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[http://www.vim.org/ Vim the editor] is one of the most famous text editors in the hacker programming universe. It has a plenty of extensible (script-based) capabilities and very comfortable shortcuts that makes the programmer the fastest gun of the old west. (I can imagine Vim in front of Emacs on a desert city, Vim's shot is much faster!). In this page you'll learn some tips to better adapt Vim for GNU Octave programming. | [http://www.vim.org/ Vim the editor] is one of the most famous text editors in the hacker programming universe. It has a plenty of extensible (script-based) capabilities and very comfortable shortcuts that makes the programmer the fastest gun of the old west. (I can imagine Vim in front of Emacs on a desert city, Vim's shot is much faster!). In this page you'll learn some tips to better adapt Vim for GNU Octave programming. | ||
If you aren't familiar with Vim script language, you can also use [http://brainacle.com/how-to-write-vim-plugins-with-python.html Python to write Vim plugins]. If you do some for GNU Octave, please let us | If you aren't familiar with Vim script language, you can also use [http://brainacle.com/how-to-write-vim-plugins-with-python.html Python to write Vim plugins]. If you do some for GNU Octave, please let us know. | ||
== Vim as the default editor == | == Vim as the default editor == | ||
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edit home . | edit home . | ||
edit editor 'vim > /dev/tty 2>&1 < /dev/tty %s' | edit editor 'vim > /dev/tty 2>&1 < /dev/tty %s' | ||
In version 3.8.0, editor option for edit is gone. In stead use the following: | |||
edit mode sync | |||
edit home . | |||
EDITOR('vim > /dev/tty 2>&1 < /dev/tty %s') | |||
== A better GNU Octave syntax file == | == A better GNU Octave syntax file == | ||
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autocmd FileType matlab setlocal keywordprg=info\ octave\ --vi-keys\ --index-search | autocmd FileType matlab setlocal keywordprg=info\ octave\ --vi-keys\ --index-search | ||
Now, when editing a {{Path|*.m}} file, you can type {{Key|K}} in normal mode and the word under the cursor will be searched for in the GNU Octave documentation index. Pressing {{Key|,}} yields the next occurrence. | Now, when editing a {{Path|*.m}} file, you can type {{Key|K}} in normal mode and the word under the cursor will be searched for in the GNU Octave documentation index. Pressing {{Key|,}} yields the next occurrence. | ||
Unfortunately info does not work in dumb terminals. As gVim has only dumb terminal, a workaround must be done to access info. Two methods are possible. First one is to use some plugin, like [https://github.com/carlobaldassi/ConqueTerm ConqueTerm], which turn gVim buffer into terminal emulator. | |||
Second method is to select an external terminal emulator, preferably fast loading one, as xterm, and install it. For installing it under Ubuntu, you can type: | |||
$ sudo apt-get install xterm | |||
Add the following line to your {{Path|~/.vimrc}} file: | |||
autocmd FileType octave setlocal keywordprg=xterm\ -e\ info\ octave\ --vi-keys\ --index-search | |||
Now you can type {{Key|K}} in normal mode and a new terminal window will opened and the word under the cursor will be searched for in the GNU Octave documentation index. You can set bigger font and specific window geometry of xterm by following line: | |||
autocmd FileType octave setlocal keywordprg=xterm\ -fa\ 'DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono:style=Book'\ -fs\ 12\ -geometry\ 80x50\ -e\ info\ octave\ --vi-keys\ --index-search | |||
'''OBS:''' If using the Rik's [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3600 octave.vim] syntax, replace {{Codeline|matlab}} by {{Codeline|octave}}. | '''OBS:''' If using the Rik's [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3600 octave.vim] syntax, replace {{Codeline|matlab}} by {{Codeline|octave}}. | ||
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Any improvements on the {{Codeline|b:match_words}} variable are welcome. | Any improvements on the {{Codeline|b:match_words}} variable are welcome. | ||
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