https://duan.ca/tag/neovim/ <p>When it comes to Swift source code editing, nothing beats Xcode 6.3! That includes Xcode 6.2, which drove me to good'O Vim for a while.</p> <p>Except it's not the old Vim, I'm trying out <a href="http://neovim.org">NeoVim</a>. The most noticable difference in NeoVim compared to Vim is its recent addition of a built-in terminal.</p> <p>With the help of syntax highlighting and a Makefile, working with Swift this way turns out to be a fine alternative.</p> <p>(As a side benefit, I'm forced to use only local-context autocompletion. Now I can actually spell out full UIKit APIs 😉.)</p> <p>Here's a gif:</p> <p><img src="/assets/2015/04/demo.gif" alt="Make Swift NeoVim Demo" /></p> <p>Some details are easy to miss. I pressed <code>,m</code>, <code>,</code> being my binding for <code>&lt;leader&gt;</code>. A terminal session launched with the <code>make</code> command running. When that's done, I could press any key and the terminal pane was dismissed. Since <code>test</code> is the default target in my <code>Makefile</code>, the test suit for my Swift codes actually ran.</p> <p>Here's how the shortcut is set in <code>.nvimrc</code>:</p> <pre><code>if has('nvim') nnoremap &lt;leader&gt;m :rightbelow vertical split &lt;bar&gt; :term make&lt;cr&gt; endif </code></pre> <p>The makefile is pretty straightforword if you've worked with <code>xcodebuild</code>.</p> <pre><code>test : @xcodebuild test -project ProjectName.xcodeproj -scheme SchemeName -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 6' | xcpretty clean : @xcodebuild clean </code></pre> <p><a href="https://github.com/supermarin/xcpretty">xcpretty</a> is a nifty script that makes <code>xcodebuild</code>s output much more readable.</p> <p>Happy vimming, Swifties :)</p> Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:46:17 -0700 https://duan.ca/2015/04/22/neovim-swift-and-make/ https://duan.ca/2015/04/22/neovim-swift-and-make/