XVim

XVim is a Vim plugin for Xcode. The plugin intends to offer a compelling Vim experience without the need to give up any Xcode features.

Announcement

XVim started to use BountySource
Google Group for XVim developers has been created.

Support Xcode Versions

Xcode4.6
Xcode5
Xcode6 beta

INSTALL

Two options. Build manually or use Rake.

Build manually

For Xcode4 Users : Before building checkout for_xcode4 tag.

Download source code(See also "Branches and Releases" section) and open XVim.xcodeproj with Xcode.
Select an appropriate Scheme for your Xcode version
- "XVim for Xcode4" must be built with Xcode4.6
- "XVim for Xcode5 and 6" must be built with Xcode5 or 6
Select "Edit Scheme" and set "Build Configuration" as "Release"
Build it. It automatically installs the plugin into the correct directory.
Restart Xcode. (Make it sure that Xcode process is terminated entirely)
Create a .xvimrc file in the root of your home directory (optional)

Using Rake

Rake is a build tool base on ruby. This will wrap xcodebuild and install the plugin to appropriate directory.

Prerequisite

Install ruby, either with RVM or rbenv. And then install rake.

$ gem install rake

Running

Run Rake Without parameters

$ rake

And follow the prompt

Uninstalling

$ rake uninstall

Branches and Releases

XVim has several branches and releases. Usually you only need to download one of 'releases' and use it. Here is an explanation about each release and branch.

Releases(tags) : Releases are tags on master branch. All the code and documents on these tags are well arranged. Usual XVim user should use one of releases.
master : Most stable branch. Critical bug fixes and stable feature developed in 'develop' branch are merged into 'master'. If you find a critical bug in a release, try latest 'master' branch.
develop : New features and non critical bug fixes are merged into this branch. If you want experimental features use this branch.

Any other branches are temporary branches to develop features or bug fixes which will be merged into 'develop' branch after all. Any pull requests should be made to 'develop' branch.

Uninstall

Delete the following directory:

$HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/XVim.xcplugin

Feature list

See separate FeatureList.md

Bug reports

Unfortunately XVim sometimes crashes Xcode. We are working on eliminating all the bugs, but it's really hard work. It helps greatly when we have your bug reports, with the following information:

Crash information ( Xcode shows threads stack trace when crashes. Copy them. )
The operations you did to cause the crash ( series of key strokes or mouse clicks )
The text you were manipulating
Xcode version
XVim version ( Version number of the revision you built )

When it is hard to solve a problem with information above, take debug log according to the following movie please.

How to get XVim debug log

We appreciate if you write test case for the bug. Read "Write test" section in Documents/Developsers/PullRequest.md how to write test case. You do not need to update any source code but just write 7 items explained there in an issue you create.

Bountysource

XVim supports Bountysource. If you want to solve your issue sooner make bounty on your issue is one option. A contributer should work on it preferentially (not guaranteed though). To make bounty visit following link and go to "Issue" tab. Select your issue and make bounty on it.

https://www.bountysource.com/teams/xvim

Bug issue handling

Reported bugs are handled following order.

Confirm if the bug reproduce and the issue labeled as 'Bug'
Fix the bug in 'develop' branch
Confirm the fix by the reporter
The issue is labeled 'Done'
Confirm that the fix does not make another side effect.
Merged into 'master'
The issue is closed.

This order is only applied to 'Bug' issues.

Contributions

Any suggestions, bug reports or feature requests are welcome.

If you want to add a feature or fix bugs by yourself the following videos are good help for you.

Any pull requests are very much appreciated. Before you make a pull request see Make a Pull Request

Donations

If you think the plugin is useful, please donate. There are two options you can take. Donate for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief or back the project via BountySource. There is no rule that you cannot take both :) .

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief

Since I do not intend make money from this project, I am directing donations to the people suffering from the damage of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Please donate directly through the Paypal donation site below, as this will put more money to good use by reducing the transfer fee.

https://www.paypal-donations.com/pp-charity/web.us/campaign.jsp?cid=-12

Since no messages are sent when you donate from the paypal link, you could also write a donation message on Message Board. I(we) would really appreciate it, and it will really motivate me(us)!

BountySource

If you like to help and enhance the project directly consider backing this project via BountySource. You can back the team (which means you support the entire project) or you can make bounty on a specific issue. (If you have any bugs to be fixed or features to be implemented not in issues yet you can make one.)

Contributors

See contributors page in github repository. https://github.com/JugglerShu/XVim/contributors

License

MIT License

martinblech/XVim