From Open Watcom

VIM is a popular editor based on VI for unix. It it very useful for editing C/C++ files. This document explains how to integrate it with the watcom IDE.

Contents 1 Procedure 1.1 Features 1.1.1 Goto Errors 1.1.2 Running wmake from VIM 1.1.2.1 Bat file 1.1.2.2 VIM macro 1.1.3 What doesn't work

Procedure

1. Open up the OpenWatcom IDE
2. Select File | Set Text Editor from the menu.
3. Set Editor Type to exe.
4. Browse for the path of gvim.exe on your machine. On mine its "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\gvim".
5. For editor parameters enter --servername VIMIDE --remote-tab-silent "+call cursor (%r, %c)" %f

Features

Goto Errors

When doubleclicking an error line then it opens in gvim and if gvim already was running, a new tab is opened, if necessary.

Running wmake from VIM

There are two solutions. Placing a make.bat file in the project directory, and creating a vim macro.

Bat file

Place a "make.bat" into your projectdirectory that has the contents: wmake -f <yourprojectname>.mk1. This causes the "make" command (:make from command mode) in vim to work. There is probably a less hackish way of doing this.

VIM macro

Put the following command in your .vimrc command -nargs=* Wmake !wmake <args> in vimrc. :Wmake will run wmake.

What doesn't work

• Getting clib and the sdk help by selecting words.
• You have to save the file before recompiling. This issue applies to all external editors.