For an effective terminal setup, I recommend a terminal tiler. I use the tiling window manager that comes with Pop!_OS.

Dependencies

• fd
• fzf
• vim-plug
• bashmarks
• bat (optional)

Installation

Run the interactive install script:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/22or/dotfiles/refs/heads/master/install.sh | bash

.bashrc

Shell prompt

Two-line prompt. Falls back to plain user@host:path$ in terminals without color support.

ff — Project-wide content search

Interactive search over file contents in the current directory tree, powered by grep + fzf. Ignores .git, node_modules, dist, build, etc. and binary file types.

bashmarks — directory bookmarks

Taken from the bashmarks README:

s <bookmark_name> - Saves the current directory as "bookmark_name"
g <bookmark_name> - Goes (cd) to the directory associated with "bookmark_name"
p <bookmark_name> - Prints the directory associated with "bookmark_name"
d <bookmark_name> - Deletes the bookmark
l                 - Lists all available bookmarks

run — C++ runner for competitive programming

Compiles and runs a .cpp file with -std=c++17 -O2, then removes the temporary binary on exit, interrupt, or error.

run file.cpp [extra g++ flags]

.vimrc

Plugins managed with vim-plug

vim-lsp + vim-lsp-settings — LSP

• Provides error checking, syntax highlighting, hover tooltips, etc.
• I use Bear to generate a compilation database

vista.vim — symbol navigation

• Depends on vim-lsp
• LSP and file path suggestions
• <Leader>f opens a symbol selector window

asyncomplete.vim + asyncomplete-lsp.vim + asyncomplete-file.vim — autocomplete

• Depends on vim-lsp
• <Tab> and <S-Tab> to cycle through options

fzf.vim — file navigation

• <C-p> opens a file selector window

Other plugins

• context.vim — make context lines (functions, if-statements, for-loops, etc.) stick to the top
• vim-signature — show signs for Vim marks
• vim-operator-highlight — robust syntax highlighting for operators

GTK File Chooser Support

On write, automatically logs the file in GTK's RecentManager so files edited in Vim appear in recent files across GTK apps (like the GNOME file chooser).

Checks for GTK presence and headlessness so it's safe to use over SSH.