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* gnupg : Plugin for transparent editing of gpg encrypted files.

Not a plugin, but related: my .vim directory/.vimrc is a symlink to a directory/file in my Dropbox folder, to keep my plugins and settings in sync on multiple PCs.

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Not a plugin, but related: my .vim directory/.vimrc is a symlink to a directory/file in my Dropbox folder, to keep my plugins and settings in sync on multiple PCs.

Yes, I started doing the exact same thing. Same for my ~/.bash_profile.

Also if you find yourself editing files in your dropbox folder, it helps to have

  set directory=~/tmp/

in your .vimrc so that it doesn't keep creating .swp files in your dropbox folder, which keep getting synced.

Beware putting swapfile in /tmp. On many distributions, /tmp is cleared when the computer restarts. Lose power -> lose all your changes.

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