From cdea478f0f20545473454c069d8d6bb860555021 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Derek Wyatt Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:16:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] A plugin that makes it easier to interact with the (single) running instance of gvim --- plugins/vim-interaction/README.md | 69 +++++++++++++++++++ .../vim-interaction.plugin.zsh | 67 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 136 insertions(+) create mode 100644 plugins/vim-interaction/README.md create mode 100644 plugins/vim-interaction/vim-interaction.plugin.zsh diff --git a/plugins/vim-interaction/README.md b/plugins/vim-interaction/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..65e678b51 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/vim-interaction/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +# Vim Interaction # + +The plugin presents a function called `callvim` whose usage is: + + usage: callvim [-b cmd] [-a cmd] [file ... fileN] + + -b cmd Run this command in GVIM before editing the first file + -a cmd Run this command in GVIM after editing the first file + file The file to edit + ... fileN The other files to add to the argslist + +## Rationale ## + +The idea for this script is to give you some decent interaction with a running +GVim session. Normally you'll be running around your filesystem doing any +number of amazing things and you'll need to load some files into GVim for +editing, inspecting, destruction, or other bits of mayhem. This script lets you +do that. + +## Aliases ## + +There are a few aliases presented as well: + +* `v` A shorthand for `callvim` +* `vvsp` Edits the passed in file but first makes a vertical split +* `vhsp` Edits the passed in file but first makes a horizontal split + +## Examples ## + +This will load `/tmp/myfile.scala` into the running GVim session: + + > v /tmp/myfile.scala + +This will load it after first doing a vertical split: + + > vvsp /tmp/myfile.scala + or + > v -b':vsp' /tmp/myfile.scala + +This will load it after doing a horizontal split, then moving to the bottom of +the file: + + > vhsp -aG /tmp/myfile.scala + or + > v -b':sp' -aG /tmp/myfile.scala + +This will load the file and then copy the first line to the end (Why you would +ever want to do this... I dunno): + + > v -a':1t$' /tmp/myfile.scala + +And this will load all of the `*.txt` files into the args list: + + > v *.txt + +If you want to load files into areas that are already split, use one of the +aliases for that: + + # Do a ':wincmd h' first + > vh /tmp/myfile.scala + + # Do a ':wincmd j' first + > vj /tmp/myfile.scala + + # Do a ':wincmd k' first + > vk /tmp/myfile.scala + + # Do a ':wincmd l' first + > vl /tmp/myfile.scala diff --git a/plugins/vim-interaction/vim-interaction.plugin.zsh b/plugins/vim-interaction/vim-interaction.plugin.zsh new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3f346dfc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/vim-interaction/vim-interaction.plugin.zsh @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +# +# See README.md +# +# Derek Wyatt (derek@{myfirstnamemylastname}.org +# + +function resolveFile +{ + if [ -f "$1" ]; then + echo $(readlink -f "$1") + else + echo "$1" + fi +} + +function callvim +{ + if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then + cat <} == $after ]]; then + after="$after" + fi + if [[ ${before#:} != $before && ${before%} == $before ]]; then + before="$before" + fi + local files="" + for f in $@ + do + files="$files $(resolveFile $f)" + done + if [[ -n $files ]]; then + files=':args! '"$files" + fi + cmd="$before$files$after" + gvim --remote-send "$cmd" +} + +alias v=callvim +alias vvsp="callvim -b':vsp'" +alias vhsp="callvim -b':sp'" +alias vk="callvim -b':wincmd k'" +alias vj="callvim -b':wincmd j'" +alias vl="callvim -b':wincmd l'" +alias vh="callvim -b':wincmd h'"