https://github.com/aartaka/emvi

Editing Lisp in vi (not Vim!)
https://github.com/aartaka/emvi

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Editing Lisp in vi (not Vim!)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aartaka/emvi
• Owner: aartaka
• License: bsd-2-clause
• Created: 2024-11-19T21:00:21.000Z (6 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-05T21:05:40.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-27T01:11:11.120Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: clojure, common-lisp, dotfiles, emacs, lisp, scheme, vi, vim
• Language: Vim Script
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• Size: 18.6 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.org
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
#+TITLE:Emvi: trying to do Lisp in Vi (not Vim!)

POSIX/BSD vi is extremely primitive—no colors, no language modes, no plugins.

But still, using it is a nice exercise in minimalist text editing.

That's what I, as a Lisp programmer, am trying to do, preferably without going insane.

This .exrc config file is an attempt to reproduce the functionality of fancy Lisp-friendly systems.

Like Emacs and Paredit.

In vi.

* Getting started

Just copy/symlink the .exrc to your home directory and start vi.

#+begin_src sh

  git clone https://github.com/aartaka/emvi

  ln -s emvi/.exrc ~/.exrc

#+end_src

* Bindings

Here are the (Emacs-inspired) bindings I've added:

- C-x s :: Save changes.

- C-x b :: Edit the previous/alternate file.

- C-x q :: Exit.

  - C-x Q :: Exit without saving changes.

- C-x e :: Edit a new file.

- C-x . :: Jump to a tag/source. Use =ctags=-compatible solution (likely [[https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags][Universal Ctags]]) to generate a tags file for your Lisp codebase and use it to navigate around.

- C-x d :: Delete s-expression.

  - C-x y, C-x p, C-x P :: Copy s-expression and paste it.

- C-x x :: Jump to matching paren/bracket/brace.

- C-x J, C-x K :: Jump to next/previous triple-semicolon section.

- C-a ( :: Add empty parentheses and insert right into them.

  - C-a [ :: Same, but for square brackets.

  - C-a { :: Same, but for curly braces.

  - C-a " :: Same, but for double quotes.

- C-x ( :: Wrap the current symbol into parens (=paredit-wrap-round=).

  - C-x [ :: =paredit-wrap-square=.

  - C-x { :: =paredit-wrap-curly=.

  - C-x " :: =paredit-meta-doublequote=, but without the internal quoting.

- C-x ) :: Slurping the next symbol into the current parenthesized form.

  - C-x ] :: Same, but for square brackets.

  - C-x } :: Same, but for curly braces.

* Thanks

- Thanks to Vasily Gerasimov for the name idea.

- Thanks to Arch Linux forums for giving me [[https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/73299.html][pointers on how to fix tag support]] in vi.