Textmate alternative with vim?

Question

Is there a way to use the vim editor like the mac textmate editor ? I am searching a easy configuration or plugin.

• a split screen or a panel for directorys
• currently opend files

or many cool stuff like textmate.

is there any plugin for the vi - vim editor or configuration tutorial aviable ?

Answer 1

The main plugins you might be interested in will be:

SnipMate (Textmate-like snippets), Nerdtree (directory browser), Minibufexplorer (manage multiple buffers) and taglist (Make use of C-tags for an object browser).

You can find these plugins and more at http://vim.org/

Answer 2

You could start by following http://blog.danielfischer.com/2010/11/19/a-starting-guide-to-vim-from-textmate/

Answer 3

Vimmate is an effort to do just what you ask. The only problem is that it seems abandonware. But it works for me.

You can try it by doing sudo gem install VimMate.

Answer 4

If you want Textmate alternative for Linux. Try this

1) Gedit with Gedit-gmate and Gedit-plugins https://github.com/gmate/gmate

2) Redcar https://github.com/redcar/redcar/wiki/installation

Answer 5

Or, alternate approachs:

• Vico, editor with Vi keybindings and support for some TextMate bundles
• TextMateVim, TextMate plugin to add some Vi keybindings