Vim Plug - my favorite plugin manager

I will go through vim-plug and tell you why it's the best plugin manager for Vim in the world.

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1. Vim plug
   

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2. Who Am I
   @wikimatze
   Running vimberlin.de
   Writing padrinobook.com
   

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3. The pro
   easy setup
   concise, intuitive syntax
   parallel installation/update
   on-demand loading
   

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4. Installation
   curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
   

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5. Example vimrc
   call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
   Plug 'junegunn/seoul256.vim'
   Plug 'junegunn/vim-easy-align'
   call plug#end()
   

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6. On-demand loading
   Plug 'Eckankar/vim-latex-folding', { 'for': 'tex' }
   Plug 'othree/html5-syntax.vim', { 'for': ['html', 'md'] }
   Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree', { 'on': 'NERDTreeToggle' }
   

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7. Using git URL and tag
   Plug 'https://github.com/Shougo/neosnippet.vim'
   Plug 'bling/vim-airline' , 'v0.7'
   Plug 'wikimatze/tocdown', { 'tag': 'v.1.0.1', 'on': 'TocdownToggle' }
   

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8. Post-update hook
   Plug 'Shougo/vimproc.vim', { 'do': 'make' }
   

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9. Commands I
   PlugInstall|PlugUpdate
   [name ...] … install/update
   plugins
   PlugDiff … see the
   updated changes from the
   previous PlugUpdate
   

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10. Commands II
    PlugClean[!] … remove
    unused directories (! without
    prompt)
    PlugUpgrade … upgrade
    vim-plug itself
    

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11. Commands III
    PlugStatus … Check
    the status of plugins
    (loaded?)
    PlugSnapshot [output
    path] … generate script for
    restoring the current
    snapshot of the plugins
    

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12. Book Club
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/
    infowidget/2319637289
    

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13. The VimL Primer
    https://pragprog.com/book/
    bkviml/the-viml-primer
    

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14. Thanks
    For being here and make
    Vimberlin happen!
    

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