Configure gVim on Windows
Version Info
gVim version 8.1.1 8.2.0577 for Windows
Initialize
First add these lines to _vimrc.
set nocompatible
set autoread
set shortmess=atI
set magic
set title
set nobackup
set noerrorbells
set visualbell t_vb=
set t_vb=
set timeoutlen=500
set fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,cp936,gb18030,big5,euc-jp,euc-kr,latin1
set fileformats=unix,dos,mac
set termencoding=utf-8
set formatoptions+=m
set formatoptions+=B
set guifont=Source\ Code\ Pro:h14
set ruler
set number
set nowrap
set showcmd
set showmode
set showmatch
set matchtime=2
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set expandtab
set smarttab
set shiftround
set autoindent smartindent shiftround
set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set cursorcolumn
set cursorline
filetype on
syntax on
set foldmethod=syntax
set nofoldenable
Install Theme: Solarized
[github author=“altercation” project=“vim-colors-solarized”][/github]
Download theme and unpack *.zip. Add Solarized.vim to /Vim/vim81/color directory.Then add this line to _vimrc.
colorscheme Solarized
Install Vim-plug package manager
Vim轻量高效插件管理神器vim-plug介绍-Vim插件(9) 如何安装 Vim 插件
Install Vim-plug
First download the plug.vim and put it into the /autoload directory. I find there’s already a plug.vim. Maybe it’s built-in at Vim ver. 8.1.
Add these lines to _vimrc.
call plug#begin('D:\Program\ Files\ (x86)\Vim\vim81\pack')
call plug#end()
Restart Vim. An error indication:
[vim-plug] git executable not found. Most commands
It’s because Win10 doesn’t have a git as a built-in.[ref]win10下vim提示git executable not found怎么办[/ref] Install Git.
Install Git[ref] Git for Windows [/ref]
Download Git 2.33.0.2-64-bit.exe. Install. Restart Vim. The error indication disappears.
Use Vim-plug to install plugin
Add a github link to the “call plug” mentioned. Then in any gVim window, use command mode, type :PlugInstall. The plugin will be automatically installed.
example:
[github author = “preservim” project = “nerdtree”][/github]
Its URL is https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree. Add a line to _vimrc.
call plug#begin('D:\Program\ Files\ (x86)\Vim\vim81\pack')
Plug 'vim-syntastic/syntastic'
Plug 'preservim/nerdtree'
call plug#end()
Then open any file in gVim, type :PlugInstall, the plugin is automatically installed.
vim-plug window
Plugin: YouCompleteMe
Installing YouCompleteMe is a very complicated and annoying process… But it’s a very very powerful tool.
Install YCM Plugin
[github author = “ycm-core” project = “YouCompleteMe#windows”][/github]
Install it by vim-plug.
Upgrade Vim
[admonition title=“Note” color=“orange”]You should backup your theme and _vimrc before each time you upgrade Vim. They will be deleted.[/admonition]
When open any file, there’s an error “YouCompleteMe unavailable: requires Vim 8.1.2269+”. Sadly my version is 8.1.1, so I have to upgrade it. I’m afraid I have to re-edit lots of settings.
Download vim at github.
[github author=“vim” project=“vim-win32-installer”][/github]
The setup automatically deleted the old version. Glad that I don’t have to change a lot. Download “plug.vim” for vim-plug and put it in /vim/vim82/autoload. Then do this change and reinstall plugins.
call plug#begin('D:\Program\ Files\ (x86)\Vim\vim81\pack')
->
call plug#begin('D:\Program\ Files\ (x86)\Vim\vim82\pack')
Install Python
Install Cmake
Microsoft VS2019
Already exist in the computer.
Configure YCM
go to the directory D:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim82\pack\YouCompleteMe. Run cmd.
type in
python install.py –clangd-completer
Return:
File D:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim82\pack\YouCompleteMe\third_party\ycmd\build.py does not exist; you probably forgot to run: git submodule update –init –recursive
Run the code it told, return:
fatal: could not get a repository handle for submodule ’third_party/ycmd'
Find a help here: YouCompleteMe 安装过程记录 2021 - 码农教程
Go to directory and run cmd, code:
git clone https://bitbucket.org/mrabarnett/mrab-regex.git
Return:
D:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim82\pack\YouCompleteMe\third_party\ycmd\mrab-regex>git clone https://bitbucket.org/mrabarnett/mrab-regex.git Cloning into ‘mrab-regex’… Receiving objects: 100% (4768/4768), 48.52 MiB 1.01 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (756/756), done
return to the ycm dir, repeat the operation.
Things turn out that there are many files missing in my plugin dir. So I deleted them all, enable VPN and install YCM and it’s core again. It works, in the ycmd dir many files appears. Then I tried again:
python install.py --clangd-completer
And python runs normally, despite some warnings.
Some warnings
And it automatically installed clang. Now the python install procejure is done.
Then set encoding=utf-8. Before doing this, in order to keep the menus from becoming messy code, i have to change language to English. That’s to add this line as the first line of _vimrc:
set langmenu=none
Then add set encoding=utf-8 to _vimrc, it works well.
Now when I open a file in vim, it errors:
YouCompleteMe unavailable: unable to load Python.
Go on finding solution, there’s one saying that 32-bit vim isn’t compatible with 64-bit python. So i should get a 64-bit vim. But first i’ll try if editing the _vimrc can solve the problem.
type :echo has(‘python3’), it returns 0.
0
type :set pythonthreedll?, it returns python3.8.
But my python is 3.6. Add a line in the _vimrc.
set pythonthreedll=python36.dll
And it works. No error happens when i start vim.
Ohhhhhhhhh
YouCompleteMe is working properly now.
Conclusion: In my installing process, the biggest problem lies in the missing files. Next time installing YCM (especially at places where GitHub isn’t completely accessible), pay more attention to files integrity.
Some other references are listed here. Vim插件YouCompleteMe安装记录（号称最难装的Vim插件？） YouCompleteMe 安装过程记录 2021 Vim8安装插件YouCompleteMe踩到的
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