Pythonising the vim (e.g. syntax popups)

[Christoph Haas]

Evening,

I'm an addicted vim user and don't really use the IDLE for anything more
than calculations where I'm too lazy to start KCalc. But one feature is
very pretty: the built-in help for function calls while you type. Like you
enter...

var1,var2=mystring.split(
....and the IDLE shows me a popup saying...
"S.split([sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings

Is there a decent way to get that help into vim? Or like showing docstrings
or help that I get through pydoc on request? I've been working myself
through a pile of vim macros/plugins but couldn't find even one which
simplifies programming in Python. Further issues would be handling the
indentation - maybe a plugin which syntax colors different levels of
indentation so I don't have to use my plastic ruler on the screen.
Perhaps some more experienced Python/Vim users have a tip which macro sets
help most here.

Thanks,
Christoph

 

[Paddy]

Hi,
I am using gvim 6.4 which has Python colorising, and
The menu tools->folding->fold method->indent

:help folding
May give you more info.

Cheers, Paddy.

 

[Jeffrey Schwab]

Evening,

I'm an addicted vim user and don't really use the IDLE for anything more
than calculations where I'm too lazy to start KCalc. But one feature is
very pretty: the built-in help for function calls while you type. Like you
enter...

var1,var2=mystring.split(
...and the IDLE shows me a popup saying...
"S.split([sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings

Is there a decent way to get that help into vim? Or like showing docstrings
or help that I get through pydoc on request? I've been working myself
through a pile of vim macros/plugins but couldn't find even one which
simplifies programming in Python. Further issues would be handling the
indentation - maybe a plugin which syntax colors different levels of
indentation so I don't have to use my plastic ruler on the screen.
Perhaps some more experienced Python/Vim users have a tip which macro sets
help most here.

Vim is my editor of choice, too. I've even gone back to Vim from Eclipse.

I believe what you want are "tags."

http://www.vmunix.com/vim/tags.html

I have not tried these in Vim yet, although I did use etags with Emacs
(before I discovered the miracle of Vim).

If you get context-sensitive help to work properly in Vim, please let me
know!

 

[Lonnie Princehouse]

There is a Python folding script, as someone already mentioned. That
will help you track indentation, although it's not perfect (iirc, long
triple quoted strings cause folding malfunctions)

I don't know of any way to get dynamic help about functions, although
it seems like an ideal use of Vim's built-in Python interpreter and the
vim python module.