Sorry I searched for answer to the above question but none matched my exact situation. I am a beginner at vim and trying to set it up for C++ programming. I am using Xubuntu 14.04 and installed vim using sudo-apt and I also installed YouCompleteMe plugin using the following
apt-get install vim-youcompleteme
apt-get install vim-addon-manager
vam install youcompleteme
And YouCompleteMe works perfectly and then I installed NERDTree by simply downloading the zip file at the link http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1658 and extracting it in ~/.vim folder and NERDTree also works fine. Then I installed pathogen for vim using the instructions given at the link https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen and my ~/.vimrc looks like
" All system-wide defaults are set in $VIMRUNTIME/debian.vim and sourced by
" the call to :runtime you can find below. If you wish to change any of those
" settings, you should do it in this file (/etc/vim/vimrc), since debian.vim
" will be overwritten everytime an upgrade of the vim packages is performed.
" It is recommended to make changes after sourcing debian.vim since it alters
" the value of the 'compatible' option.
" This line should not be removed as it ensures that various options are
" properly set to work with the Vim-related packages available in Debian.
runtime! debian.vim
" Uncomment the next line to make Vim more Vi-compatible
" NOTE: debian.vim sets 'nocompatible'. Setting 'compatible' changes numerous
" options, so any other options should be set AFTER setting 'compatible'.
"set compatible
" Vim5 and later versions support syntax highlighting. Uncommenting the next
" line enables syntax highlighting by default.
if has("syntax")
syntax on
endif
execute pathogen#infect()
" If using a dark background within the editing area and syntax highlighting
" turn on this option as well
set background=dark
" Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when
" reopening a file
"if has("autocmd")
" au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif
"endif
" Uncomment the following to have Vim load indentation rules and plugins
" according to the detected filetype.
"if has("autocmd")
" filetype plugin indent on
"endif
" The following are commented out as they cause vim to behave a lot
" differently from regular Vi. They are highly recommended though.
set showcmd " Show (partial) command in status line.
set showmatch " Show matching brackets.
set ignorecase " Do case insensitive matching
set smartcase " Do smart case matching
set incsearch " Incremental search
set autowrite " Automatically save before commands like :next and :make
set hidden " Hide buffers when they are abandoned
set mouse=a " Enable mouse usage (all modes)
set exrc
" Source a global configuration file if available
if filereadable("/etc/vim/vimrc.local")
source /etc/vim/vimrc.local
endif
Then I installed SnipMate using the instruction for Pathogen given at vim-snipmate repository by Garbas (Sorry I couldn't post more than two links) And it looks like the snipmate plugin is active in vim because when I do :imap I get the following output
i <Nul> * <C-X><C-O><C-P>
i <Up> * pumvisible() ? "\<C-P>" : "\<Up>"
i <Down> * pumvisible() ? "\<C-N>" : "\<Down>"
i <S-Tab> * pumvisible() ? "\<C-P>" : "\<S-Tab>"
i <Plug>snipMateShow * <C-R>=snipMate#ShowAvailableSnips()<CR>
i <Plug>snipMateBack * <C-R>=snipMate#BackwardsSnippet()<CR>
i <Plug>snipMateTrigger * <C-R>=snipMate#TriggerSnippet(1)<CR>
i <Plug>snipMateNextOrTrigger * <C-R>=snipMate#TriggerSnippet()<CR>
i <Tab> * pumvisible() ? "\<C-N>" : "\<Tab>"
i <C-R><Tab> <Plug>snipMateShow
Press ENTER or type command to continue
So according to the above output the snipmate should trigger for me when I enter the shortcut and press Ctrl+R but it doesn't work. However when I press Ctrl+R+Tab I see a list of snippets but they don't work when I select any one of them. For example cpp.snippets in /home/username/.vim/bundle/vim-snippets/snippets/ has an entry like
# for i
snippet fori
for (int ${2:i} = 0; $2 < ${1:count}; $2${3:++}) {
${4}
}
and when I press Ctrl+R+Tab I see a list in which I can see fori but when I select fori from the list it just appears as fori verbatim in my vim file. I am really not sure what else to try to make it work. I would really appreciate any help to get SnipMate working with vim.
