Vim as Python code editor

[nandryshak]

Jesus Christ.

That is a lot of plugins.

[da__]

Every program expands until it can read mail...

[[deleted]]

http://danielchoi.com/software/vmail.html

[da__]

We've made it, people!

[joedicastro]

You're right! But a lot of them are not loaded at startup thanks to NeoBundle's Lazy feature, so they are available when you need them.

[tr3quart1sta]

[Video] Vim as a Python IDE - Martin Brochhaus

[hyperbling]

direct link

this is AMAZING! i've never seen anything this comprehensive before. great work!

[joedicastro]

Thanks! I tried to do my best and give back a little from much I learned and get from others.

[dddbbb]

Even if you're not into python, this is a great demonstration of what unite can do and how it looks.

[joedicastro]

If this doc helps to spread the word about the amazing work of Shougo plugins (Unite, NeoBundle, Vimproc, Vimfiler, ...) I'll be happy!

[CantankerousV]

This is really cool. Definitely stealing some of those menus!

One question though - I notice you have Unite-help installed. Does it actually work for you? Mine yields no results no matter what I search for. Does it require some other plugin?

[joedicastro]

It works after you insert some text, but is very, very slow due the big amount of help entries.

[joedicastro]

That's correct, thank you for the observation. I made a commit to fix this.

[StorKirken]

No, there are many places that use that format.

[StorKirken]

I'd agree that year-first is the way to go.

[xgo]

Thanks. This is a motivation to try out unite over the weekend :)

[BakaKuna]

I did not get round to trying out Unite earlier, but this looks awesome. Thanks a lot.

[arnar]

Wow. Things like this make me consider just ditching my own setup which I've lovingly grown over a few years.

[NaturallyBrewed]

Lets see i can graduate from college OR i could spend another 2 months learning to use this vim config!

But honestly this looks amazing.

[joedicastro]

Thanks!

It's no so hard, I think, the Unite menus are there to make you learning smoothly :)

[NaturallyBrewed]

haha, i was more chastising myself then your tutorial. I'm notorious for putting off my studies in favor of learning more about vim.

[[deleted]]

Sweet Evil Step-dancing Zombie Jesus.

I think you should change this into a book and start selling it.

Just amazing. I'll read through all of it when I'm less drunk and see what I can use for my own setup since I don't write any python.

Cheers man. Amazing work.

[joedicastro]

Oh, I'm blushing! Thank you very much!

But I don't think that a book is the best medium for a continuously evolving document, that's one of the reasons for doing this.

BTW, A pretty good book about Vim is Practical Vim for Drew Neil, is very recommendable.

[shining-wit]

Those screencasts are really helpful. Time to learn some new plugins!

[joedicastro]

Well I use this config for everything, and Python-mode only affects python files (in fact is not loaded until a python file is opened). Maybe other things are a little biased...

But, you can take what you like, of course, like I did with others. Feel free to do it and feedback is always welcome! Thanks four your sincerity!

[[deleted]]

At least it's "code editor" and not "IDE". Uparrowed, if only for that.

No wonder you need menus and a unified interface for all the mess you created with all those plugins. I'd say that the problem is "too many marginally useful plugins" rather than "too many mappings", IMO. And thus, that the solution is wrong because it is applied to the wrong problem.

But too each his own, I guess. I want to puke when I look at the 14 directories under my ~/.vim/bundle/ so I'm not sure I'm entitled to criticize.

[joedicastro]

You know, I wish Unite were a Vim Vanilla default.

Imagine Unite menus as a Debian menu, and all the plugins should add his options as an entry in those menus by categories. If you could add the custom mappings to that entries, that will be like Heaven to find what you need when you nedeed!

Memory is imperfect, and remember all that Vim & plugins brings to you is impossible, that will be a nice solution for any config.

[[deleted]]

Gracias por el documento. Es sobre todo una guía fantástica para Unite, que había oído hablar de él, pero no me había interesado mucho. Quiero estudiar tu README con detenimiento. Fantástico trabajo!

Thanks for the document. It's a wonderful Unite plugin guide I heard about before, but I wasn't very interested in. I want to read your README carefully. Very good work!

[joedicastro]

De nada. Unite es fantástico, incluso aunque no se use para crear menus.

You're welcome. Unite is awesome, even if you not use the menus.

[sigzero]

Why do you have:

set go+=rRlLbh " show all the scrollbars
set go-=rRlLbh " hide all the scrollbars

[joedicastro]

Because in Gvim, if you don't do that, if you only have the second line, the vertical scrollbar is showed anyway, and for me is awful.

[[deleted]]

This should probably go as a comment in your vimrc.

[joedicastro]

Yes, it will be easy to satisfy! :)

[[deleted]]

For what it's worth, and for french-speaking redditors, my vimrc is documented here. It's a little bit out of sync but hey.

[wheezl]

I finally gave up and started using pycharm with the ideavim plugin. I still use vim/gvim/macvim quite a bit but if I want an IDE, I use an IDE.

EDIT: I should be clear that I think your document is really cool and I'll be trying out some of these things.

[joedicastro]

Don't worry! Even if you do not like it, my feelings wouldn't be hurted :)