I'm a VIM noob who uses VIM as a SystemVerilog file editor. Please bear with me as I'm trying very hard to set up an optimal SystemVerilog text editing VIM environment customized to my needs. The steep VIM learning curve, cluttered documentation, and poor communication is making the experience challenging. My OS is Linux.
I read somewhere that (g)VIM typically runs the .vimrc (or .gvimrc) vimscripts in the $HOME OR local directory to set up its environment. I have a SystemVerilog syntax file called systemverilog.vim that I received from a co-worker, and I included the following command in my ~/.vimrc in order for VIM to source this syntax file when hailing it: ------ syntax on au BufEnter *.sv, *.svh, *.svi, *.h, *.inc, *.vsif :source ~/systemverilog.vim ------ It seems that the systemverilog.vim syntax file was by a pro working in Cadence. Moving forward, I typically launch VIM in project directories that are far from my $HOME directory. However, sometimes when opening multiple files on the command line with $ vim O[N] file1.sv file2.sv I typically get one active window, which color codes the opened file's syntax, and the non-active ones are plain colored (i.e. no syntax highlighting occurs.) Once I switch between windows with ^Ww or execute some other VIM Window Movement keystrokes, like window swapping or rotate, sometimes syntax coloring magically occurs on all windows, and on other times, just on the newly active window. Typically, when the latter happens I get miffed and hit ^Ww repetitively so that syntax coloring appears everywhere. It's a very curious behavior that I haven't been able to put my finger on. I'm just starting to read up on "autocommands" and "events," and have recently explored the /usr/share/vim/vim70/ directory and filetype.vim contents to get a conceptual feel for how the creators of VIM get VIM going. It's still a work in progress. Any assistance would be appreciated. Lastly, and on a related note, I'm interested in expanding my VIM scope by dabbling with some of the plug-ins or extensions out there, such as VimShell and Nerdtree. I'm trying to organize my $HOME directory so that all-things-vim are neatly sorted and compartmentalized. what's the optimal organization? Underneath $HOME .vimrc .vim Underneath .vim syntax/ plugins/ docs/ Thanks -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
