Hi,
Thanks for your reply! Very nice details! But for some reason, it does not work. It says: Unknown function DoCalltips ... Can I somehow find out more about why? Thanks! Nathan Benjamin Badgley wrote: > > > TheLonelyStar wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am completly new to vim. >> I want to use it for python coding and found that this: >> http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1074 >> sounds extremly interesting. It is supposed to show you the docstrings >> while >> typing. > > " 1. If there is a menu in Vim, you can start it with clicking menu > " "Tools\Start Calltips", and stop it with menu "Tools\End > Calltips" > " > " 2. If there are no menu, you can start it typing: > " :call DoCalltips() > " and stop it with > " :call EndCalltips() > " > > The above is a copy of what is in the header of the script. I find it > useful to view the scripts in Gvim / Vim for instructions. Often the > hackers creating the scripts do include documentation within the scripts > themselves. Sounds like a silly notion doesn't it? I mean who is > actually going to read programming code? ;) > > So, away we go ..., one newbie to another by the way ... :) > > 1. Hit the <ESC> key a few times. > > This will put you in normal mode, able to issue forth grand commands and > proclamations the editor must certainly ignore. :) Actually the editor, > unless it is mishapped, will carry out your commands. > > 2. Type in <Shift> colon the word call and the function / script name of > DoCalltips() . > > This will load up the script and let you use it 'til the cows come home, > or until they discover peanut butter is just as useful as Silly Putty(tm). > > 3. To unload it you repeat step two, except you use the script name > EndCalltips() . > > And thus you're back into your nice comfy regular Vim, again. Hit the > <Esc> to enter command / normal mode. Hitting the I key will put you > into insert mode, where you can type like a maniac when no one is looking. > > Apologies if my quick tutorial here is seen as offensive. That's not > intended. In my defense, I'm a poor country boy that takes a bit of time > to learn things, and people are quite the random creatures. No, I don't > get out much. :) > > --- > Ben > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/python_calltips-plugin-tp24093867p24107066.html Sent from the Vim - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
