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image:https://travis-ci.org/mhinz/vim-startify.svg?branch=travis["Build Status", link="https://travis-ci.org/mhinz/vim-startify"]
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image:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhinz/vim-startify/102aa438b2d2a88e2b4e331d8ff5320eed52f0c4/startify.png[Startify in action!]
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That's it. A fancy start screen for Vim. _(almost all visible features enabled - freely customizable)_
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* <<what-does-it-provide,What does it provide?>>
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. <<it-shows-things-on-start,List files and directories>>
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. <<powerful-menu-handling,Powerful menu entry handling>>
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. <<easy-session-handling,Easy session handling>>
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* <<installation-and-documentation,Installation & Documentation>>
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* <<author-and-feedback,Author and Feedback>>
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* <<license,License>>
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---
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== What does it provide?
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It does 3 things that will be explained in detail further below:
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=== It shows things on start!
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If you start Vim without giving any filenames or piping text to it, Startify
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will show a pretty start screen that shows a configurable list of files or
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directories:
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- *Custom header*: How about some ASCII art action?
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Perhaps even dynamically generated?
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* _Default:_ `<empty>`
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- *Recently used files from directory*: List recently modified files
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from the current directory recursively. The list can also be filtered.
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* _Default:_ `<enabled>`
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- *Recently used files*: List recently used files. The
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list can also be filtered.
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* _Default:_ `<enabled>`
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- *Sessions*: List all your sessions from a certain
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directory.
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* _Default:_ `~/.vim/session`
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- *Bookmarks*: Define bookmarks, thus entries for files that will always be
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listed.
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* _Default:_ `<empty>`
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- *Custom footer*: Same as the custom header.. but at the
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bottom.
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* _Default:_ `<empty>`
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TIP: See `:h startify-options` for more information.
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==== Powerful menu handling
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You can either navigate the menu by using the usual suspects (`j`, `G`, `}`
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etc.) and hit `<cr>` or just key in whatever is written between the square
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brackets on that line. You can even double-click anywhere on the line.
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Moreover, you can open several files at one go! Navigate to an entry and hit
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either `b` (open in same window), `s` (open in split), `v` (open in vertical
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split) or `t` (open in tab) for marking it. You can mark several entries and
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also mix different markers. Afterwards execute all the markers in the order
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they were given via `<cr>`.
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In case you don't want to open a file, there is also `e` for creating an empty
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buffer, `i` for creating an empty buffer and jumping into insert mode and `q`
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for quitting.
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When one or more files were opened by Startify, it will close automatically.
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You can always reopen the screen via `:Startify`.
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==== Easy session handling
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TIP: Please read and understand `:help 'sessionoptions'` if you work with
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sessions.
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Essentially there are two supported workflows for handling sessions that will
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be shown here:
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*The Startify way:*
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The handling of loading, saving and deleting sessions is eased by always
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working with one and the same directory. These commands are used for
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convenience:
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:SLoad load a session
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:SSave save a session
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:SDelete delete a session
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TIP: See `:h startify-commands` for more information.
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The advantage of always using the same directory is that Startify can
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conveniently show you a list of all your sessions.
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*The old way:*
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The old way means using `:mksession` to save a `Session.vim` file to the
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current directory. Imagine a project folder with a Session.vim at its root
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directory. This way makes it very portable.
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When Vim gets started and the file Session.vim is found in the current
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directory, it will be shown at the top of all lists as entry `[0]` as a
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shortcut.
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If you bookmark a directory (project folder, anyone?) that contains a
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Session.vim, and you access that directory via Startify, that session will be
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loaded automatically.
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*Optionally:*
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There is even support for *persistent sessions*. Thus you load a session via
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Startify, add some buffers, remove some buffers, change the window layout, ..
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and when you finish and exit Vim, the session will be saved automatically. This
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works for both ways of handling sessions.
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TIP: Read `:help startify-options` to learn more about how to configure session
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handling to your liking.
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== Installation and Documentation
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If you have no preferred installation method, I suggest using tpope's
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https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen[vim-pathogen]. Afterwards installing
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vim-startify is as easy as pie:
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$ git clone https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify ~/.vim/bundle/vim-startify
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$ vim
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It works without any configuration, but you might want to look into the
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documentation for further customization:
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:Helptags " rebuilding tags files
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:h startify
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:h startify-faq
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== Author and Feedback
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If you like my plugins, please star them on Github. It's a great way of getting
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feedback. Same goes for issues reports or feature requests.
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*Names:* Marco Hinz, mhinz, mhi^, mhi
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*Mail:* `<mh.codebro@gmail.com>`
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*Twitter:* https://twitter.com/\_mhinz_[@\_mhinz_]
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*Stackoverflow:* http://stackoverflow.com/users/1606959/mhinz[mhinz]
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_Thank you for flying mhi airlines. Get your Vim on!_
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== License
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MIT license. Copyright (c) 2015 Marco Hinz.
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