Vim for Plan 9

Status Install FAQ Screenshots Changes

A port of the Vim text editor to the Plan 9 operating system. I will submit patches to mainline when ready.

Status

17 Apr 2008 - Looking for:

Please send them to stefanha gmail com so they can be included.

Install

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK - CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT

The recommended installation method is:

% 9fs sources
% contrib/install stefanha/vim

You may also install from tarballs or compile from source. See below.

Runtime

% hget http://vmsplice.net/vim71rt.tgz | gunzip -c | tar x
% mkdir /sys/lib/vim
% mkdir /sys/lib/vim/vimfiles
% dircp vim71/runtime /sys/lib/vim/vimfiles

You can put a system-wide vimrc in /sys/lib/vim/vimrc.

Binary

% hget http://vmsplice.net/vim71bin.tgz | gunzip -c | tar x
% mv vim71/* /386/bin/

Source

% hget http://vmsplice.net/vim71src.tgz | gunzip -c | tar x
% cd vim71/src
% mk -f Make_plan9.mk install

FAQ

Q: Where do I put my vimrc?
A: $home/lib/vimrc. See :version for all other paths.

Q: How do I change the color scheme?
A: :help :colo.

Q: How do I use the snarf buffer?
A: "*y to snarf, "*p to paste. :help "*.

Q: Is there mouse support?
A: No, it is not yet implemented.

Q: Is there plumbing support?
A: No, it is not yet implemented.

Screenshots

Changes

17 Apr 2008 - Shell execution working. Includes vimdiff, :make, :sh, !, and man page viewing.

14 Mar 2008 - Fixed color scheme loading (reported by fgb). Default to white background and black text (reported by Andrey Mirtchovski). Interrupt on Ctrl-C.

13 Mar 2008 - Port in progress. No mouse support and no shell execution.