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1 *os_haiku.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2020 Feb 26
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 *Haiku*
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8 This file contains the particularities for the Haiku version of Vim. For
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9 matters not discussed in this file, Vim behaves very much like the Unix
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10 |os_unix.txt| version.
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12 Haiku is an open-source operating system inspired by BeOS, that specifically
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13 targets personal computing.
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15 1. General |haiku-general|
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16 2. Compiling Vim |haiku-compiling|
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17 3. The Haiku GUI |haiku-gui|
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18 4. The $VIM directory |haiku-vimdir|
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19 5. The $BE_USER_SETTINGS
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20 directory |haiku-user-settings-dir|
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21 6. Drag & Drop |haiku-dragndrop|
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22 7. Single Launch vs. Multiple
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23 Launch |haiku-launch|
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24 8. Fonts |haiku-fonts|
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25 9. The meta key modifier |haiku-meta|
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26 10. Mouse key mappings |haiku-mouse|
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27 11. Color names |haiku-colors|
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28 12. Credits |haiku-support-credits|
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29 13. Bugs & things To Do |haiku-bugs|
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32 1. General *haiku-general*
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34 The default syntax highlighting mostly works with different foreground colors
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35 to highlight items. This works best if you set your Terminal window to a
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36 darkish background and light letters. Some middle-grey background (for
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37 instance (r,g,b)=(168,168,168)) with black letters also works nicely.
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40 2. Compiling Vim *haiku-compiling*
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42 Vim can be compiled using the standard configure/make approach. Running
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43 ./configure without any arguments or passing --enable-gui=haiku, will compile
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44 vim with the Haiku GUI support. Run ./configure --help , to find out other
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45 features you can enable/disable.
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47 Now you should use "make" to compile Vim, then "make install" to install it.
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48 For seamless integration into the Haiku the GUI-less vim binary should be
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49 additionally installed over the GUI version. Typical build commands are: >
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51 ./configure --prefix=`finddir B_SYSTEM_NONPACKAGED_DIRECTORY` \
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52 --datarootdir=`finddir B_SYSTEM_NONPACKAGED_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
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53 --mandir=`finddir B_SYSTEM_NONPACKAGED_DIRECTORY`/documentation/man \
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54 make clean
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55 make install
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57 ./configure --prefix=`finddir B_SYSTEM_NONPACKAGED_DIRECTORY` \
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58 --datarootdir=`finddir B_SYSTEM_NONPACKAGED_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
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59 --mandir=`finddir B_SYSTEM_NONPACKAGED_DIRECTORY`/documentation/man \
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60 --disable-gui
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61 make clean
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62 make install
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65 3. The Haiku GUI *haiku-gui*
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67 Normally Vim starts with the GUI if you start it as gvim or vim -g. The vim
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68 version with GUI tries to determine if it was started from the Tracker instead
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69 of the Terminal, and if so, uses the GUI anyway. However, the current detection
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70 scheme is fooled if you use the command "vim - </dev/null".
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72 Stuff that does not work yet:
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74 - Mouse up events are not generated when outside the window. This may be a bug in
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75 Haiku. You can notice this when selecting text and moving the cursor outside
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76 the window, then letting go of the mouse button. Another way is when you
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77 drag the scrollbar and do the same thing. Because Vim still thinks you are
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78 still playing with the scrollbar it won't change it itself. I provided a
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79 workaround which kicks in when the window is activated or deactivated (so it
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80 works best with focus- follows-mouse turned on).
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81 - The cursor does not flash (very low priority; I'm not sure I even like it
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82 when it flashes)
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85 4. The $VIM directory *haiku-vimdir*
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87 $VIM is the symbolic name for the place where Vims support files are stored.
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88 The default value for $VIM is set at compile time and can be determined with >
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90 :version
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92 The normal value is /boot/common/data/vim. If you don't like it you can
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93 set the VIM environment variable to override this, or set 'helpfile' in your
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94 .vimrc: >
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96 :if version >= 500
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97 : set helpfile=~/vim/runtime/doc/help.txt
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98 : syntax on
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99 :endif
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102 5. The $USER_SETTINGS_DIR directory *haiku-user-settings-dir*
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104 $USER_SETTINGS_DIR is the symbolic name for the place where Haiku
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105 configuration and settings files are stored.
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107 The normal value is /boot/home/config/settings.
