sachet

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editor configuration

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sachet

handcraft your Vim environment online

yoursachet.com

#vim#vimrc#vim plugins#dotfiles

183points
35comments
#82of 1,739 in 2013
Top 5%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

12 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.

Idea: 9 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for quickly setting up Vim on new machines

    From 3 comments
    • Awesome tool. Seems super useful not only for new vim users. Being a vim-pro, but using it for very specific tasks only, it always annoys the crap out of me, setting vim up with…
      julius on HN
    • This is cool. While VIM is not my main text editor I use it quite often and this is just the amount of configuration I needed. Thanks!
      flexterra on HN
    • I'm so happy you've done this; just a few weeks ago I was helping a friend who had just bought a new MBP set up their environment and I googled for this site but found nothing…
      wf on HN
  • Helpful for learning Vim and discovering plugins

    From 2 comments
    • Awesome tool man :D It's really convenience for new user to learn and use vim like pro :) Great contribution to VIM community.
      nXqd on HN
    • Looks great! I just found a few plugins that I didn't know about yet. Suggestion for future enhancement: You should add a script that we can run on the download page that…
      xur17 on HN
  • Would like similar tool for Emacs

    From 2 comments
    • Now I just need something like this for Emacs :P Although I like Vim too, so I'll try it.
      dysoco on HN
    • I'll second that, I would pay for something like this for emacs, the constant configuration and switching between linux/windows is pushing me to sublime text...
      blaedj on HN

Objections

  • Cannot set noexpandtab

    From 1 comment
    • I know this makes me some sort of monster but I'm disappointed in the lack of ability to have noexpandtab. Otherwise though, good tool, looks great.
      fournm on HN
  • Soft-tabs setting is a dropdown, unclear if standard tab config is supported

    From 1 comment
    • I notice that soft-tabs setting is a dropdown adjusting size. Does this not support a standard tab configuration?
      liquidise on HN
  • Plugin descriptions and links are hard to find

    From 3 comments
    • On the plugins page, I'd suggest adding links to the plugins themselves (whether that be a github repository or some other page) for more information about them.
      tnorthcutt on HN
    • Also I would move the description of the plugin to be under the title but above the photo. It took me a few seconds to find where the description was.
      MikeKusold on HN
    • Nice! Maby a small video preview or gif would help new users to understand what each plugin actually does? Links to the plugin sites would be great too, as they usually have…
      weazy on HN

Requests

  • Share and discover others' vim configurations and plugins socially

    From 4 comments
    • Good concept, this can become a marketplace to find and discover Vim plugins. You have moved one step ahead to easily install(but manage the same?) Little feedback: 1. Add…
      pajju on HN
    • Seconding step 2 -- vim environments, to vim-heavy developers, are a little like office spaces to me. Each has its perks; each person likes a different desk calendar; I like my…
      toki5 on HN
    • So true. I'd love to try other people's recipe as a downloadable bundle. If I could sign up and have it keep a history of downloads I made or save settings so I could go back and…
      jmathai on HN
    • This is really a great creation, please allow people to submit (and vote) plugins, count my vim-seek in as soon as that is possible! I also second the parent's suggestions,…
      goldfeld on HN
  • Clipboard integration option (unnamedplus)

    From 2 comments
    • Awesome tool. Seems super useful not only for new vim users. Being a vim-pro, but using it for very specific tasks only, it always annoys the crap out of me, setting vim up with…
      julius on HN
    • Sent a pull request for "set clipboard=unnamedplus": https://github.com/aam1r/sachet/pull/10
      Suan on HN
  • Link plugins to their documentation or repositories

    From 2 comments
    • On the plugins page, I'd suggest adding links to the plugins themselves (whether that be a github repository or some other page) for more information about them.
      tnorthcutt on HN
    • Nice! Maby a small video preview or gif would help new users to understand what each plugin actually does? Links to the plugin sites would be great too, as they usually have…
      weazy on HN
  • Install script for downloaded configuration

    From 1 comment
    • Looks great! I just found a few plugins that I didn't know about yet. Suggestion for future enhancement: You should add a script that we can run on the download page that…
      xur17 on HN
  • Offer Vundle as plugin manager alternative to Pathogen

    From 1 comment
    • Great concept! I'd suggest offering Vundle[0] as an alternative to Pathogen, or even replacing it altogether. I've found it to be a better system managing bundles by config in…
      lowboy on HN

Questions

  • Does it support standard tab configuration?

    From 1 comment
    • I notice that soft-tabs setting is a dropdown adjusting size. Does this not support a standard tab configuration?
      liquidise on HN

Alternatives named

  • amix vimrc

    From 1 comment
    • Amix vimrc does pretty goob job at making it work cross platforms. https://github.com/amix/vimrc, you guys should check this out.
      nXqd on HN
  • vimrc.info generator

    From 1 comment
    • I just randomly discovered this similar site: http://vimrc.info/generate. It lets you choose to leave settings out of your file as well as turn them on or off, but it doesn’t…
      roryokane on HN
  • Personal dotfiles on GitHub

    From 3 comments
    • I'm an OSX user, but I just created a repository (on Github) and anytime I add new plugins/configurations I try to commit those changes...as I spent a good deal of time…
      scottmey on HN
    • Yes, I also store my dotfiles in GitHub – https://github.com/roryokane/dotvim. To make installation on other computers easier, in the README, I list the shell commands to install…
      roryokane on HN
    • I have a pretty good vim setup with pathogen / git submodules: https://github.com/chris-ritsen/dotfiles For now, I have different branches setup for different systems. The build…
      s00pcan on HN

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