To use the git-version of configs:

ln -s $HOME/.vim/vimrc $HOME/.vimrc
ln -s $HOME/.vim/gvimrc $HOME/.gvimrc

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To download all the submodules:

git submodule init
git submodule update

To redo the helptags with pathogen:

vim -e -c 'call pathogen#helptags()' -c q

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If you know you have a 256 color terminal but can't seem to get it working.
Find a computer where it works with the same terminal and do 
`infocmp > tmpfile` which contains the termcap info. Then copy that file and
compile it with `tic tmpfile`