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110 6. Drag & Drop *haiku-dragndrop*
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112 You can drop files and directories on either the Vim icon (starts a new Vim
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113 session, unless you use the File Types application to set Vim to be "Single
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114 Launch") or on the Vim window (starts editing the files). Dropping a folder
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115 sets Vim's current working directory. |:cd| |:pwd| If you drop files or
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116 folders with either SHIFT key pressed, Vim changes directory to the folder
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117 that contains the first item dropped. When starting Vim, there is no need to
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118 press shift: Vim behaves as if you do.
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120 Files dropped set the current argument list. |argument-list|
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123 7. Single Launch vs. Multiple Launch *haiku-launch*
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125 As distributed Vim's Application Flags (as seen in the FileTypes preference)
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126 are set to Multiple Launch. If you prefer, you can set them to Single Launch
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127 instead. Attempts to start a second copy of Vim will cause the first Vim to
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128 open the files instead. This works from the Tracker but also from the command
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129 line. In the latter case, non-file (option) arguments are not supported.
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130 Another drawback of the Single Launch is silent ignore of "Open With ..."
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131 requests by vim instance that running as non-GUI application even GUI support
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132 was compiled in. Vim instance running with GUI has no such problems.
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134 NB: Only the GUI version has a BApplication (and hence Application Flags).
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135 This section does not apply to the GUI-less version, should you compile one.
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138 8. Fonts *haiku-fonts*
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140 Set fonts with >
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142 :set guifont=DejaVu_Sans_Mono/Book/12
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144 where the first part is the font family, the second part the style, and the
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145 third part the size. You can use underscores instead of spaces in family and
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146 style.
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148 Best results are obtained with monospaced fonts. Vim attempts to use all
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149 fonts in B_FIXED_SPACING mode but apparently this does not work for
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150 proportional fonts (despite what the BeBook says).
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152 To verify which encodings are supported by the current font give the >
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154 :digraphs
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156 command, which lists a bunch of characters with their ISO Latin 1 encoding.
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157 If, for instance, there are "box" characters among them, or the last character
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158 isn't a dotted-y, then for this font the encoding does not work.
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160 If the font you specify is unavailable, you get the system fixed font.
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162 GUI Font Selection Dialog is available at giving the >
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164 :set guifont=*
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166 command.
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169 9. The meta key modifier *haiku-meta*
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171 The META key modifier is obtained by the left or right OPTION keys. This is
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172 because the ALT (aka COMMAND) keys are not passed to applications.
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175 10. Mouse key mappings *haiku-mouse*
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177 Vim calls the various mouse buttons LeftMouse, MiddleMouse and RightMouse. If
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178 you use the default Mouse preference settings these names indeed correspond to
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179 reality. Vim uses this mapping:
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181 Button 1 -> LeftMouse,
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182 Button 2 -> RightMouse,
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183 Button 3 -> MiddleMouse.
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185 If your mouse has fewer than 3 buttons you can provide your own mapping from
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186 mouse clicks with modifier(s) to other mouse buttons. See the file
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187 $VIM/macros/swapmous.vim for an example. |gui-mouse-mapping|
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190 11. Color names *haiku-colors*
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192 Vim has a number of color names built-in. Additional names are read from the
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193 file $VIMRUNTIME/rgb.txt, if present. This file is basically the color
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194 database from X. Names used from this file are cached for efficiency.
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197 12. GUI Toolbar Images *haiku-toolbar-images*
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199 Alternative set of toolbar images should be the PNG image of any height you
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200 like. Image width is calculated to contain at least 32 buttons in one-row
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201 cells.
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202 The image should be stored under the name $VIRUNTIME/bitmaps/builtin-tools.png
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203 More info about the buttons assignment are at |builtin-tools|.
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206 13. Credits *haiku-support-credits*
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208 Haiku port is based on work done for BeOS version by many people
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209 - BeBox GUI support Copyright 1998 by Olaf Seibert;
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210 - Ported to R4 by Richard Offer <richard@whitequeen.com> Jul 99;
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211 - Those who contributed, not listed above but not forgotten;
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212 - Haiku support by Siarzhuk Zharski <imker@gmx.li> Apr-Mai 2009.
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214 All the changes and patches released under vim-license.
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216 Thank you, all!
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219 13. Bugs & things To Do *haiku-bugs*
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221 The port is under development now and far away from the perfect state. Bug
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222 reports, patches and wishes are welcome.
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225 -Siarzhuk Zharski <imker@gmx.li>
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228 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
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