v
, a Vim command line wrapper
I wrote v
to help with a couple of my common wants when starting Vim. It’s a script written in Ruby and the source is on GitHub, here are the two things it does.
Open path/to/file:line-number
If v
is passed an argument matching path/to/file:line-number
it will load the file and place the cursor on the specified line, this allows you to easily copy/paste output from tools such as RSpec and start editing in the correct place.
Example:
v ./spec/path/to/failure_spec.rb:123
Automatically load ./Session.vim
When v
is run with no arguments it looks in the current directory for a file called Session.vim
and loads it as a Vim session. Note that this only occurs when no arguments are passed, so you can load other specified files without spoiling your session.
--dry-run
To see what v
will execute for the given arguments add --dry-run
.
Example:
$ v --dry-run ./spec/path/to/failure_spec.rb:123
vim ./spec/path/to/failure_spec.rb +123
--help
What command line script would be complete without corresponding help? Run v --help
for usage.
Also on medium.com.