use my vim-markdown fork

.vimrc

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ set nocompatible
   Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdtree'
   Plugin 'Xuyuanp/nerdtree-git-plugin'
 
+  Plugin 'VOoM'
+
   " align text vertically on a string:
   Plugin 'Align'
 
@@ -82,9 +84,16 @@ set nocompatible
   " database stuffs
   Plugin 'dbext.vim'
 
+  " do stuff with tables - used by some vim-markdown features
+  Plugin 'godlygeek/tabular'
+
   " filetypes / modes / language support:
   Plugin 'fatih/vim-go' " golang
-  Plugin 'plasticboy/vim-markdown'
+
+  Plugin 'brennen/vim-markdown'
+  " the above a fork of plasticboy's version w/tweaks for variants i use
+  " you probably want:
+  " Plugin 'plasticboy/vim-markdown'
 
   " graceful syntax checking for many languages:
   Plugin 'scrooloose/syntastic'
@@ -124,6 +133,10 @@ set nocompatible
   " mode - seems to work in most terminals
   set mouse=a
 
+  " render a useful popup menu for right-click instead of extending
+  " selection (good for spellchecking, etc.):
+  set mousemodel=popup_setpos
+
   " let me delete stuff like crazy in insert mode
   set backspace=indent,eol,start