factor/misc/vim

Vim support for Factor

This directory contains various support files that make editing Factor code more pleasant in Vim.

Installation

The file-layout exactly matches the Vim runtime structure, so you can install them by copying the contents of this directory into ~/.vim/ or the equivalent path on other platforms (open Vim and type :help 'runtimepath' for details).

File organization

The current set of files is as follows:

• ftdetect/factor.vim - Teach Vim when to load Factor support files.
• ftplugin/factor.vim - Teach Vim to follow the Factor Coding Style guidelines.
• ftplugin/factor-docs.vim - Teach Vim about documentation style differences.
• plugin/factor.vim - Teach Vim some commands for navigating Factor source code. See below.
• syntax/factor.vim - Teach Vim about highlighting Factor source code syntax.
  • syntax/factor/generated.vim - Syntax highlighting lessons generated from a Factor VM.

Commands

The plugin/factor.vim file implements the following commands for navigating Factor source.

:FactorVocab factor.vocab.name

Opens the source file implementing the factor.vocab.name vocabulary.

:NewFactorVocab factor.vocab.name

Creates a new factor vocabulary under the working vocabulary root.

:FactorVocabImpl

Opens the main implementation file for the current vocabulary (name.factor). The keyboard shortcut <Leader>fi is bound to this command.

:FactorVocabDocs

Opens the documentation file for the current vocabulary (name-docs.factor). The keyboard shortcut <Leader>fd is bound to this command.

:FactorVocabTests

Opens the unit test file for the current vocabulary (name-tests.factor). The keyboard shortcut <Leader>ft is bound to this command.

Configuration

In order for the :FactorVocab command to work, you'll need to set some variables in your vimrc file.

g:FactorRoot

This variable should be set to the root of your Factor installation. The default value is ~/factor.

g:FactorVocabRoots

This variable should be set to a list of Factor vocabulary roots. The paths may be either relative to g:FactorRoot or absolute paths. The default value is ["core", "basis", "extra", "work"].

g:FactorNewVocabRoot

This variable should be set to the vocabulary root in which vocabularies created with NewFactorVocab should be created. The default value is work.

Note

The syntax/factor/generated.vim syntax highlighting file is automatically generated to include the names of all the vocabularies Factor knows about. To regenerate it manually, run the following code in the listener:

"editors.vim.generate-syntax" run

or run it from the command line:

factor -run=editors.vim.generate-syntax