vim question

[jeem]

The survey thread reminded me that I wanted to ask this:

How can I run the file I'm currently editing, see the output, then
position the cursor on a line number (like a test failure or syntax
error) and jump to that line back in my source file?

Thanks for any help.

Jim

 

[Thomas Adam]

The survey thread reminded me that I wanted to ask this:

How can I run the file I'm currently editing, see the output, then
position the cursor on a line number (like a test failure or syntax
error) and jump to that line back in my source file?

From within vim:

:h quickfix

-- Thomas Adam

 

[R. Mark Volkmann]

From within vim:

:h quickfix

Can you provide a little more detail? I went through all that documentation and
nothing jumped out at me as a way of executing the Ruby script in the current
buffer.

 

[Thomas Adam]

Can you provide a little more detail? I went through all that
documentation and nothing jumped out at me as a way of executing the
Ruby script in the current buffer.

Sure. If you look here:

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?VimExtensions

under the heading "QuickFix" mode, that'll show you what you can enter
into Vim, either in command mode, or add it as en entry to
~/.vim/compiler/ruby.vim -- then, when you want to run the script you're
editing, you can do:

:make

And that should evaluate it within the context of Ruby.

-- Thomas Adam

 

[James Britt]

Can you provide a little more detail? I went through all that documentation and
nothing jumped out at me as a way of executing the Ruby script in the current
buffer.

I obtained from now-vague sources a menu + function set that would do
assorted Ruby stuff, including executing the current buffer.

I believe it may be found here:

http://rubyurl.com/Z45dt

AKA

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_s..._by=rating&direction=descending&search=search

and most likely this particular page:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=188

though this page

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=163

has a nice option, too.

James
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[James Britt]

Can you provide a little more detail? I went through all that documentation and
nothing jumped out at me as a way of executing the Ruby script in the current
buffer.

and also see this page:

http://www.pinkjuice.com/vim/

which also includes

http://www.pinkjuice.com/howto/vimxml/


James

 

[Nicholas Urie]

The survey thread reminded me that I wanted to ask this:

How can I run the file I'm currently editing, see the output, then
position the cursor on a line number (like a test failure or syntax
error) and jump to that line back in my source file?

Thanks for any help.

Jim

This only answers part of your question, but I like to keep a separate
terminal window open with the results of running the file. Then you can
easily jump to a line in gVim using for example if you have an error on
line 35:

35G

to jump to line 35, or

145G

to jump to line 145. (the above commands should be typed directly into
command mode, make sure to use an uppercase G)

It might or might not be the most elegant solution, but it's fast and it
works.