VIM: efficient code search and pretty-printing

LibreOffice Conference 2013 (http://conference.libreoffice.org/2013/en/program/development-2/lighting-talks), Milan

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1. VIM: efficient code
   search and pretty­
   printing
   Miklós Vajna
   2013­09­26
   

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   Offline code search
   ● git grep, of course
   ● Though ctags / id­utils is better
   ● 'make tags' after 'make'
   ● Builds a database of symbols
   ● A 'string file:lineno' map
   ↔
   ● One­time config in your vimrc
   

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   How to use ctags?
   ● Place the cursor on a symbol:
   ● Ctrl­] jumps to the symbol (first hit in the db)
   ● Ctrl­t jumps back in the stack
   ● Explicit search:
   ● :ts Class, then you can choose from the results
   ● :ts Class::Method also works
   ● So that you can stop remembering file
   names :­)
   

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   fugitive.vim
   ● Maps ':Gfoo' to 'git foo'
   ● Most useful: :Gblame
   ● Runs 'git blame'
   ● Jumps directly to the line where your cursor
   was before you ran ':Gblame'
   

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   Pretty­printing in general
   ● XML, RTF
   ● Tolerate if the input is not well­formed!
   ● xmllint can't do that
   ● Provide a general 'prettyprint' tool that does the
   right thing
   ● Vim can be configured to run pretty­print in­place
   ● Can be even combined with in­place ZIP editing
   

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   formatxml, formatrtf
   ● formatxml:
   ● Initially created by Lubos
   ● Formats the XML input without parsing it
   ● Handles not well­formed XML properly
   ● formatrtf:
   ● Something similar for RTF
   ● Instructions: TDF Wiki /Development/Vim
   

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