Chapter 2: Installing Plugins

Chapter Overview

Part I: Getting Modern Vim | Tips 5-8

Plugin management in modern Vim.

Tips in This Chapter

Tip Title Mastered

5

Install minpac

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6

Install Plugins with minpac

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7

Manage Plugins with minpac

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8

Understand minpac’s Types

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Key Concepts

Plugin manager comparison and minpac architecture.

My Setup: lazy.nvim

The book uses minpac. I use lazy.nvim:

minpac lazy.nvim

minpac#add()

{ "repo/plugin" }

minpac#update()

:Lazy sync

opt type

lazy = true

Commands Learned

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Practice

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Config Ideas

-- Ideas from this chapter

Questions

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Chapter Complete

  • Read entire chapter

  • Understood plugin manager concepts

  • Compared with lazy.nvim

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