Vim Plugins/Extensions on PE Hosts

We allow the following plugins on the PE nodes during the practical exams.

Note that for your labs, you are free to install any plugins you find useful.

Background

vim plugins are installed under ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start. We will auto-create this directory for you in the exam environment.

vim colorschemes are installed under ~/.vim/colors. You put <scheme>.vim under ~/.vim/colors directly.

We have installed the Sweeter-than-Fiction colorscheme bundle under ~cs2030s/.vim/colors.

To use this, run

1	`ln -s ~cs2030s/.vim/vim-colorschemes/colors ~/.vim/colors`

After that, your can change your vim color scheme as usual.

1	`:color gruvbox`

The bundle includes some of the popularly requested color schemes, such as monokai, solarized, and gruvbox

DelimitMate is a plugin that automatically inserts a closing }, ), >, etc when you type the opening symbol.

To install this plugin in the exam environment, run

1	`ln -s ~cs2030s/.vim/vim-plugins/delimitMate ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start`

vim-rainbow is a plugin that matches opening and closing brackets and colors the matching pairs with matching colors.

To install this plugin in the exam environment, run

1	`ln -s ~cs2030s/.vim/vim-plugins/vim-rainbow ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start`

The following line will be added on your ~/.vimrc in the environment:

1	`let g:rainbow_active = 1`

NERDTree provides a file browsing pane on the left (activated with :NERDTree).

To install this plugin in the exam environment, run

1	`ln -s ~cs2030s/.vim/vim-plugins/nerdtree ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start`

Lightline provides a more useful status line for vim.

To install this plugin in the exam environment, run

1	`ln -s ~cs2030s/.vim/vim-plugins/lightline ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start`

The following plugins are not allowed as they provide too much help for writing Java programs.