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diff --git a/plugins/vim-interaction/README.md b/plugins/vim-interaction/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..681648018 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/vim-interaction/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +# 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 + +## Post Callout ## + +At the end of the `callvim` function we invoke the `postCallVim` function if it +exists. If you're using MacVim, for example, you could define a function that +brings window focus to it after the file is loaded: + + function postCallVim + { + osascript -e 'tell application "MacVim" to activate' + } + +This'll be different depending on your OS / Window Manager. + +## 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 |