Plugin Roundup: EasyColour, TabMan, cd-hook

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EasyColour

EasyColour (GitHub: abudden / EasyColour, vim.org: EasyColour) by Al Budden helps write colour schemes. Rather than using VimL, EasyColour themes look like this:

Dark:
    Normal:White,DarkBlue
    Statement:Yellow,#F6E8D0,Red,Undercurl
    Keyword:White
    Comment:SeaGreen,Style=Bold

TabMan

TabMan (vim.org: tabman.vim) by Kien offers more ways to navigate between tabs and windows. <leader>mt or :TMToggle will display TabMan's interface, and focus can be gained with <leader>mf or :TMFocus.

I’ve been using it while working, and I noticed that it updates automatically, which is extremely convenient. It really helps keep tabs on lots of tabs.

cd-hook

cd-hook (vim.org: cd-hook) by Rich Healey is a small plugin for triggering actions when changing directories. It’s basically a wrapper around chdir which can be used with :Cd.

The author’s example usage is to trigger vim-rvm by adding the command using autocmd User chdir Rvm -- useful for Ruby developers who don't like leaving Vim.