A comprehensive Vim utility functions for Vim plugins.
Modules in vital.vim basically support Vim 8.0 or later. We guarantee that the following versions of Vim are supported:
- The latest major version (8.1.*)
- The previous major version (8.0.*)
And some modules have stricter requirements and additioinal dependencies. Please read the docs of each module before using them.
Since Vim script has no built-in module system, using external libraries had been troublesome.
- If you decide to include the libraries in your plugin repository by copy&paste manually: You are responsible for updating the libraries by yourself. sigh You have to find backward-incompatible changes that can break your plugin from every changes between the previous version you installed in the past. super tedious
- If you want the plugin users to install the dependent libraries: The users will receive additional steps to get it working with your plugin. not easy Even worse, they may fail to install the dependencies properly. a bad dream
vital.vim will embed libraries into your plugin repository and thus your plugin users don't need to install them separately. Additionally, vital.vim can also resolve the dependencies according to the declaration on vital modules.
Concretely, vital.vim resolves the dependencies among vital modules by the module bundler called vitalizer. vitalizer can bundle only necessary modules and can update an existing bundle. On updating the modules, vitalizer shows any breaking changes to help you migrate to the new version of vital modules.
| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| Assertion | assertion library |
| Async.Promise | An asynchronous operation like ES6 Promise |
| Bitwise | bitwise operators |
| ConcurrentProcess | manages processes concurrently with vimproc |
| Data.Base64 | base64 utilities library |
| Data.BigNum | multi precision integer library |
| Data.Closure | Provide Closure object |
| Data.Collection | Utilities both for list and dict |
| Data.Counter | Counter library to support convenient tallies |
| Data.Dict | dictionary utilities library |
| Data.Either | either value library |
| Data.LazyList | lazy list including file io |
| Data.List | list utilities library |
| Data.List.Closure | Data.List provider for Data.Closure |
| Data.Optional | optional value library |
| Data.OrderedSet | ordered collection library |
| Data.Set | set and frozenset data structure ported from python |
| Data.String | string utilities library |
| Data.String.Interpolation | build string with ${} |
| Data.Tree | tree utilities library |
| Database.SQLite | sqlite utilities library |
| DateTime | date and time library |
| Experimental.Functor | Utilities for functor |
| Hash.MD5 | MD5 encoding |
| Interpreter.Brainf__k | Brainf**k interpreter |
| Locale.Message | very simple message localization library |
| Mapping | Utilities for mapping |
| Math | Mathematical functions |
| OptionParser | Option parser library for Vim |
| Prelude | crucial functions |
| Process | Utilities for process |
| Random.Mt19937ar | random number generator using mt19937ar |
| Random.Xor128 | random number generator using xor128 |
| Random | Random utility frontend library |
| Stream | A streaming library |
| System.Cache | An unified cache system |
| System.File | filesystem utilities library |
| System.Filepath | path string utilities library |
| System.Process | A cross-platform process utilities |
| Text.CSV | CSV library |
| Text.INI | INI file library |
| Text.LTSV | LTSV library |
| Text.Lexer | lexer library |
| Text.Parser | parser library |
| Text.TOML | TOML library |
| Text.Table | Character table library |
| Vim.BufferManager | buffer manager |
| Vim.Buffer | Vim's buffer related stuff in general |
| Vim.Compat | Vim compatibility wrapper functions |
| Vim.Guard | Guard options/variables |
| Vim.Message | Vim message functions |
| Vim.Python | +python/+python3 compatibility functions |
| Vim.ScriptLocal | Get script-local things |
| Vim.Search | Vim's [I like function |
| Vim.ViewTracer | Trace window and tabpage |
| Vim.WindowLayout | lays out windows declaratively |
| Web.HTML | HTML parser written in pure Vim script |
| Web.HTTP | simple HTTP client library |
| Web.JSON | JSON parser written in pure Vim script |
| Web.URI | URI manipulation library |
| Web.XML | XML parser written in pure Vim script |
... and you can also create your own vital modules. Please see External vital modules for more information.
Use :Vitalize to install modules.
Please see the help for more details.
:Vitalize --name=your_plugin_name $HOME/.vim/bundle/your_plugin_dir/You can also install only specified modules; recommended for making your repository size small, assuming you are going to upload it to a remote repository
:Vitalize --name=your_plugin_name $HOME/.vim/bundle/your_plugin_dir/ Data.String Data.ListAssuming your Vim plugin name is ujihisa. You can define your utility
function set ujihisa#util just by
let s:V = vital#ujihisa#new()
function! ujihisa#util#system(...)
return call(s:V.system, a:000, s:V)
endfunctionand then you can call functions by ujihisa#util#system(), without taking care
of vital.vim itself. It's all hidden.
Vital has module system. The below is an example to import/load a module
Data.OrderedSet and to call a function f() of the module.
" Recommended way
let s:V = vital#ujihisa#new()
let s:O = s:V.import('Data.OrderedSet')
call s:O.f()or
" Recommended way only if you rarely use the module
let s:V = vital#ujihisa#new()
call s:V.load('Data.OrderedSet')
call s:V.Data.OrderedSet.f()or
" Available, but we don't recommend this very much
let s:V = vital#ujihisa#new()
call s:V.import('Data.OrderedSet', s:)
call s:f()We recommend you to use a capital letter for a Vital module dictionary to assign.
A lot of vim plugins are using vital.vim
It is not necessary but we recommend to add a badge to your project README to make the vital.vim developers happy ;-) The following is a markdown snippet.
[](https://github.com/vim-jp/vital.vim)
The badge uses Shields.io so you can customize the looks as like:
(Default)
by adding
?style=plasticby adding
?style=flatby adding
?style=flat-square
- Delegation in Vim script
- Core concept of vital (in Japanese)
- How to make a vital module (in Japanese)
- API Reference (in Japanese)
- Let's use vital.vim (in Japanese)
Japanese original text: http://www.kmonos.net/nysl/
NYSL is a very loose license like a Beer License, or more like WTFPL. See NYSL for details. (English and Japanese)
First, vital.vim is a bundling (static) library. We think everyone should be able to use it easily, without worrying about licensing stuff too much.
Second, In Japan, Strict Public Domain might be invalid. You outside Japan may interpret simply the license as Public Domain.
That's why we chose NYSL.
(See vim-jp#26 about the discussion.)