Golang syntax highlighting in vi
Here’s how to set up the vi editor syntax highlighting for the Go language (golang) under Ubuntu 14.04 ‘Trusty’.
sudo apt-get install vim-gocomplete sudo vim-addon-manager install go-syntax sudo vim-addon-manager install gocode
A lot of people prefer tabs to be 4 spaces rather than the default 8. To get this add the following to either ~/.vimrc or to /etc/vim/vimrc
set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set softtabstop=4