Re: [chuck-users] chuck shell... --> My vim usage

VIM can execute bash commands.. so from vim you can control chuck using the familiar command line controls like this: :! chuck + % in this command :! tells vim to do a bash command and the % refers to the currently opened file. I have bound this and similar commands ( remove shred and replace shred) to keyboard shortcuts. not saying that doing this is better than what you are doing... just another option. (vim is awesome!) On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Bill Nye wrote:

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From: kurt I like the Mini but I really like Vim. That is really the only reason I use the shell.

When I heard mention of vim I thought I would share what I use to test chuck code snippets, directly from inside vim.  To get alignment, be sure to view the following with a fixed-width font.

It consists of one bash script, a symbolic link, and, on Win, a .bat file.

In the main bash script below, the second 'cat' line returns the same stdin chuck code lines back into vim, followed then by chuck's stdout.  (Of course, you also hear the chuck output, if any.)

I'm sorry to say that after days of trying, I could not get chuck to play, and also deliver its stdout in just one invocation, hence the two chuck.exe lines.

FILE ~/bin/chuck_execution_in_vi  (Win version)  #! /bin/bash  # chuck_execution_in_vi -- Typically used in vi as:  #   :'a,.!chu  to leave original lines and also  #              return Chuck execution output.  tmp="/tmp/tmp.chu.ck.$$"  cat > $tmp  cat   $tmp  cmd /c start "`cygpath -w ~/bin/chuck.exe`"          $tmp               "`cygpath -w ~/bin/chuck.exe`" --silent $tmp  \      2>&1 | tr -d '\015'  rm -f $tmp  exit  TESTS:    Sit on next line in vim and type   :.!chu    <<< "Hello" >>>;    You should see in vim after the '<<<' code line:      "Hello" : (string)    Sit on 'now' line and type   :-,.!chu    SinOsc s  => dac;    1::second => now;

FILE ~/bin/chuck_execution_in_vi  (Mac version)  #! /bin/bash  # chuck_execution_in_vi  tmp="/tmp/tmp.chu.ck.$$"  cat > $tmp  cat   $tmp  chuck $tmp  2>&1  rm -f $tmp

On Mac and Win (cygwin) I have this symbolic link to cut down on typing:  ~/bin/chu -> ~/bin/chuck_execution_in_vi

On Win, I also need this parallel .bat file: (I set the 2 env vars in my .profile)

FILE ~/bin/chu.bat  @ECHO OFF  PATH %WPROGRAMS%\cygwin\bin;%PATH%  %WPROGRAMS%\cygwin\bin\bash  %WHOME%\bin\chu  %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

Of course, this only works well if the chuck code terminates on its own.  I don't know what this can do for --loop or shreds but it may give you some ideas.

Incidentally, on both Mac and Win I have QuicKeys, so I just do 'ma' (to mark the snippet beginning) move to the end, and type Ctrl-Shift-C , which simply types :'a,.!chu  for me.       -Bill

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