VimIDE

Some helper stuff, so that it is more comfortable to edit with vim. These tools could be helpful for a tdd-style development. Spare some time for yourself!

Dependencies

I use:

• dmenu
• dwm
• st
• colordiff
• xclip
• xsetroot

Start VimIDE

To start it, type:

vimide

It is nothing more, than starting a vi with the --servername option.

VimIDE mappings

Re-run last command vim: ESC gn

• Save all changes
• Change background color to yellow
• Press WinKey + 2 (Change to second window)
• Press Ctrl + p (Recall previous command)
• Press Enter (execute the command)
• Press WinKey + 1 (Change back to first window)

Command-line tools

Open file in VimIDE - O

You have a VimIDE open. If you run O, it will open the file that is specified by your clipboard's content

Edit files one-by one in vim: vimedit

Say you want to fix your pep8 violations. Okay, go to the right panel, execute pep8. That will print out all the dodgy files, and the lines. You can open those files one by one, but it makes sense to pipe pep8 -s output to vimedit:

pep8 somepackage | vimedit

It will activate your left pane, open the file in vi, so you can fix that. Should you wish to jump to the next error, you need to press Enter on the right panel. Use Re-run last command for that (ESC gn)