Vim plugin for re-sizing splits swiftly
This repository requires the [Vim][vim_home] text editor to be installed the source code is available on GitHub -- vim/vim
, and most GNU Linux package managers are able to install Vim directly, eg...
- Arch based Operating Systems
sudo packman -Syy
sudo packman -S gawk make vim
- Debian derived Distributions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gawk make vim
Note
gawk
andmake
are only required if not utilizing a Vim plugin manager.
Perhaps as easy as one, 2.0,...
Clone this project...
mkdir -vp ~/git/hub/vim-utilities
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities
git clone [email protected]:vim-utilities/splits-resize.git
If not using a plugin manager, then this plugin may be installed via make install
command...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/splits-resize
make install
... Which will add symbolic links and update the Vim help tags file.
If not using a plugin manager, then this plugin may be uninstalled via make uninstall
target...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/splits-resize
make uninstall
... Which will remove symbolic links and update the Vim help tags file.
To update in the future use make upgrade
command...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/splits-resize
make upgrade
... Which will remove symbolic links, pull updates from Git default remote, re-add symbolic links and update Vim help tags file.
After installation, plugin documentation may be accessed via Vim's :help
command, eg...
:help splits-resize
All split actions are relative to current/active split, and intended to be used within Normal mode...
-
<ESC>h
or<A-h>
, re-size active vertical split by-2
-
<ESC>j
or<A-j>
, re-size active horizontal split by+2
-
<ESC>k
or<A-k>
, re-size active horizontal split by-2
-
<ESC>l
or<A-l>
, re-size active vertical split by+2
This repository may not be feature complete and/or fully functional, Pull Requests that add features or fix bugs are certainly welcomed.
The actions taken by this plugin may be modified with optional an expression, eg. 3<ESC>j
will resize by +3
Some terminals have Alt aliased to Esc; this plugin remaps either such that <ESC>h
and <A-h>
keyboard shortcuts will preform the same action.
Options for contributing to splits-resize and vim-utilities
Start making a Fork of this repository to an account that you have write permissions for.
- Add remote for fork URL. The URL syntax is
[email protected]:<NAME>/<REPO>.git
...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/splits-resize
git remote add fork [email protected]:<NAME>/splits-resize.git
- Commit your changes and push to your fork, eg. to fix an issue...
cd ~/git/hub/vim-utilities/splits-resize
git commit -F- <<'EOF'
:bug: Fixes #42 Issue
**Edits**
- `<SCRIPT-NAME>` script, fixes some bug reported in issue
EOF
git push fork main
Note, the
-u
option may be used to setfork
as the default remote, eg.git push fork main
however, this will also default thefork
remote for pulling from too! Meaning that pulling updates fromorigin
must be done explicitly, eg.git pull origin main
- Then on GitHub submit a Pull Request through the Web-UI, the URL syntax is
https://github.com/<NAME>/<REPO>/pull/new/<BRANCH>
Note; to decrease the chances of your Pull Request needing modifications before being accepted, please check the dot-github repository for detailed contributing guidelines.
Thanks for even considering it!
With you may sponsor vim-utilities on a repeating basis.
Regardless of if you're able to financially support projects such as splits-resize that vim-utilities maintains, please consider sharing projects that are useful with others, because one of the goals of maintaining Open Source repositories is to provide value to the community.
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Vim documentation
help :map-operator
help :map-commands
help :command-range
help <range>
help :command-count
help <count>
help <Plug>
help <SID>
help :map-<expr>
-
Linux hints
- Use
sed -n l
to debug key inputs
- Use
-
StackExchange Vi -- How to allow count before my custom operator
-
StackExchange Vi -- Make mapping that accepts count independent of line count
-
YouTube -- My Vimrc: Customized for Markdown Writing & Nothing Else
Vim plugin for re-sizing splits swiftly
Copyright (C) 2020 S0AndS0
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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