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+" vim-plug section
+call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
+
+	Plug 'fatih/vim-go', { 'do': ':GoUpdateBinaries' }
+
+	" nerdtree and friends
+	Plug 'preservim/nerdtree'
+	Plug 'Xuyuanp/nerdtree-git-plugin'
+
+	" eye candy baby
+	Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
+	Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes'
+
+	" Git wrapper
+	Plug 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
+
+	" automatically close pairs of quotes, parenths, whatever
+	Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs'
+
+	" rainbow brackets
+	Plug 'luochen1990/rainbow'
+
+	" Themes
+	Plug 'christophermca/meta5'
+	Plug 'atahabaki/archman-vim'
+	Plug 'embark-theme/vim', { 'as': 'embark' }
+	Plug 'ghifarit53/tokyonight-vim'
+	Plug 'Shadorain/shadotheme'
+	Plug 'fenetikm/falcon'
+	Plug 'itchyny/landscape.vim'
+	
+	" always load this last!
+	Plug 'ryanoasis/vim-devicons'
+
+" Initialize plugin system
+call plug#end()
+
+" flash screen instead of bell
+set visualbell
+
+set guifont=Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline\ Nerd\ Font\ Complete\ 11
+
+" open new splits to the right
+set splitright
+
+" activate go-vim plugin according to this article
+filetype plugin indent on
+" run goimports on every save
+let g:go_fmt_command = "goimports" 
+" automatically get signature/type info for object under cursor
+let g:go_auto_type_info = 1
+" enable go term for :GoRun output
+let g:go_term_enabled = 1
+" show output of :GoRun in new vsplit
+let g:go_term_mode = "vsplit"
+
+" turn off compatibility mode
+set nocp
+syntax on
+" hybrid line numbers
+set number relativenumber
+set tabstop=4
+set softtabstop=0 noexpandtab
+set autoindent
+set smartindent
+set smarttab
+
+" look into this from my mac's vimrc:
+" colorscheme slate
+
+set shiftwidth=4
+" creates ~/.cache/vim dir for swap files, if it doesn't exist
+" from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43880028
+" note: use $HOME, not ~
+if !isdirectory($HOME . "/.cache/vim")
+	call mkdir($HOME . "/.cache/vim", "p", 0700)
+endif
+
+set encoding=utf-8
+
+" https://www.shortcutfoo.comblog/top-50-vim-configuration-options/
+set dir=~/.cache/vim
+" ignore case while searching
+set ignorecase
+" incremental search shows partial matches
+set incsearch
+" avoid wrapping a line in the middle of a word
+set linebreak
+" always show cursor position
+set ruler
+" increase undo limit (default is 20)
+set history=1000
+
+" set for vim-airline theme
+set t_Co=256
+" for tokyonight
+" set termguicolors
+set background=dark
+let g:tokyonight_style = 'night'
+let g:tokyonight_enable_italic = 1
+
+colorscheme tokyonight " meta5
+
+" set airline theme
+let g:airline_theme='badwolf'
+" needed for airline + devicons
+let g:airline_power_fonts = 1
+
+" show autocomplete prompt for go files by pressing .
+" from here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/22781/how-to-recover-a-shell-after-a-disconnection/22784
+au filetype go inoremap <buffer> . .<C-x><C-o>
+
+" Ctrl-n to toggle nerd tree
+nmap <C-n> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
+let NERDTreeShowHidden=1
+
+" activate rainbow brackets
+let g:rainbow_active = 1