Configuring Vim for C++

Question

I would like to make vim my C++ editor. I have very little experience working with it and need help in configuring vim to work with C++. I need such features as

Answer 1

I'm using vim as my C++ editor, however I'm not using many 'exotic' stuff.

• Regarding completion, I'm using the non-contextual ^P and ^N.

• I have a bunch of user defined abbreviations for my C++ use, for example :

  abbreviate bptr boost::shared_ptr
  abbreviate cstr const std::string &
  

• I have several functions for "code snippets" like things, for example :

  function! IncludeGuard()
    let basename = expand("%:t:r")
    let includeGuard = '__' . basename . '_h__'
    call append(0, "#ifndef " . includeGuard)
    call append(1, "#define " . includeGuard)
    call append(line("$"), "#endif /* !" . includeGuard . " */")
  endfunction
  

• The only plugin I really couldn't live without is Command-T (which requires ruby support)

• For easy .cc to .h switching, you can try this plugin