My VIM RC File

.vimrc

" call plug#begin()
" Make sure you use single quotes
set nocompatible
filetype off

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim

"VIM customizations
" General Config {

set digraph "enable input of special characters by a digraph, ex a -> ^H -> : => umlaut a

set hid "Allow hiding buffers even though they contain mods which haven't been written to associated file

set ru "ruler show ruler for cursor in its current position
set bs=2 "backspace - backspace with this value will move the cursor over autoindent and SOL/EOL

set fo=cqrt "formatoptions - adding r flag to avoid inserting comment tags on new lines

set ls=2 "laststatus - show a status line even with one window

set shm=at "shortmess - shortens all msgs and avoids scrolling/press a key prompt

"set tw=72 "textwidth - explicitly sets the width of text to 72

"whichwrap - select which commands wrap the cursor around the line borders (left, right, h, l)
set ww=<,>,h,l
set list "list listchars - options for hidden characters like EOL, TAB, trailing spaces

set lcs=tab:»·
set lcs+=trail:·

"viminfo - save session info
set vi=%,'50
set vi+=\"100,:100
set vi+=n~/.viminfo

"}

"Colors {
syntax enable
"}

" Spaces and Tabs {
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
"set expandtab
"add recursive sub directories to path
set path+=**
" }

"UI Config {
set number
set showcmd
set cursorline
filetype indent on
set wildmenu
"set wildignore
"set wildignorecase
set lazyredraw
set showmatch
" }

" SEARCHING {
set incsearch " incremental search
set hlsearch  " highlight search

nnoremap <leader><space> :nohlsearch<CR> "turn off search highlight
" }

" FOLDING {
"set foldenable
"set foldlevelstart
"set foldnestmax=10
" }

" MOVEMENT {

nnoremap j gj 		" move vertically by visual line
nnoremap k gk

"nnoremap B ^ 		" move to beginning/end of line
"nnoremap E $

"nnoremap $ <nop> 	"make $ and ^ do nothing
"nnoremap ^ <nop>
" }

"LEADER SHORTCUTS {
let mapleader=","
"jk is escape
inoremap jk <esc>
"toggle gundo
nnoremap <leader>u :GundoToggle<CR>

" edit vimrc/zshrc and load vimrc bindings
nnoremap <leader>ev :vsp $MYVIMRC<CR>
nnoremap <leader>ez :vsp ~/.zshrc<CR>
nnoremap <leader>sv :source $MYVIMRC<CR>


nnoremap <leader>a :Ag

"}

"CtrlP Settings {
let g:ctrlp_match_window = 'bottom,order:ttb' "order matching files top to bottom
let g:ctrlp_switch_buffer = 0 " open files in new buffers
"let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode = 0 "change working directory during vim session and have ctrlp respect that
let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'ag %s -l --nocolor --hidden -g ""' "make ctrlP work with Ag

"}
" Plugins {
call vundle#begin()


Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'
Plugin 'tpope/vim-sensible'
Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive'

Plugin 'Valloric/YouCompleteMe'
Plugin 'scrooloose/syntastic'
Plugin 'SirVer/ultisnips'
Plugin 'edsono/vim-matchit'
Plugin 'honza/vim-snippets'
Plugin 'justinmk/vim-sneak'
Plugin 'kien/ctrlp.vim'
Plugin 'majutsushi/tagbar'
Plugin 'plasticboy/vim-markdown'
Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdcommenter'
Plugin 'tpope/vim-sleuth'
Plugin 'tpope/vim-surround'
Plugin 'tyru/open-browser.vim'
Plugin 'vim-scripts/a.vim'
"Plugin 'Figlet.vim'
Plugin 'fadein/vim-figlet'

" User Interface
Plugin 'ryanoasis/vim-devicons'
Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdtree'
"Plugin 'bling/vim-airline'
Plugin 'powerline/powerline'
Plugin 'easymotion/vim-easymotion'
Plugin 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
Plugin 'mhinz/vim-startify'
" Install nerdfont to enable devicons below ->



