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*winmanager* Plugin for a classical Windows style IDE for Vim 6.0
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For Vim version 6.0.
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Last Change: Sun Mar 31 11:00 PM 2002 PST
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By Srinath Avadhanula
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(srinath@fastmail.fm)
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*winmanager-plugin*
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winmanager.vim is a plugin which implements a classical windows type IDE in
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Vim-6.0, where the directory and buffer browsers are displayed in 2 windows on
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the left and the current editing is done on the right. When you open up a new
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vim window, simply type in :WMToggle. This will start up winmanager.
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Note This plugin is available only if 'compatible' is not set
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You can avoid loading this plugin by setting the "loaded_winmanager"
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variable >
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:let loaded_winmanager = 1
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{Vi does not have any of this}
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===========================================================================
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OVERVIEW *winmanager-overview*
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|winmanager-installing| Please follow these instructions for installing
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winmanager.
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|winmanager-customizing| Describes ways of customizing the window layout, i.e
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how to club various explorers into groups, how to
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change their relative position, etc.
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|winmanager-details| details of using winmanager. keyboard shortcuts
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and other usage details.
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|winmanager-commands| commands provided to the user. its useful to
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set keyboard shortcuts to these commands.
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|winmanager-settings| settings (typically made in ~/.vimrc) which
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affect the behavior of winmanager.
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|winmanager-adding| one of the most important new features of this
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version is the creation of a framework whereby adding
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other plugins like explorer.vim or bufexplorer.vim to
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winmanager. This section describes briefly the
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implementation of winmanager and then describes how
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to add a new plugin to winmanager
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|add-local-help| how to use this text file as a vim help file.
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|winmanager-bug| bug reports are welcome.
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|winmanager-thanks| thanks to the many people who helped!
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===========================================================================
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UPDATES *winmanager-updates*
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The official releases can be found at: >
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http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=95
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However, I will only update the vim.sf.net version of winmanager.zip in case
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of a major bug or new feature. For small (and not so bothersome) bug-fixes, I
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will put the latest version at: >
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http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~srinath/vim/winmanager-2.0.htm
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and also announce it in vim@vim.org when an update occurs.
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Therefore if you want to keep to be kept abreast of updates, you could
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check occassionally at vim@vim.org. (you can also use your mail server's
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filtering capability to effectively subscribe to the announcement).
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============================================================================
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INSTALLING *winmanager-installing*
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winmanager.vim should start working as soon as you restart vim after unzipping
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the .zip file you got this from into ~/.vim (unix) or ~\vimfiles (dos)
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winmanager only recognizes plugins whose name appears in the global variable >
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g:winManagerWindowLayout
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By default this global variable has the value >
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g:winManagerWindowLayout = 'FileExplorer,TagsExplorer|BufExplorer'
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(which is the value which winmanager uses if its not set in the user's .vimrc)
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This global variable is responsible for making winmanager recognize the
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existence of the explorers and simultaneously custome the window layout. See
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the next section for how to set this variable for various custom layouts of
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winmanager.
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============================================================================
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CUSTOMIZING *winmanager-customizing*
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The layout of winmanager is controlled by changing the value of the
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"g:winManagerWindowLayout" variable. The general form of this variable is
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>
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g:winManagerWindowLayout =
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'Group1_Member1,Group1_Member2|Group2_Member_1,Group2_Member_2'
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i.e, explorer "groups" are seperated by the '|' character. Within each group,
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individual explorer plugin names are seperated by the comma (',') character.
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What winmanager does is display only 1 member from each group in a window. The
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user can go to a window and press <C-n> to display the next explorer belonging
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to that group. This ability to "group" windows is valuable to preserve screen
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real-estate by using them only as needed.
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Thus for the default value of 'g:winManagerWindowLayout', winmanager will
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split the vim window as follows:
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+-----------+-------------------+
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| File | |
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| explorer | File being |
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| | edited |
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+-----------+ |
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| Buffer | |
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| explorer | |
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+-----------+-------------------+
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The user can go the [File List] window and press <C-n> to goto the
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'TagsExplorer' view.
