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vimerlang
Vombat
Vombat

Reputation: 1166

How to start Erlang shell from inside Vim

I want to use Vim as the editor for my Erlang coding. I managed to install the plugin for Erlang in vim, and I want to know if it is possible to compile the current buffer inside vim? In Emacs for example you can start Erlang shell using Ctrl C + Ctrl L key combination. So is there a alternative in Vim to start the Erlang shell and then compile the current buffer?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1204

Answers (2)

sanmiguel
sanmiguel

Reputation: 4878

I also use the same vimerl plugin for erlang development in vim. However, I had to make a small change to it to make some improvements to the way it compiles for checking.

Once I'd made these changes, writing the file (e.g. with :w) caused vimerl to compile that source file and put the warnings/errors in the quickfix list (exactly the same way that :make would do if you had a Makefile in place).

FWIW, I also have the following configuration in my vimrc:

let g:erlangHighlightErrors = 1
let g:erlangHighlightBif = 1
let g:erlangCompletionDisplayDoc = 1
let g:erlangWranglerPath = "/usr/local/share/wrangler"
let g:erlangRefactoring = 1

Upvotes: 0

Dmytro Sirenko
Dmytro Sirenko

Reputation: 5083

For a quick shell command from inside Vim, use :!command -a -b arg1 (e.g. :!ls -l, :!erl %).

But Emacs is not Vim, they have different ideas behind both. Vim is just a text editor with programming extensions, it's not a place for terminal inside (just as for tetris and M-x doctor).

Vim maintainers refuse to add a full-blown terminal implementation into Vim itself (for more details, see :help shell-window ).

If you still want an in-buffer shell, you can take a look at ConqueTerm , but it does not work seamlessly. I tried it, but prefer using tmux / screen to split my console's screen estate into windows.

Upvotes: 5

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