https://github.com/laurentgoudet/vim-howdoi

A Vim frontend for howdoi, the awesome command line tool that lets you ask what you need and grabs the snippet of code from SO.
https://github.com/laurentgoudet/vim-howdoi

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A Vim frontend for howdoi, the awesome command line tool that lets you ask what you need and grabs the snippet of code from SO.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/laurentgoudet/vim-howdoi
• Owner: laurentgoudet
• License: wtfpl
• Created: 2013-12-27T06:10:10.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-03-31T11:05:08.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T05:13:25.239Z (3 months ago)
• Language: VimL
• Size: 188 KB
• Stars: 96
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# vim-howdoi

A Vim frontend for [howdoi][1], the awesome command line tool that lets you ask what you need and grabs the snippet of code from SO.



# Features

  * Type your query and enter `` to get the code!

  * You can also use the plugin's menu entry under GUI

  * Overwrite the default mapping with `map  Howdoi`

# Requirements

Install [howdoi][1] if you haven't:

```bash

pip install howdoi

```

You must also have vim compiled with +python support. You can check that using the command:

```bash

vim --version | grep +python

```

Vim package in Ubuntu and it's derivatives comes with +python support.

# Installation

## Pathogen

Clone this repository in your `~/.vim/bundle` directory:

 

```bash

git clone https://github.com/laurentgoudet/vim-howdoi.git

```

## Using vundle

Add this to your `~/.vimrc` file:

```vim

Bundle 'laurentgoudet/vim-howdoi.git'

```

Then, from the command line, run:

```bash

vim +BundleInstall +qall

```

## Manually

Clone the plugin into a seperate directory:

```bash

cd ~/.vim

git clone https://github.com/laurentgoudet/vim-howdoi.git bundle/vim-howdoi

```

Add to your `~/.vimrc`:

```

set runtimepath^=~/.vim/bundle/vim-howdoi

```

# Usage

1. Write what your are looking for

2. Press `` to get the code!

# Troubleshooting

You'll maybe need LXML2 `apt-get install python-lxml` if [howdoi][1] compilation fails. 

# License

This plugin is released under the [WTFPLv2 License][2].

[1]: https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi

[2]: http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/