Commit e652756f authored by Derek Wyatt's avatar Derek Wyatt
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A plugin that makes it easier to interact with the (single) running instance of gvim

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# 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
#
# 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 <<EOH
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
EOH
return 0
fi
local cmd=""
local before=""
local after=""
while getopts ":b:a:" option
do
case $option in
a) after="$OPTARG"
;;
b) before="$OPTARG"
;;
esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))
if [[ ${after#:} != $after && ${after%<cr>} == $after ]]; then
after="$after<cr>"
fi
if [[ ${before#:} != $before && ${before%<cr>} == $before ]]; then
before="$before<cr>"
fi
local files=""
for f in $@
do
files="$files $(resolveFile $f)"
done
if [[ -n $files ]]; then
files=':args! '"$files<cr>"
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'"
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