![]() ![]() ![]() first stepsīefore you start configuring Vim you should start with getting to know it. ![]() You’ll get the Cream editor with that based on Vim, but I didn’t want that cause it’s not quite pure Vim anymore (not modal for example). If you really don’t want to setup Chocolatey (but you should really) you can also get the Windows binaries from vim.org, or the Cream ones. To install using Chocolatey, type this from a command shell (run in administrator mode): choco install vim It’s a NuGet based software package manager and if you’re a software developer or have to install systems a lot, I’m sure you’ll love it. It installs the Cream Windows flavored Vim for you from Sourceforge and sets up your system path so you can run “vim” and “gvim” to start the editor from the command line if you want to.Ĭhocolatey itself is like apt-get for Windows. The easiest way to install gVim (the non-console version) on Windows is by using the Vim Chocolatey package. The goal here is to get Vim set up on a Windows box, make it work like a Windows app and make it look like something you aren’t afraid of being seen with (that default layout, euhm, seriously…). I tried it 2 times before already, but I gave up every time after a few hours or days because of the steep learning curve and the fact that nothing seemed to work the way I’m used to. So you want to make the plunge and check out what that awesome Vim editor is all about on a Windows machine? I did about a year ago, and this time I actually stuck with it. ![]()
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