The plugin manager I use is called vim-plug. Read more about it here: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug. Once you have written your config file, run :PlugInstall, but you can switch it out for any plugin manager you prefer.

The configuration should work fine for regular vim, just add the lines to your .vimrc file.

Changes worth mentioning:

• 2 space tab
• 80 col border
• relative line numbers
• :Prettier shorthand command to exec :CocCommand prettier.formatFile

Plugins worth mentioning:

• coc.nvim (used for completion)
• nerdtree (file system explorer, configured to auto init)
• emmet-vim (emmet for HTML)
• vim-rainbow (rainbow parentheses visual aid)
• vim-airline (statusbar/tabline)
• vim-javascript
• vim-typescript
• rust.vim (official rust plugin for vim)
• syntastic (syntax checking engine used by rust plugin)

• rebind j k l ; to h j k l.

• rebind h to z. horiZontal ;)

• execute picom at start.

• execute feh at start.

• execute i3lock-fancy at start.

• use ALT as MOD key.

• CTRL + MOD + DEL executes i3lock-fancy script.

• CTRL + MOD + < move workspace to left monitor

• CTRL + MOD + > move workspace to right monitor

• configure i3-gaps

picom - picom is a compositor used for transparent windows.

feh - feh is used to manage desktop wallpaper.

i3lock - lockscreen.

i3lock-fancy - i3lock-fancy is a script that takes a screenshot of your current screen, blurs it and sets it as the image for i3lock.

i3-gaps - used for gaps between windows.

I use xrender as the backend for picom as glx was giving me issues.