Vim Wakatime

vim-wakatime

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[WakaTime][wakatime] is an open source Vim plugin for metrics, insights, and time tracking automatically generated from your programming activity.

Installation

1. With [Vundle](https://github.com/gmarik/vundle): `echo "Plugin 'wakatime/vim-wakatime'" >> ~/.vimrc && vim +PluginInstall`

   Or with [Pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen): `cd ~/.vim/bundle && git clone https://github.com/wakatime/vim-wakatime.git`

   Or with [Vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug): add `Plug 'wakatime/vim-wakatime'` to .vimrc file. While in vim reload .vimrc with `:so ~/.vimrc` or restart vim, enter `:PlugInstall`

   Or with [Packer](https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim): add `use 'wakatime/vim-wakatime'` to your plugins file.

   Or with [Vim 8+](https://www.vim.org/): `mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start && cd ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start && git clone https://github.com/wakatime/vim-wakatime.git`

   Or with [Lazy.nvim](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git): add to your plugins file.

   { 'wakatime/vim-wakatime', lazy = false }

2. Restart Vim.

3. If this is the first WakaTime plugin on your machine, type `:WakaTimeApiKey` inside Vim.

4. Enter your [API Key](https://wakatime.com/api-key), then press `enter`.

5. Use Vim and your coding activity will be displayed