added new manpage settings based on http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/271905/70524

.vim/ftplugin/man.vim

+if exists("b:did_man")
+	finish
+endif
+let b:did_man = 1
 setlocal nolist 
 setlocal readonly
 setlocal buftype=nofile
 setlocal bufhidden=hide
 setlocal noswapfile
 setlocal nomodifiable
+setlocal nowrap
+setlocal conceallevel=3
+setlocal iskeyword+=,_
+setlocal concealcursor=nvic
 
-function! PrepManPager()
-	setlocal modifiable
-	if !empty ($MAN_PN)
-		silent %! col -b -x
-		file $MAN_PN
-	endif
-	setlocal nomodified
-	setlocal nomodifiable
-endfunction
+if !exists("*s:MMan")
+	function! s:MMan()
+		let l:word = substitute(expand('<cword>'), '.\b', '', 'g')
+		if winnr('$') == 1 
+			vsplit
+		endif
+		exec 'Man' l:word
+	endfunction 
 
-autocmd BufEnter $MAN_PN call PrepManPager()
-nnoremap q :q!<CR>
-nnoremap <Space> <PageDown>
-map <expr> <CR> winnr('$') == 1 ? ':vs<CR><C-]>' : '<C-]>'
+	function s:PrepManPager()
+		setlocal modifiable
+		if !empty ($MAN_PN)
+			"silent %! col -b -x
+			%s/.\b//g
+			file $MAN_PN
+		endif
+		setlocal nomodified
+		setlocal nomodifiable
+	endfunction
+endif
+
+"autocmd BufEnter $MAN_PN call PrepManPager()
+nnoremap <buffer> q :q!<CR>
+nnoremap <buffer> <Space> <PageDown>
+nnoremap <buffer> <CR>  :call <SID>MMan()<CR>
+nnoremap <buffer> <c-]>  :call <SID>MMan()<CR>

.vim/ftplugin/tex.vim

 inoremap <buffer> [[ \begin{}<Esc>i
-imap ]] <Plug>LatexCloseCurEnv
 setlocal colorcolumn=+1
 setlocal spell spelllang=en_gb
 

.vim/local/lab-laptop.vim

- if has("gui_running")
-   if has("gui_gtk2")
-    set guifont=Ubuntu\ Mono\ 11
-	set guioptions-=r
-   endif
- endif
+if has("gui_running")
+  if has("gui_gtk2")
+   set guifont=Ubuntu\ Mono\ derivative\ Powerline\ 13
+   set guioptions-=r
+  endif
+endif
  
 let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
 set textwidth=80

.vim/spell/en.utf-8.add

@@ -67,3 +67,6 @@ Gavroche
 Daneel
 Anathem
 bullwhip
+manpage
+manpages
+filetype

.vim/vimrc

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ autocmd! User YouCompleteMe if !has('vim_starting') | call youcompleteme#Enable(
 Plug 'godlygeek/tabular'
 
 Plug 'vim-scripts/deb.vim'
+Plug 'moon-musick/vim-logrotate'
 call plug#end()
 
 function! EnableYCM()
@@ -143,7 +144,6 @@ set foldmethod=syntax
 set foldlevelstart=3
 let g:syntastic_cpp_compiler_options = ' -std=c++11'
 let g:syntastic_python_python_exec = '/usr/bin/python3'
-let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1
 "let g:LatexBox_latexmk_options = ' -xelatex '
 "let g:LatexBox_latexmk_async = 1
 "let g:LatexBox_latexmk_preview_continuously = 1