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Removing a plugin name from the 'g:winManagerWindowLayout' variable means
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winmanager no longer sees that variable.
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============================================================================
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COMMANDS *winmanager-commands*
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:WMToggle :toggles the visibility of winmanager. This can
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also be used to start winmanager for the first
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time. A handy mapping is: >
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:map <c-w><c-t> :WMToggle<cr>
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< mnemonic: window-toggle : <c-W><c-T>
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:FirstExplorerWindow :directly takes you to the first explorer window
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from the top left corner which is visible. >
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:map <c-w><c-f> :FirstExplorerWindow<cr>
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< mnemonic: window-first : <c-W><c-F>
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:BottomExplorerWindow :directly takes you to the last explorere window
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from the top-left which is visible. >
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:map <c-w><c-b> :BottomExplorerWindow<cr>
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< mnemonic: window-last : <c-W><c-B>
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NOTE: winmanager does not provide any mappings by default. These have to set
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in the user's .vimrc if you want to use mappings.
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============================================================================
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SETTINGS *winmanager-settings*
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The values of the following global variables should be set in your .vimrc
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file if you want a different value than the default:
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g:persistentBehaviour: if set to 0, then as soon as you quit all the files
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and only the explorer windows are the ones left, vim will quit. the
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default is 1, which means that the explorer windows persist even if
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they are the only ones visible.
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g:winManagerWidth: the width of the explorer areas.
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(default 25)
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g:defaultExplorer: If you want winmanager to assume the functioning of the
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default explorer.vim which ships with vim, set this variable to 0.
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(default 1). If this variable is set to 1, then winmanager will behave as
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follows:
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. if the user starts off vim with a command such as
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":vim some/dir/" then winmanager starts off the window layout with
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FileExplorer at the top left window. as of now it changes the
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g:windowLayout variable so that file explorer appears in the top left
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window.
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. if on the other hand the user does ":e some/dir/" while _inside_ vim,
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then the behavior is consistent with the original behavior of the
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explorer.vim plugin which ships with vim, i.e, the directory is opened
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in a buffer and the user can use that to open a file in that window.
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Note that the commands ":Explore" and ":Sexplore" are still available if
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you set this variable to 1.
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winfileexplorer.vim, the modification of explorer.vim which ships with
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this version is different from the standard explorer.vim in that it has
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display caching. i.e, the directory is read and sorted only the first
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time. From the second time on, the directory list is cached in a script
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variable so display is faster.
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*winmanager-fileexplorer-settings*
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See |explorer| for details.
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NOTE: Some of the settings used in explorer.vim are not utlized in
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winmanager.
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*winmanager-bufexplorer-settings*
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g:bufExplorerMaxHeight: the buffer list window dynamicall rescales itself to
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occupy only the minimum space required to display all the windows. you
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can set a maximum number of lines for this window. (defualt 15)
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See |bufexplorer| for details on additional options.
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NOTE: Some of the settings used in bufexplorer.vim are not utlized in
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winmanager.
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DETAILED HELP *winmanager-details*
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When winmanager starts up, it divides up the whole vim window into 2
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"regions". The region on the left is the "explorer area" where the various
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explorer plugins are displayed. The region on the right is the "file editing
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area", where the user works on his current editing session.
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+--------+-------------------+
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| 1(i) | |
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+--------+ 2(ii) |
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+--------+-------------------+
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The explorer area (area 1) might contain multiple windows each of which might
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contain multiple explorers. In the default configuration (for
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g:winManagerWindowLayout = 'FileExplorer,TagsExplorer|BufExplorer'), the first
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window can be thought of as containing 2 explorers, the file explorer plugin
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and the tags explorer plugin, while the bottom window contains bufexplorer by
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itself.
