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NeoVintageous 1.31.0 ​

NeoVintageous 1.31.0 has been released. Highlights include new and improved window commands, marks, goto file commands, and an advanced reveal in side bar command.

Sublime Text Vim window commands ​

Most window commands require origami to work properly. Origami is a great a plugin for managing windows. I highly recommend it.

Vim window splitting

CTRL-W s
CTRL-W S
CTRL-W CTRL-S
:sp[lit] [file]

Split current window in two. The result is two views on the same view. If [file] is given it will be edited in the new view.

CTRL-W CTRL-V
CTRL-W v
:vs[plit] [file]

Like :split, but split vertically.

CTRL-W n
CTRL-W CTRL_N
:new [file]

Create a new split and start editing an empty view. If [file] is given it will be edited in the new view.

:vne[w]

Like :new, but split vertically.

CTRL-W CTRL-^
CTRL-W ^

Like CTRL-^, edit alternate file, except the alternate file is opened in a split view.

Mostly the ^ character is positioned on the 6 key, pressing CTRL and 6 then gets you what we call CTRL-^. But on some non-US keyboards CTRL-^ is produced in another way.

Sublime Text vim marks ​

To view all marks: :marks

mark line  col file/text
 a     11    0 /home/code/fizz.txt
 b     15    3 /home/code/fizz.txt
 c     17    5 /home/code/fizz.txt
 C     21    7 /home/code/fizz.txt
 D     19   11 /home/code/buzz.txt

Press ENTER to continue

To create a mark.

m{a-zA-Z}

To jump to a mark.

'{a-z}
`{a-z}

The difference between quote and backtick is using the quote puts the cursor on the first non-bank character. Using the backtick puts the cursor on the exact column of the mark.

Vim global marks

Global marks are set using uppercase letters.

m{A-Z}

To jump to a global mark.

'{A-Z}
`{A-Z}

The next version of NeoVintageous will support showing marks in the gutter.

Sublime Text Vim goto file commands ​

The gf goto file under cursor command now supports:

  • Visual mode
  • Environment variables, and
  • The ~ character expands to the user home directory

For example all of the following now work.

file.txt
/path/to/file.txt
../file.txt
~/path/to/file.txt
$HOME/path/to/file.txt

The current working directory is resolved as follows:

  1. User session current working directory e.g. :cd {path}.
  2. First project folder or opened folder.
  3. The dirname of the currently active view file.
  4. Sublime's current working directory, which is the install directory.

To change the current directory.

vim
:cd {path}

To change the current directory to the home directory.

vim
:cd!
:cd ~

To change to the directory of the current file.

vim
:cd %:h

To inspect the current working directory. The value is displayed on the status bar.

vim
:pwd

The new gF command is the same as gf, except if a number follows the file name, then the cursor is positioned on that line and column in the file.

file.txt:42
file.txt:4:2
file.txt@20
file.txt(30)

Advanced reveal in side bar ​

The new reveal in side bar command does a number of things that the built-in Sublime Text command does not.

  1. Makes the side bar visible if it's not already visible
  2. Puts focus on the side bar

Here is an example using it in a mapping.

vim
let mapleader=,
nnoremap <leader><leader> :Neovintageous action=reveal_side_bar<CR>

To use the same mapping to put the focus back on the view, when the side bar has focus.

Menu → Preferences → Key Bindings

js
{
    "keys": [",", ","],
    "command": "focus_group",
    "args": {"group": 0},
    "context": [
        {"key": "control", "operand": "sidebar_tree"}
    ]
},

The reason the key binding is required is because NeoVintageous does not handle keys when the side bar has focus.

See also how to create a toggle side bar mapping and how to create a reveal side bar mapping.

Resources ​