Vim#
Installing vim plugins#
From help;
USING A FILETYPE PLUGIN ftplugin-name
You can add a filetype plugin by dropping it in the right directory. The name of this directory is in the same directory mentioned above for global plugins, but the last part is “ftplugin”. Suppose you have found a plugin for the “stuff” filetype, and you are on Unix. Then you can move this file to the ftplugin directory: >
mv thefile ~/.vim/ftplugin/stuff.vim
If that file already exists you already have a plugin for “stuff”. You might want to check if the existing plugin doesn’t conflict with the one you are adding. If it’s OK, you can give the new one another name: >
mv thefile ~/.vim/ftplugin/stuff_too.vim
The underscore is used to separate the name of the filetype from the rest, which can be anything. If you use “otherstuff.vim” it wouldn’t work, it would be loaded for the “otherstuff” filetype.
N.b. underscore to avoid conflicts.
May also have other directories to copy too (e.g. ftdetect, syntax, etc).
Pretty print JSON#
Pretty print JSON by filtering through Python standrad library module [1]
:%!python -m json.tool