Just clone this repository into $HOME/dotfiles. Then create the following .vimrc in $HOME:

" `~/.vimrc' that source all dependencies in `~/dotfiles/vim-config'.

" set runtime path
set runtimepath+=~/dotfiles/vim-config

" load pathogen first to enable plugins
try
    source ~/dotfiles/vim-config/infect.vim
catch
endtry

" load vim configs (main config file)
try
    source ~/dotfiles/vim-config/configs.vim
catch
endtry

There are three to things to consider:

1. There might be absolute file paths in vim-config/configs.vim that I have overlooked and that need to be fixed. A pull request would be awesome because then I could fix the issue permanently in this repository.

2. Some plugins need to be compiled from source and/or have dependencies that need to be installed for the plugin to function properly (especially YouCompleteMe and racer, everything else should work without any problems). See the respective documentation of any plugin that does not work for installation instructions. It is likely that you have to delete the respective plugin in vim-config/plugins/ and re-install it from scratch.

3. Linting with ale requires the respective linters to be installed. Some documentation is provided in the ale section in configs.vim.

To add additional syntax files, create ~/.vim/syntax/ and ~/.vim/ftdetect/ if these directories don't exist. Syntax files go into the first directory, a one-line file in the second directory ensures that the filetype is detected correctly. An Oberon example:

cp ~/dotfiles/vim_config/syntax/oberon.vim ~/.vim/syntax/oberon.vim
cp ~/dotfiles/vim_config/syntax/ft.vim ~/.vim/ftdetect/oberon.vim

Install in $HOME/dotfiles/ and modify $HOME/.bashrc as follows:

# source .bashrc from $HOME/dotfiles
source $HOME/dotfiles/.bashrc

Make sure you have tmux version >=2.9 installed (i.e. the first version that uses the new configuration file syntax). Then, put the config file in $HOME/dotfiles/ and modify $HOME/.tmux.conf as follows:

# source config file
source-file ~/dotfiles/.tmux.conf

Put the following line in your .xinitrc:

xrdb ~/dotfiles/.Xresources

A bash alias exists, too. $xup will load changes in .Xresources without restarting the xserver.