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When a window contains multiple explorers, then the user can cycle between
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them by pressing <c-n> (mnemonic: next) or <c-p> (mnemonic: previous).
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This section describes the various keyboard shortcuts for the 3 plugins which
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are used with winmanager by default.
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NOTE: Other plugins might be distributed as add-ins to winmanager. In that
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case, please refer to the help which ships with that plugin.
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1. File Explorer plugin
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This plugin displays the current directory. Its a modification of the standard
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explorer.vim which ships with vim6.0. The following keyboard shortcuts are
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available with this plugin:
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<enter> if on a directory, enters it and displays it in the same
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area. If on a file, then opens it in the File Editing Area.
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Attempts to open in the same window as the one visited
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before, otherwise split open a new window horizontally. if
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this sounds a bit confusing, it isnt. its the most intuitive
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behaviour that one expects.
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<2-leftmouse> (doubleclick) the same as <enter>
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<tab> open the file or directory in a new window in the FileEditing
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area.
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c change the pwd to the directory currently displayed
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C change the currently displayed directory to pwd (converse of
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c) this helps in changing to different drives in windows.
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i.e, if you are currently on the c: drive and you want to
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change to the d: drive, you will have to do
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cd d:\
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and then press 'C' in the file explorer area.
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s select sort field (size, date, name)
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r reverse direction of sort
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f add current directory to list of favorites.
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R rename file
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D delete file (or range of files in visual mode)
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- move up one level
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<F5> refresh the file list
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2. Buffer Explorer plugin
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See |bufexplorer-usage| for details.
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NOTE: In addition to those shortcuts, winmanager adds the following:
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<tab> Opens the buffer under the cursor in a split window even if
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the current buffer is not modified.
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This window is dynamically rescaled and re-displayed. i.e, when a new window
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opens somehwere, the buffer list is automatically updated. also, it tries to
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occupy the minimum possible space required to display the files.
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3. File Editing Area
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The area where normal editing takes place. The commands in the File Explorer
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and Buffer Explorer shouldnt affect the layout of the windows here. Some
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mappings which I find useful (which should be placed in your .vimrc if you
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plan on using WManager often) is
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map <c-w><c-b> :BottomExplorerWindow<cr>
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map <c-w><c-f> :FirstExplorerWindow<cr>
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map <c-w><c-t> :WMToggle<cr>
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Pressing CTRL-W-B should then take you directly to the last explorer window
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Similarly pressing CTRL-W-F should take you to the first explorer window.
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CTRL-W-T will toggle between the winmanager visible and invisible.
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ADDING NEW PLUGINS *winmanager-adding*
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This section is of interest only to people who might want to extend winmanager
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by adding other plugins to it. The casual user can skip it.
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One of the most important new features of winmanager2.x is the ability to let
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other users add IDE type plugins to winmanager.vim with a minimum of effort.
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The way winmanager ships, it usually contains the following plugins:
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(FileExplorer, TagsExplorer)
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(BufExplorer)
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i.e, FileExplorer and TagsExplorer occupy one window as a single group, while
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BufExplorer occupies another window. "Adding" a plugin means that you will be
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able to add a seperate IDE plugin, (call it "YourPlugin" henceforth) either to
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one of these groups or seperately by itself. This section describes how to
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accomplish this. Although the section is somewhat lengthy, please rest assured
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that its really quite simple to do. Have a look at |wintagexplorer|.vim for a
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small plugin which accomplishes this.
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To better understand the process, its helpful to give a short description of
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the workings of winmanager. When a user wants to use your plugin, he
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"registers" it with winmanager, i.e he adds the "name" of the plugin to the
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variable g:winManagerWindowLayout in his .vimrc as:
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" this line goes in the user's .vimrc
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let g:winManagerWindowLayout = "FileExplorer,TagsExplorer|YourPlugin"
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When winmanager starts up, it remembers the string "YourPlugin" internally as
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the plugins "name". (The reason for making this a part of the user's .vimrc
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is that that way, he can customize the window layout according to his
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preferences).
