins about…
      solutionyogi on HN
  • Plugin sets for specific languages

    From 1 comment
    • At the moment spf13-vim is, indeed, more feature-rich. There is also no Windows support yet. I'll provide a way to easily select plugin sets for a specific language/technology.…
      zaiste on HN
  • Installation instructions for MacVim

    From 1 comment
  • Boot time comparison with stock Vim

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • Why choose this over spf13-vim or astrails/dotvim

    From 2 comments
    • Why should I choose vimified over spf13-vim? [Especially because I am on Windows and I don't see any details about Windows support.] Also, why should I install plugins about…
      solutionyogi on HN
    • How is this better then https://github.com/astrails/dotvim ? :) The readme is better and does not pretends to be ultimate, just a pretty good one ;)
      Vitaly on HN
  • How does boot time compare to stock Vim

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Janus

    From 1 comment
    • I appreciate what you're doing. Whatever you do try not to hinder people learning vim as a core. After installing Janus, I decided that I wasn't learning Vim anymore, I was…
      brandoncordell on HN
  • spf13-vim

    From 1 comment
    • Why should I choose vimified over spf13-vim? [Especially because I am on Windows and I don't see any details about Windows support.] Also, why should I install plugins about…
      solutionyogi on HN
  • astrails/dotvim

    From 1 comment
    • check out https://github.com/astrails/dotvim instead. pretty good readme
      Vitaly on HN

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