how should I make other people's configuration files and plugins for vim work for my own?

I am now learning using vim. It seems that you can make vim an IDE for a programming language using a specific configuration file an plugins. How should 开发者_开发百科I make other people's configuration files and plugins for vim work for my own?

Frobnicators aside, here's my two cents:

You're asking about two different things. One is config files, and the other is plugins.

So, for config files, what works for me is an iterative approach. I just trawl the Web in search of interesting .vimrc files (I actually googled ".vimrc" a few times and come up with interesting results). Some of them are very well commented. When I see an interesting command or setting, I just try it out. If I like it, I tack it on to my own .vimrc, usually with the date and a comment explaining what it does.

For plugins it's obviously less iterative, because you just install and try to see if it works. What language would you like to use vim with?