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Sooo many vim plugins...

I have 19 installed (and I think that's too many). Out of those 19, I regularly use 5 or less (not including passive ones like Vundle). My goal is to reduce the amount of crap I have to load, not add as much crap as possible just in case.

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I'm down to 47 plugins[1]. Only 27 if you don't count the language additions and Vundle. I've whittled it down over many months of scrutiny. I do actually make use of almost all of the plugins daily.

[1]:https://github.com/mutewinter/dot_vim

I have actually been using your dot_vim repository as a base for my configuration. I like how you have things set up, but I don't do things like RoR development (I do still have vim-rails installed, though...). So, thanks for making everything nice and tidy.

Also, I know this isn't something you should have to answer, but is there a way to close buffers with LustyJuggler?

No way that I know of. I tend to leave my buffers open indefinitely for the entire session. I work in splits and am constantly rotating buffers using Command-T, NERDTree, and LustyJuggler.

19 is too many. I use one: NERDTree, and I bind Leader-n to NERTTreeToggle. It's invaluable to me.

I recently switched to Command-T. For me it is faster than NERDTree, especially if you know what file you need to open.

For example: Leader-t, type several characters, enter is a way faster navigating through file hierarchy, in my opinion.

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