Vim plugins and config walkthrough

I really want to use&#x2F;like Vim. Sounds like I&#x27;m going to say it not great, but actually this might be a call for help...<p>I have used Vim for a couple years I think, maybe more now and learned enough to write my own vimrc file from scratch, understanding all the parts I&#x27;m adding, what they do and why and sync it via version control etc etc.<p>I use it on every server I administer&#x2F;whenever I use the terminal.<p>I&#x27;ve added many of the plugins mentioned here, they&#x27;re great.<p>But I just can&#x27;t get around the visual layout and moving throughout a project&#x2F;codebase. Maybe it&#x27;s my brain, but I highly value visual representation of the open files I&#x27;m working on.<p>Something like Sublime Text with the open tabs visible is just key for me. I can replicate the sidebar with NERDTree which is OK (still a bit annoying navigating it but whatever) but how can I do the same regarding tabs. Alright buffers, you know what I mean. I want to see a visual representation of the files I&#x27;ve got open, not through CtrlP or a key combo, but on screen like in Sublime Text.<p>Can it be done?

The problem of these kind of articles is that it shows to people who are unfamiliar with vim how hard is it to use it, and how many plugins you need to make it usable.<p>But I think that most people who use vim everyday just started with the most basic vim during several months and then they added one plugin, then two, then three.<p>But plugins are not mandatory in vim, and you don&#x27;t need to remember all the shorcuts either,<p>I use vim a lot and I use my mouse for a lot of things in vim, and I don&#x27;t know how to go 15th line below at the third word of the line because I use the mouse.

I hate to be that guy but most people have moved on from Vundle and use VimPlug now.

Well, in every blogpost about a editor or IDE there&#x27;s gotta be someone who starts a flamewar. It&#x27;s my turn I guess. I am a diehard Vimmer. I use Vi bindings system-wide. I&#x27;ve been using Vim for many years. Yet one day I woke up and I realized - Emacs is better Vim than Vim. Vimmers, if you think I&#x27;m trolling, try Spacemacs for yourselves. I guarantee - you&#x27;d be amazed.