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In addition to registering, the plugin itself initializes a variable called
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the "title" which starts with the name, such as: >
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" this line goes in your script file.
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let g:YourPlugin_title = "[My Plugin Title]"
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NOTE: Just like the rest of the hooks provided by your plugin, this global
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variable name is formed according the rule: g:<YourPluginName>_title.
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When winmanager starts up, it performs the following 2 actions:
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1. It opens a new file with the "title" provided by the plugin. This
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automatically ensures that the same buffer is opened for multiple
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invokations of the plugin.
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NOTE: It is very important for this reason that the plugin's name be
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distinct so that there is a low (ideally zero) probability of a file
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with the same name existing on a user's system.
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2. It modifies the "name" string (in this case "YourPlugin") to form
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"call YourPlugin_Start()" and then |exec|s this string. Thus winmanager
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communicates with your plugin by using a number of such "hooks" or
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global functions which all start with the string "YourPlugin" which are
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defined in the script file you create.
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In order to enable the dynamic nature of winmanager, where you can have your
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plugin change its display every time a |BufEnter| or |BufDelete| event occurs,
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it is necessary to provide a few other hooks. Every time a BufEnter or
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BufDelete event occurs, winmanager makes a loop over all the visible buffers.
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Then it "refreshes" the display of that plugin if it is "invalid". The
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following paragraphs describe the hooks that have to be provided to enable
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this.
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*winmanager-hooks*
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The following is a list of hooks which should be provided. A few of them are
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optional. Consider the case where you want to add a plugin which you have
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named "YourPlugin". In the following discussion, a "hook" simply refers to a
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globally visible function which is formed according to the rule that it start
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with the string "YourPlugin_", where "YourPlugin" is the name of your plugin.
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*winmanager-hook-start*
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YourPlugin_Start() This function is called during initialization. It
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{Mandatory} can be assumed (and _should_ be) that the focus is
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already in the buffer where stuff needs to be
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displayed. i.e, the plugin shouldnt open some other
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buffer during this function. (i.e, commands such as
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":e", ":vsplit", ":wincmd h" etc in this stage are
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bad. If however, you absolutely need to switch
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buffers or something which will cause |BufEnter| or
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|BufDelete| events, then you need to temporarily
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switch winmanager off by using
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|WinManagerSuspendAUs|)
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*winmanager-hook-isvalid*
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YourPlugin_IsValid() winmanager is dynamic in the sense that it allows the
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{Mandatory} plugins to change their displays when a BufEnter event
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occurs. At each BufEnter event, winmanager will cycle
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through all the visible explorers asking them if
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their display is "valid". If it isn't, then they will
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be redrawn by calling the next function.
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For plugins such as bufexplorer which change with
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every BufEnter, it is sufficient to make this always
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return 1. For plugins such as fileexplorer, the
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display never changes with the BufEnter even. hence
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in its case, it will always return 0.
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*winmanager-hook-refresh*
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YourPlugin_Refresh() If the YourPlugin_IsValid() function returns 0, then
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{Optional} this function is called to update the display. if the
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first function always returns 1, then this function
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need not be defined.
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NOTE: It is not clear at this time whether this
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function is really necessary. It might be obsoleted
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in the future. Future versions might call the
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_Start() function instead.
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NOTE: It has been obsoleted as of version 2.1
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*winmanager-hook-resize*
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YourPlugin_ReSize() The plugins can also be dynamically resizable. (the
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{Optional} current bufexplorer which ships with the winmanager
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exhibits this behavior). If a plugin creates such a
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function, then it will be called after its Refresh()
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function. The reason for not letting the plugin make
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this a part of its Refresh() function is that
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sometimes resizing is not allowed, such as in
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instances where there is no window above or below the
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plugin to take the slack of a resize.
