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0 pointsDigitalJack9y ago0 comments

I used to customize vim quite a bit, but I got tired of trying to sync my config across multiple systems, some behind corporate firewalls.

I run into this with TMUX too. It's a pain when you are used to your specific config to the point that it's hard to use the default config.

I got into emacs when I started lisping, but vastly prefer vim's keyboarding and macros. So when spacemacs came about, I jumped on board and love it. The power of emacs and the sense of vim.

Plus, I don't have to customize spacemacs aside from enabling modules I want... very easy to do. Very easy to keep in sync across multiple machines.

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ThrustVectoring9y ago

If `git pull` works, I recommend just putting all your dotfiles in a git repository. If `git pull` doesn't work, then you've got Problems.

Tenoke9y ago

Or you know, you're ssh'd into a machine, that other developers use, too; has specific networking requirements, etc..

bartvk9y ago

For shared accounts, it's really annoying if others mess with settings. For that reason, I use the following piece of shell code that I put in .bashrc. Explanation: you configure the MYMACHINE variable as the IP address you usually come from.

  # If we're logging in through SSH, write this down
  if [ -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]; then
    # Alternative settings
    MYMACHINE="172.16.140.14"
    FROM=`echo $SSH_CLIENT | cut -f1 -d" "`
    case $FROM in
      *$MYMACHINE)
        export TMOUT=180 #Logout after 3 minutes
        set -o vi
        # all sorts of other settings
      ;;
    esac
  fi

freehunter9y ago

Yep. I spend all day connected to machines that I have to access through a jump server because they have no direct internet access in or out themselves. No way is it worth it for me to customize anything there.

I realize that this is a pretty rare situation though.

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milesrout9y ago

>I used to customize vim quite a bit, but I got tired of trying to sync my config across multiple systems, some behind corporate firewalls.

Mine is on github. https://github.com/milesrout/.vim

I can operate without it, though. The only thing is that I always have swap : and ;.

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