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:

rc, rit, 9c, plumbing, etc syntax, indent, and ftplugin files
2c and pcc compiler files
fixes to netrw and other standard runtime scripts

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.

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.