Vim 插件是一个 .vim 的脚本文件,定义了函数、映射、语法规则和命令,可用于操作窗口、缓冲以及行。一般一个插件包含了命令定义和事件钩子。当使用 Python 编写 vim 插件时,函数外面是使用 VimL 编写,尽管 VimL 学起来很快,但 Python 更加灵活,例如可以用 urllib/httplib/simplejson 来访问某些 Web 服务,这也是为什么很多需要访问 Web 服务的插件都是使用 VimL + Python 编写的原因。
在开始编写插件之前,你需要确认 Vim 支持 Python,通过以下命令来判别:
vim --version | grep +python
接下来我们通过一个简单的例子来学习用 Python 编写 Vim 插件,该插件用来获取 Reddit 首页信息并显示在当前缓冲区上。
首先在 Vim 新建 vimmit.vim 文件,我们首先需要判断是否支持 Python,如果不支持给出提示信息:
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if
!has(
'python'
)
echo
"Error: Required vim compiled with +python"
finish
endif
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上面这段代码就是用 VimL 编写的,它将检查 Vim 是否支持 Python。
下面是用 Python 编写的 Reddit() 主函数:
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" Vim comments start with a double quote.
" Function definition
is
VimL. We can mix VimL
and
Python
in
" function definition.
function! Reddit()
" We start the python code like the
next
line.
python << EOF
# the vim module contains everything we need to interface with vim from
# python. We need urllib2 for the web service consumer.
import
vim, urllib2
# we need json for parsing the response
import
json
# we define a timeout that we'll use in the API call. We don't want
# users to wait much.
TIMEOUT
=
20
URL
= "codego.net
"
try
:
# Get the posts and parse the json response
response
=
urllib2.urlopen(URL,
None
, TIMEOUT).read()
json_response
=
json.loads(response)
posts
=
json_response.get(
"data"
, "
").get("
children
", "
")
# vim.current.buffer is the current buffer. It's list-like object.
# each line is an item in the list. We can loop through them delete
# them, alter them etc.
# Here we delete all lines in the current buffer
del
vim.current.
buffer
[:]
# Here we append some lines above. Aesthetics.
vim.current.
buffer
[
0
]
=
80
*
"-"
for
post
in
posts:
# In the next few lines, we get the post details
post_data
=
post.get(
"data"
, {})
up
=
post_data.get(
"ups"
,
0
)
down
=
post_data.get(
"downs"
,
0
)
title
=
post_data.get(
"title"
,
"NO TITLE"
).encode(
"utf-8"
)
score
=
post_data.get(
"score"
,
0
)
permalink
=
post_data.get(
"permalink"
).encode(
"utf-8"
)
url
=
post_data.get(
"url"
).encode(
"utf-8"
)
comments
=
post_data.get(
"num_comments"
)
# And here we append line by line to the buffer.
# First the upvotes
vim.current.
buffer
.append(
"↑ %s"
%
up)
# Then the title and the url
vim.current.
buffer
.append(
" %s [%s]"
%
(title, url,))
# Then the downvotes and number of comments
vim.current.
buffer
.append(
"↓ %s | comments: %s [%s]"
%
(down, comments, permalink,))
# And last we append some "-" for visual appeal.
vim.current.
buffer
.append(
80
*
"-"
)
except
Exception, e:
print
e
EOF
" Here the python code
is
closed. We can
continue
writing VimL
or
python again.
endfunction
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使用如下命令保存文件
:source vimmit.vim
然后调用该插件:
:call Reddit()
这个命令用起来不那么方便,因此我们再定义一个命令:
command! -nargs=0 Reddit call Reddit()
我们定义了命令:Reddit来调用这个函数。-nargs 参数声明命令行中有多少个参数。
关于函数参数的问题:
问:如何访问函数中的参数?
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function! SomeName(arg1, arg2, arg3)
" Get the first argument by name
in
VimL
let firstarg
=
a:arg1
" Get the second argument by position
in
Viml
let secondarg
=
a:
1
" Get the arguments
in
python
python << EOF
import
vim
first_argument
=
vim.
eval
(
"a:arg1"
)
#or vim.eval("a:0")
second_argument
=
vim.
eval
(
"a:arg2"
)
#or vim.eval("a:1")
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你可以使用 ... 来处理可变个数参数来替换特定的参数名,可通过位置或者命名参数来访问,如:(arg1, arg2, ...)
问:如何在 Python 中调用 Vim 命令?
vim.command("[vim-command-here]")
问:如何定义全局变量,并在 VimL 和 Python 中访问?
全局变量使用形如 g:. 的前缀,定义全局变量前应该检查该变量是否已定义:
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if
!exists(
"g:reddit_apicall_timeout"
)
let g:reddit_apicall_timeout
=
40
endif
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然后你通过下面代码在 Python 中访问这个变量:
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TIMEOUT
=
vim.
eval
(
"g:reddit_apicall_timeout"
)
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可通过下面的方法来对全局变量进行重新赋值:
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let g:reddit_apicall_timeout
=
60
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更多关于使用 Python 编写 Vim 插件的说明请看官方文档。
codego.net代码节选