Eric Leenman wrote:
Hi Yegappan,
From: "Yegappan Lakshmanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Eric Leenman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[...]
You can try using the workspace manager plugin:
http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1410
- Yegappan
I'm a simple VIM user.
That's why I ask many things on this mailing-group, which is very
responsive.
Many times when I try to install very clever plugins I fail to do so.
Mainly because of the missing-Vim knowledge you guys have.
I decided to try it again and unfortantly failed again to follow the
instructions.
If it's not too much of your time, could you please explain what I need
to do following your 6 points.
If not thanks anyway.
I read on the script that I need to follow the 6 points mentioned.
[start of point 1]
1. Download the workspace.zip file and unzip the files to the $HOME/.vim
or the $HOME/vimfiles or the $VIM/vimfiles directory. This should unzip
the following two files (the directory structure should be preserved):
plugin/workspace.vim - main workspace plugin file
doc/workspace.txt - documentation (help) file
Refer to the 'add-plugin', 'add-global-plugin' and 'runtimepath'
Vim help pages for more details about installing Vim plugins.
[end of point 1]
What I did:
Download the zip file:
And stored
workspace.txt is stored in C:\Program Files\Vim\vimfiles\doc
workspace.vim C:\Program Files\Vim\vimfiles\plugin
Is this OK?
No. These directories are only for what comes bundled with Vim. You should not
change anything there, because any upgrade (maybe tomorrow, maybe next year)
may silently undo whatever changes you had made.
What is $HOME, how can I check this in VIM?
:echo $HOME
$HOME is your home directory. It's also where your _vimrc (and _gvimrc if you
use one) ought to be.
What is $VIM, how can I check this in VIM?
:echo $VIM
On your system, I expect $VIM to be the directory C:\Program Files\Vim
[start of point 2]
2. Change to the $HOME/.vim/doc or $HOME/vimfiles/doc or
$VIM/doc/vimfiles directory, start Vim and run the ":helptags ."
command to process the workspace help file.
[end of point 2]
Now you know (as shown above) where $HOME is. cd to there (in the Dos Box) and
do
dir
If there is no vimfiles subdir, then you should also do
md vimfiles
Then
cd vimfiles
dir
Is there a doc dubdirectory? If not,
md doc
This is where the helpfile sould go.
Is there (in what Vim calls $HOME/vimfiles) a plugin subdirectory? If not,
md plugin
That's where the .vim should go.
Then,
gvim
:helptags ~/vimfiles/doc
( ~ is an abbreviation for $HOME). After this :helpgrep command has finished
running (and the cursor has gone back to the edit window and started blinking
again),
:help workspace.txt
ought to bring you to the first page of help for the workspace plugin.
What I did:
I don't understand the first part. What is ment here?
I just started Vim and did typed: :helptags .
Vim did do something, don't know what.
No prob. The instructions above should tell you how to do it.
[start of point 3]
3. If you are running a terminal/console version of Vim and the terminal
doesn't support changing the window width then set the
'Ws_Inc_Winwidth' variable to 0 in the .vimrc file.
[end of point 3]
What I did:
I ignored this, as I'm running gvim on windows xp.
That's right, it's not for gvim. However, you can provide for it by testing in
your vimrc (there are versions of vim.exe for Windows, running in console
mode, and if you want to run them full-screen they won't be resizable. Add
if ! has("gui_running")
let g:Ws_Inc_Winwidth = 0
endif
to your vimrc. This will be ignored by gvim, because in gvim,
has("gui_running") is nonzero.
[start of point 4]
[end of point 4]
What I did:
As there isn't a point 4 I went to point 5
:-)
[start of point 5]
5. Restart Vim.
[end of point 5]
What I did:
I did close gvim and restarted it.
Right.
[start of point 6]
6. You can now use the ":WsOpen <filename>" command to open a
workspace. You can use the ":help workspace" command to get
more information about using the workspace plugin.
[end of point 6]
What I did:
I typed :help workspace
Vim replied: E149: Sorry, no help for workspace
Thanks for your time.
Best regards,
Eric Leenman
":help workspace.txt" (as I showed above) or ":help workspace" (as shown here)
ought to show the workspace help, one the tags file has been (re)generated (by
":helptags") in the directory containing the workspace.txt helpfile.
:help :WsOpen
also ought to show you how to use the ":WsOpen" command, about which I know
nothing.
Best regards,
Tony.
--
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of APL, I shall
fear no evil, for I can string six primitive monadic and dyadic
operators together.
-- Steve Higgins
