vim-rails package for Ubuntu/Debian

In my continuing quest for productivity and an easy life, I've put together a .deb package of vim-scripts that change vim from merely the world's greatest editor into a powerhouse for Rails development.

But more importantly than that I've got it into the Ubuntu distribution (yeah!). So you'll be able to do

sudo apt-get install vim-rails vim-rails-setup

and you're good to go.

Or at least you will be able to once Gutsy is released and you upgrade.... :slight_smile:

Until then it is a little bit more fiddly - see http://www.3spoken.co.uk/2007/07/vim-rails-in-gutsy.html

The package is based around Tim Pope's stunning vim-rails script, along with a bunch of other scripts that provide additional facilities:

- surround and allml scripts which are used by vim-rails. - The project script to give you a explorer window to select your files - The dbext script which gives you direct access to the database - The SimpleFold script so that you can fold your methods and classes with ease (using \f) - The SuperTab script so that completion works like it does under Bash.

also includes

- HAML syntax highlighting. - And a couple of colour styles (vibrantink, vividchalk) that emulate the colour scheme of a well known MacOs Rails Editor.

Try it out and see what you think. If you find a problem with it, or have a suggestion for enhancement then let me know - preferably by filing a bug on Launchpad here: Series vim-rails : Bugs : 3Accounts

Enjoy

NeilW