vim-slime

vim-slime Demo What is vim-slime? What is SLIME? SLIME is an Emacs plugin to turn Emacs into a Lisp IDE. You can type text in a file, send it to a live REPL, and avoid having to reload all your code every time you make a change. So, what is vim-slime? vim-slime is a humble attempt at getting _some_ of the SLIME features into Vim. It works with any REPL and isn't tied to Lisp. Grab some text and send it to a target: The target contains a REPL, maybe Clojure, R or python. If you can type text into it, vim-slime can send text to it. Why do this? Because you want the benefits of a REPL (instant feedback, no need to reload ...) and the benefits of using Vim (familiar environment, syntax highlighting, persistence ...). More details in the blog post. Targets Configure vim-slime for your desired target: " for all buffers let g:slime_target = "tmux" " and/or as a buffer-level override let b:slime_target = "wezterm" " if not explicitly configured, it defaults to `screen` Many targets are supported, check their documentation for details: conemu dtach kitty neovim screen — default tmux vimterminal wezterm whimrepl x11 zellij Installation Use your favorite package manager, or use Vim's built-in package support (since Vim 7.4.1528): mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start cd ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start git clone https://github.com/jpalardy/vim-slime.git You can try vim-slime in Docker before committing to anything else. Usage Put your cursor over the text you want to send and type: ctrl-c ctrl-c --- the same as slime (You can just hold ctrl and double-tap c.) The current paragraph — what would be selected if you typed vip — is automatically selected. To control exactly what is sent, you can manually select text before calling vim-slime. Vim Style Mappings To send text using vim-style mappings, such as slime operator+motion or slime operator+text object see the appropriate section of the advanced configuration documentation. Config prompt vim-slime needs to know where to send your text, it will prompt you. It will remember your answers and won't prompt you again. If you want to reconfigure, type: ctrl-c v --- mnemonic: "variables" or call: :SlimeConfig Language Support vim-slime might have to modify its behavior according to the language or REPL you want to use. Many languages are supported without modifications, while others might tweak the text without explicit configuration: coffee-script elm fsharp haskell / lhaskell -- README matlab ocaml python / ipython -- README scala / ammonite -- README sml stata Advanced Configuration If plain vim-slime isn't doing exactly what you want, have a look at advanced configuration.