A vim plugin for supercollider (tested on Linux and Mac OSX).
This is based of the original scvim by Alex Norman.
- Syntax Highlighting
- A faked REPL via the terminal
- Code Navigation (jump to definitions) via a global tags file "~/.sctags"
- Auto-Completion of known words via tag completion
- Launch the SuperCollider QT Help System
tmux
andscreen
support
- ruby
- supercollider >= 3.9 (for current master - Linux only)
It is highly recommended to use a plugin manager to install scvim
. Most
common ones are:
The plugin folder is expected to be found somewhere below ~/.vim
, at a
maximum depth of two folders and with the word scvim
in it (which should in
theory cover all use-cases for the above plugin managers).
If your SuperCollider version was not build with vim support (i.e. the class
SCVim
does not exist yet), you'll need to either symlink sc/SCVim.sc
somewhere where SuperCollider can find it (typically that would be in
Platform.userExtensionDir
from within SuperCollider), or add (the absolute
path to) scvim/sc
to includePaths:
in your sclang_conf.yaml
.
Path to the tags file
export SCVIM_TAGFILE=/your/path
this defaults to ~/.sctags
The following variables are available for configuration in your .vimrc
file:
g:sclangTerm
: Command to open a terminal window. Defaults to"open -a Terminal.app"
on OSX, and"x-terminal-emulator -e $SHELL -ic"
on Linux. On some Linux systems this value may need to changed.g:sclangPipeApp
: Absolute path to the plugin start_pipe script. (Default"~/.vim/bundle/scvim/bin/start_pipe"
) Change it if you have installed the plugin in other location.g:sclangDispatcher
: Absolute path to the plugin sc_dispatcher script. (Default"~/.vim/bundle/scvim/bin/sc_dispatcher"
) Change it if you have installed the plugin in other location.g:scFlash
: Highlighting of evaluated code. (Default0
)g:scSplitDirection
: sets default window orientation when using a supported terminal multiplexer. See Multiplexer Options below for more info. (Default"h"
)g:scSplitSize
: sets post window size (% of screen) when using a supported terminal multiplexer. See Multiplexer Options below for more info. (Default50
)
Example .vimrc
line for gnome-terminal users:
let g:sclangTerm = "gnome-terminal -x $SHELL -ic"
To enable highlighting of evaluated code:
let g:scFlash = 1
If for some reason vim can't find the path to the two launch scripts start_pipe and sc_dispatcher you can set them manually in your .vimrc:
let g:sclangPipeApp = "~/.vim/bundle/scvim/bin/start_pipe"
let g:sclangDispatcher = "~/.vim/bundle/scvim/bin/sc_dispatcher"
To start open a file with the right extension :e foo.sc(d)
Enter :SClangStart
and a terminal should open with a running sclang session.
See the commands reference for general usage.
ctags support:
run :SCtags
from vim or SCVim.generateTagsFile()
from sclang
This gives you a couple of things:
- You can jump to any known class or method
- You get tags completion with ctrl-x ctrl-] (use the vim supertab plugin if this is too bothersome to type)
:SClangStart
launch sclang:SClangRecompile
recompile:SClangKill
what it says
in normal mode:
<leader>sk
recompiles the sc libraryK
on a word opens the corresponding helpfile inside the supercollider help^]
jumps to a tagfile (this works for classes only so far but will be extended)
in normal/insert mode:
F5
to execute a block of code scvim will attempt to find the outermost bracketF6
to execute the current line of codeF12
is a hard stop
Supported Terminal Multiplexers are tmux
and screen
. To use with scvim, open
the multiplexer before opening vim.
For example:
$> tmux new -s sc
$> vim mySCfile.scd
Default settings for window orienation and window size can be set in your .vimrc
.
Window orientation options are "h"
for horizontal and "v"
for vertical (double
quotes are required).
The window size option for tmux is the percentage of the screen you want the post window to take up. For example, to have your main window taking up 70% of the left of the screen and your post window the remaining 30% at the right:
let g:scSplitDirection = "h"
let g:scSplitSize = 30`
Options for the multiplexer of your choice can be set on the fly when you use the SClangStart command:
:call SClangStart("h", 30)