# Installation

## Via Plugin Manager (Recommended)

### [Vim-Plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug)

1. Add `Plug 'Plug scrooloose/nerdcommenter'` to your vimrc file.
2. Reload your vimrc or restart
3. Run `:PlugInstall`

### [Vundle](https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim) or similar

1. Add `Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdcommenter'` to your vimrc file.
2. Reload your vimrc or restart
3. Run `:BundleInstall`

### [NeoBundle](https://github.com/Shougo/neobundle.vim)

1. Add `NeoBundle 'scrooloose/nerdcommenter'` to your vimrc file.
2. Reload your vimrc or restart
3. Run `:NeoUpdate``

### [Pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen)

```sh
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter.git
```

## Manual Installation

### Unix

(For Neovim, change `~/.vim/` to `~/.config/nvim/`.)

```sh
curl -fLo ~/.vim/plugin/NERD_Commenter.vim --create-dirs \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter/master/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
curl -fLo ~/.vim/doc/NERD_Commenter.txt --create-dirs \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter/master/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
```

### Windows (PowerShell)

```powershell
md ~\vimfiles\plugin
md ~\vimfiles\doc
$pluguri = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter/master/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim'
$docsuri = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter/master/doc/NERD_commenter.txt'
(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($uri, $ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath("~\vimfiles\plugin\NERD_commenter.vim"))
(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($uri, $ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath("~\vimfiles\doc\NERD_commenter.txt"))
```

## Post Installation

Make sure that you have filetype plugins enabled, as the plugin makes use of
**|commentstring|** where possible (which is usually set in a filetype plugin).
See **|filetype-plugin-on|** for details, but the short version is make sure this line appears in your vimrc:

```sh
filetype plugin on
```

# Usage

The following key mappings are provided by default (there is also a menu
provided that contains menu items corresponding to all the below mappings):

Most of the following mappings are for normal/visual mode only. The |NERDComInsertComment| mapping is for insert mode only.

**[count]\<leader\>cc |NERDComComment|**
Comment out the current line or text selected in visual mode.

**[count]\<leader\>cn |NERDComNestedComment|**
Same as \<leader\>cc but forces nesting.

**[count]\<leader\>c\<space\> |NERDComToggleComment|**
Toggles the comment state of the selected line(s). If the topmost selected
line is commented, all selected lines are uncommented and vice versa.

**[count]\<leader\>cm |NERDComMinimalComment|**
Comments the given lines using only one set of multipart delimiters.

**[count]\<leader\>ci |NERDComInvertComment|**
Toggles the comment state of the selected line(s) individually.

**[count]\<leader\>cs |NERDComSexyComment|**
Comments out the selected lines ``sexily''

**[count]\<leader\>cy |NERDComYankComment|**
Same as \<leader\>cc except that the commented line(s) are yanked first.

**\<leader\>c$ |NERDComEOLComment|**
Comments the current line from the cursor to the end of line.

**\<leader\>cA |NERDComAppendComment|**
Adds comment delimiters to the end of line and goes into insert mode between
them.

**|NERDComInsertComment|**
Adds comment delimiters at the current cursor position and inserts between.
Disabled by default.

**\<leader\>ca |NERDComAltDelim|**
Switches to the alternative set of delimiters.

**[count]\<leader\>cl**
**[count]\<leader\>cb    |NERDComAlignedComment|**
Same as |NERDComComment| except that the delimiters are aligned down the
left side (\<leader\>cl) or both sides (\<leader\>cb).

**[count]\<leader\>cu |NERDComUncommentLine|**
Uncomments the selected line(s).