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Show current Python class and method name or function name in Vim

Submitted by Jeet Sukumaran on

There are a number of Vim plugins to show the current Python class and method name or function name (e.g., this). However, they can be extremely "heavy" (the linked example requires Vim compiled with Python, and is pretty slow when indexing a large Python file) and moreover, all seem to be geared to showing the information dynamically in the status bar. While the latter might be desirable in some contexts, the required binding to a CursorHold trigger coupled with the slowness in indexing, make it clumsy to use when navigating large files. Sometimes, all that is wanted or needed is an "on-demand" brief display of the information. The following code takes care of this. When sourced into your Vim session, it echos the current Python class and method name or function name when invoked via "<Leader>?" or ":EchoPythonLocation".

Execute Selected Lines of (Optionally) Marked Up Python Code in a Vim Buffer

Submitted by Jeet Sukumaran on

There are a number of solutions for executing Python code in your active buffer in Vim. All of these expect the buffer lines to be well-formatted Python code, with correct indentation. Many times, however, I am working on program or other documentation (in, for example reStructuredTex or Markdown format), and the code fragments that I want to execute have extra indentation or line leaders.

Buffersaurus: A Vim Plugin for Searching and Indexing Across Buffers (with Context!)

Submitted by Jeet Sukumaran on

Description

Buffersaurus is a Vim plugin for searching and indexing the contents of buffers for regular expression patterns or collections of regular expression patterns. Results are displayed in separate buffer, and can be (optionally) viewed with user-specifiable lines of context (i.e., a number of lines before and/or after the line matching the search pattern) or filtered for specific patterns.

Global commands provided include (among others):

Setting Up Git's difftool to Use Your Diff Viewer/Editor of Choice

Submitted by Jeet Sukumaran on

Git offers two ways of viewing differences between commits, or between commits and your working tree: diff and difftool. The first of these, by default, dumps the results to the standard output. This mode of presentation is great for quick summaries of small sets of changes, but is a little cumbersome if there are a large number of changes between the two commits being compared and/or you want to closely examin

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