diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index c081304..b5c70fc 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 "set nocompatible	      " use vim defaults
 syntax on               " use syntax highlighting
 set background=dark     " when using black background terminal
-colorscheme ron					" for bash in windows this fixes my colors in vim inside tmux
+" colorscheme ron					" for bash in windows this fixes my colors in vim inside tmux
 
 set nomodeline					" workaround to close a vuln
 
@@ -63,14 +63,8 @@ filetype on
 let mapleader=" "
 let g:mapleader=" "
 
-" settings for vim 7
-if version >= 700
-    set spellfile=~/.vimspell.de.add,~/.vimspell.en.add
-    " setlocal spell spelllang=de   " enable spell checker
-endif
-
 hi LineTooLong cterm=bold ctermbg=red guibg=LightYellow
-match LineTooLong /\%>80v.\+/
+match LineTooLong /\%>160v.\+/
 
 "useful mappings for managing tabs
 map <leader>tn :tabnew<cr>
@@ -91,12 +85,7 @@ endfun
 " grep will sometimes skip displaying the file name
 set grepprg=grep\ -nH\ $*
 
-" Starting with Vim 7, the filetype of empty .tex files defaults to
-" 'plaintex' instead of 'tex', which results in vim-latex not being loaded.
-" The following changes the default filetype back to 'tex':
-let g:tex_flavor='latex'
-
-"let g:Tex_Folding=0 "I don't like folding.
+let g:Tex_Folding=0 "I don't like folding.
 set iskeyword+=:
 
 " Press Space to turn off highlighting and clear any message already displayed.
@@ -113,9 +102,6 @@ function! Incr()
 endfunction
 vnoremap <C-a> :call Incr()<CR>
 
-" Prss CTRL + _ (CTRL + SHIFT + -) to close a html tag
-if filereadable(glob('~/.vim/scripts/closetag.vim')) | source ~/.vim/scripts/closetag.vim | endif
-
 highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red
 match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$\| \+\ze\t/
 
@@ -125,23 +111,11 @@ nnoremap    <F2> :<C-U>%retab!<CR>:set list<CR>:%s/^\(\t\+\) */\1/<CR>
 nnoremap <F5> "=strftime("%c")<CR>P
 inoremap <F5> <C-R>=strftime("%c")<CR>
 
-" a few autocommands for when silly people send stupid file formats
-" Read-only .doc through antiword
-autocmd BufReadPre *.doc silent set ro
-autocmd BufReadPost *.doc silent %!antiword "%"
-
-" Read-only odt/odp through odt2txt
-autocmd BufReadPre *.odt,*.odp silent set ro
-autocmd BufReadPost *.odt,*.odp silent %!odt2txt "%"
-
-" Read-only pdf through pdftotext
-autocmd BufReadPre *.pdf silent set ro
-autocmd BufReadPost *.pdf silent %!pdftotext -nopgbrk -layout -q -eol unix "%" -
-"| fmt -w250
-
-" Read-only rtf through unrtf
-autocmd BufReadPre *.rtf silent set ro
-autocmd BufReadPost *.rtf silent %!unrtf --text
+" YAML and Ansible and so on
+augroup ansible_vim_fthosts
+  autocmd!
+  autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead hosts setfiletype yaml.ansible
+augroup END
 
 " as long as vim isn't in diff-mode check the code at opening and closing
 " also: special vimdiff-settings
@@ -157,6 +131,14 @@ if ! &diff
   nnoremap <leader>l <C-L>
 endif
 
+" NerdTree Settings
+nnoremap <leader>n :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
+nnoremap <leader>nf :NERDTreeFocus<CR>
+nnoremap <leader>nc :NERDTreeClose<CR>
+
+" block-editing workaround for a windows-terminal-wsl situation
+nnoremap <Leader>v <c-v>
+
 "tweaking my statusline
 function! GitBranch()
 	  return system("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\n'")
@@ -184,3 +166,24 @@ set statusline+=\ %p%%
 set statusline+=\ %l:%c
 set statusline+=\
 
+call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
+
+" --- Your Plugin List Goes Here ---
+" Example:
+Plug 'tpope/vim-surround'
+Plug 'preservim/nerdtree'
+Plug 'pearofducks/ansible-vim'
+
+" Automatically install plugins if they are not installed
+" Call plug#config_commit() is the modern way to replace auto_install, save_state, etc.
+" call plug#config_commit()
+
+" Optional: For automatic plugin updates on startup if you want
+" autocmd VimEnter *
+"   \ PlugUpgrade |
+"   \ execute PlugInstall |
+"   \ PlugClean
+
+" Initialize plugin system, then load plugins
+call plug#end()
+