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In addition, the plugin should also initialize the following global variable
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*winmanager-hook-title*
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g:YourPlugin_title This is the name of the buffer associated with
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this plugin. The reason for a title in addition to a
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name is that the name should be such that a global
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function of that name can be defined. However, the
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title can be more descriptive and contain spaces
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etc. For example, the present distribution of
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FileExplorer has the title "[File List]". Also,
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winmanager opens a file with this name (using an
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equivalent of ":e g:YourPlugin_title"), which
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automatically ensures that new buffers are not eaten
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up in multiple invokations of winmanager, toggling
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visibility of buffers, etc.
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NOTE: It is very important for this reason that the
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plugin's name be distinct so that there is a low
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(ideally zero) probability of a file with the same
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name existing on a user's system.
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In addition to YourPlugin providing winmanager with hooks, winmanager also
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provides the following hooks for use by YourPlugin:
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*WinManagerFileEdit*
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WinManagerFileEdit({filename}, {split})
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This function _must_ be used when the plugin wants
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to open a new file in the file editing area for
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editing. Its not sufficient to do something like
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":wincmd p" and then ":e filename", because first of
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all the ":wincmd p" command gets screwed
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(unfortunately) in the presence of winmanager
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because of the (sometimes) large movement winmanager
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does over all visible windows to maintain the
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dynamic nature. Secondly, doing a simple ":e
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filename" will not preserve the @# and the @%
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registers properly, causing handy commands such as
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|CTRL-^| to totally mis-behave.
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The first argument should be (preferably) the
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(complete) name of the file to be opened (including
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the full path to it if possible). The second
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argument decides whether winmanager should attempt
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to open the file in the same window as the last
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window or to split a new window to open the file.
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*WinManagerSuspendAUs*
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WinManagerSuspendAUs() This makes winmanager stop responding to the
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|BufEnter| or |BufDelete| autocommands like it
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normally does. Please use this function with care.
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You will need to use this when you are performing
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some action which causes these events but you dont
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want to have winmanager go through the whole
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isvalid/refresh cycle. NOTE: Take care to definitely
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reset the behavior by using the next function.
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*WinManagerResumeAUs*
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WinManagerResumeAUs() This is the converse of |WinManagerSuspendAUs()|. It
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makes winmanager start responding to events with the
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usual isvalid/refresh cycle.
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*WinManagerForceReSize*
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WinManagerForceReSize() Normally, winmanager calls the YourPlugin_ReSize()
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function after the YourPlugin_Refresh(). However,
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this happens only every |BufEnter| event. When the
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plugin performs some function which requires it to
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resize even when there was no |BufEnter| or
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|BufDelete| event, use this function. Please avoid
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making a call to YourPlugin_ReSize() because a
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number of safety checks have to be performed before
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a resizing is "legal".
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Finally, if you do plan on making an addin to winmanager, feel free to contact
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me for help/comments/suggestions. You might also want to take a look at: >
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http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~srinath/vim/explorerSample.vim
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for a simple template of an add-in plugin.
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BUGS *winmanager-bug*
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Please send any comments for improvements or bug-reports to >
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srinath@fastmail.fm
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If the bug is repeatable, then it will be of great help if a short description
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of the events leading to the bug are also given.
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Note "I dont like winmanager" is not a bug report, only an opinion ;-)
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THANKS *winmanager-thanks*
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I am really grateful to all those who emailed me with bug-reports and comments
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for improvement. Most of all, a huge thanks to Xiangjiang Ma for his enormous
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support and extremeley helpful QA.
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Other people who helped greatly:
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Madoka Machitani: fixed a couple of typos and gave some ideas for making
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things more robust.
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Colin Dearing: gave many useful suggestions for improvement which lead to
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the fast redraw capability of winmanager
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Jeff Lanzarotta: for agreeing to make changes to bufexplorer.vim so that
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bufexplorer.vim would be compatible with the latest version of
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winmanager.vim
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and finally all the great support I got from vim@vim.org and comp.editors
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helped a lot.
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vim:tw=78:et:ts=4:ft=help:norl:
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