Quick step by step instructions to get you started with the Vim plugin manager vim-plug.
a- Install the vim-plug package (Arch) from the AUR repo
aur/vim-plug 0.10.0-1 [installed] (19) (0.05)
A vim plugin manager
b. Configure your ~/.vimrc with a section for the new plugins. This is where you will define all the plugins that you want to use. I would also add this section at the top of your file.
"==============================================================================
" Plugin Manager
"==============================================================================
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
" Initialize plugin system
call plug#end()
c. Add a plugin to the plugin section. If you don’t know what to add you can start with vim-illuminate, which highlights multiple instances of the same word that is under the cursor.
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
"Vim plugin for selectively illuminating other uses of the current word under the cursor
"https://github.com/RRethy/vim-illuminate
Plug 'RRethy/vim-illuminate'
" Initialize plugin system
call plug#end()
d. Now open a file with vim, or if you already have a file open, source your vimrc with :source ~/.vimrc
e. Now that we have the plugin section and a plugin defined, call vim-plug to install your plugin with :PlugInstall
And that’s it! You are ready to start using your new plugin.
Whenever you want to install a plugin, repeat steps “c” through “e”.