" Languages
Plugin 'stanangeloff/php.vim'
Plugin 'tpope/vim-rails'
Plugin 'pangloss/vim-javascript'
Plugin 'vim-ruby/vim-ruby'
Plugin 'fatih/vim-go'
Plugin 'othree/html5.vim'
Plugin 'elzr/vim-json'
Plugin 'mxw/vim-jsx'
Plugin 'L9'
Plugin 'digitaltoad/vim-jade'
Plugin 'rust-lang/rust.vim'
Plugin 'leafgarland/typescript-vim'
Plugin 'ap/vim-css-color'
Plugin 'ekalinin/dockerfile.vim'
Plugin 'othree/javascript-libraries-syntax.vim'
Plugin 'maksimr/vim-jsbeautify'
Plugin 'octol/vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight'
Plugin 'chrisbra/csv.vim'
Plugin 'joonty/vdebug'
Plugin 'sukima/xmledit'


" Integrations
Plugin 'mattn/gist-vim'
Plugin 'tpope/vim-eunuch'
Plugin 'rking/ag.vim'


" Editing
Plugin 'godlygeek/tabular'
" Plugin 'ervandew/supertab'
Plugin 'mattn/emmet-vim'
Plugin 'tpope/vim-repeat'
Plugin 'shougo/unite.vim'
Plugin 'raimondi/delimitmate'
Plugin 'sjl/gundo.vim'
Plugin 'taglist.vim'
Plugin 'groenewege/vim-less'
Plugin 'christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator'
Plugin 'tpope/vim-abolish'
Plugin 'bkad/camelcasemotion'

" Color Schemes
"Plugin 'vim-colors-solarized'
"Plugin 'tomasr/molokai'
Plugin 'flazz/vim-colorschemes'
"Plugin 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes'
"Plugin 'morhetz/gruvbox'
Plugin 'sjl/badwolf'

"Add all Plugins before the following line
call vundle#end() "required
filetype plugin indent on "required
" }
"help
"PluginList
"PluginInstall
"PluginSearch foo
":PluginClean confirms removal of unused plugins; append ! to autoapprove
"removal
"nerdtree shit"
"open nerdtree on vim open and switch to editor pane
"autocmd vimenter * NERDTree
"autocmd vimenter * wincmd p
colorscheme badwolf
map <C-n> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
" Syntastic settings
set statusline+=%#warningmsg#
set statusline+=%{SyntasticStatuslineFlag()}
set statusline+=%*

let g:syntastic_always_populate_loc_list = 1
let g:synastic_auto_loc_list = 1
let g:syntastic_check_on_open = 1
let g:syntastic_check_on_wq = 0
" <Ctrl - l> redraws the screen and removes any search highlighting
nnoremap <silent> <C-l> :nohl<CR><C-l>
let g:ycm_rust_src_path = '~/rust/src'

build_vim.sh

#!/bin/sh
sudo apt remove --purge vim vim-runtime vim-gnome vim-tiny vim-gui-common
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/vim
sudo rm /usr/bin/vim

# dependencies: #thanks to github user yech1990
sudo apt install liblua5.1-dev luajit libluajit-5.1 \
	         python-dev ruby-dev libperl-dev libncurses5-dev \
	         libatk1.0-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev
sudo mkdir /usr/include/lua5.1/include
sudo cp /usr/include/lua5.1/*.h /usr/include/lua5.1/include/

# clean:
sudo make distclean
sudo ./configure --with-features=huge \
                --enable-largefile \
                --disable-netbeans \
        --enable-pythoninterp \
                --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config \
        --enable-python3interp \
                --with-python3-config-dir=/usr/lib/python3.5/config-3.5m-x86_64-linux-gnu \
        --enable-perlinterp \
        --enable-rubyinterp \
        --enable-luainterp \
                --with-luajit \
                --enable-fail-if-missing \
                --with-lua-prefix=/usr/include/lua5.1 \
                --enable-cscope
sudo make -j8
sudo make install

Installation Instructions:
update vim
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim
sudo apt-get update
Install Vundle
git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
run vim
:PluginInstall

**building vim:

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