11*luainspect.txt* Semantic highlighting for Lua in Vim
22
33===============================================================================
4- *luainspect-contents*
54Contents ~
65
7- 1. Introduction | luainspect-introduction |
8- 2. Installation | luainspect-installation |
9- 3. Usage | luainspect-usage |
6+ 1. Introduction | luainspect-introduction |
7+ 2. Installation | luainspect-installation |
8+ 3. Usage | luainspect-usage |
109 1. The | :LuaInspect | command
1110 2. The | :LuaInspectToggle | command
1211 3. The | g:loaded_luainspect | option
1312 4. The | g:lua_inspect_warnings | option
1413 5. The | g:lua_inspect_events | option
1514 6. The | g:lua_inspect_internal | option
16- 4. Contact | luainspect-contact |
17- 5. License | luainspect-license |
15+ 4. Contact | luainspect-contact |
16+ 5. License | luainspect-license |
17+ 6. References | luainspect-references |
1818
1919===============================================================================
20- *luainspect-introduction*
20+ *luainspect-introduction*
2121Introduction ~
2222
2323The Vim plug-in 'luainspect.vim' uses the LuaInspect [1] tool to
@@ -26,38 +26,39 @@ It was inspired by lua2-mode [2] (for Emacs [3]) and the SciTE [4] plug-in
2626included with LuaInspect. In addition to the semantic highlighting the
2727following features are currently supported:
2828
29- - Press '<F2> ' with the text cursor on a variable and the plug-in will prompt
30- you to rename the variable.
29+ - Press '<F2> ' with the text cursor on a variable and the plug-in will prompt
30+ you to rename the variable.
3131
32- - Press 'gd' (in normal mode) with the text cursor on a variable and you'll
33- jump to its declaration / first occurrence.
32+ - Press 'gd' (in normal mode) with the text cursor on a variable and you'll
33+ jump to its declaration / first occurrence.
3434
35- - When you hover over a variable with the mouse cursor in graphical Vim,
36- information about the variable is displayed in a tooltip.
35+ - When you hover over a variable with the mouse cursor in graphical Vim,
36+ information about the variable is displayed in a tooltip.
3737
38- - If the text cursor is on a variable while the highlighting is refreshed then
39- all occurrences of the variable will be marked in the style of Vim's
40- cursorline option (see | 'cursorline' | ).
38+ - If the text cursor is on a variable while the highlighting is refreshed
39+ then all occurrences of the variable will be marked in the style of Vim's
40+ cursorline option (see | 'cursorline' | ).
4141
42- - When luainspect reports a wrong argument count for a function call the text
43- will be highlighted with a green underline. When you hover over the
44- highlighted text a tooltip shows the associated warning message.
42+ - When luainspect reports a wrong argument count for a function call the text
43+ will be highlighted with a green underline. When you hover over the
44+ highlighted text a tooltip shows the associated warning message.
4545
46- - When LuaInspect reports warnings about unused variables, wrong argument
47- counts, etc. they are shown in a location list window (see | location-list | ).
46+ - When LuaInspect reports warnings about unused variables, wrong argument
47+ counts, etc. they are shown in a location list window (see |location-
48+ list|).
4849
49- - When a syntax error is found (during highlighting or using the rename
50- functionality) the lines where the error is reported will be marked like a
51- spelling error.
50+ - When a syntax error is found (during highlighting or using the rename
51+ functionality) the lines where the error is reported will be marked like a
52+ spelling error.
5253
53- Screenshot of semantic highlighting, see reference [5]
54+ Image: Screenshot of semantic highlighting ( see reference [5])
5455
5556===============================================================================
56- *luainspect-installation*
57+ *luainspect-installation*
5758Installation ~
5859
59- Please note that the vim-lua-inspect plug-in requires my vim-misc plug-in
60- which is separately distributed.
60+ _Please note that the vim-lua-inspect plug-in requires my vim-misc plug-in
61+ which is separately distributed._
6162
6263Unzip the most recent ZIP archives of the vim-lua-inspect [6] and vim-misc [7]
6364plug-ins inside your Vim profile directory (usually this is '~/.vim' on UNIX
@@ -71,13 +72,13 @@ local clone of the git repository.
7172Now try it out: Edit a Lua file and within a few seconds semantic highlighting
7273should be enabled automatically!
7374
74- Note that on Windows a command prompt window pops up whenever LuaInspect is
75- run as an external process. If this bothers you then you can install my
76- shell.vim [12] plug-in which includes a DLL [13] that works around this issue.
77- Once you've installed both plug-ins it should work out of the box!
75+ Note that on Windows a command prompt window pops up whenever LuaInspect is run
76+ as an external process. If this bothers you then you can install my shell.vim
77+ [12] plug-in which includes a DLL [13] that works around this issue. Once
78+ you've installed both plug-ins it should work out of the box!
7879
7980===============================================================================
80- *luainspect-usage*
81+ *luainspect-usage*
8182Usage ~
8283
8384When you open any Lua file the semantic highlighting should be enabled
@@ -92,29 +93,18 @@ highlighting using |g:lua_inspect_events|. When you execute this command the
9293plug-in runs the LuaInspect tool and then highlights all variables in the
9394current buffer using one of the following highlighting groups:
9495
95- - luaInspectGlobalDefined
96-
97- - luaInspectGlobalUndefined
98-
99- - luaInspectLocalUnused
100-
101- - luaInspectLocalMutated
102-
103- - luaInspectUpValue
104-
105- - luaInspectParam
106-
107- - luaInspectLocal
108-
109- - luaInspectFieldDefined
110-
111- - luaInspectFieldUndefined
112-
113- - luaInspectSelectedVariable
114-
115- - luaInspectWrongArgCount
116-
117- - luaInspectSyntaxError
96+ - luaInspectGlobalDefined
97+ - luaInspectGlobalUndefined
98+ - luaInspectLocalUnused
99+ - luaInspectLocalMutated
100+ - luaInspectUpValue
101+ - luaInspectParam
102+ - luaInspectLocal
103+ - luaInspectFieldDefined
104+ - luaInspectFieldUndefined
105+ - luaInspectSelectedVariable
106+ - luaInspectWrongArgCount
107+ - luaInspectSyntaxError
118108
119109If you don't like one or more of the default styles the Vim documentation
120110describes how to change them (see | :hi-default | ). If you want to disable the
@@ -127,52 +117,52 @@ The *:LuaInspectToggle* command
127117
128118By default the semantic highlighting and the warning messages in the location
129119list window are automatically applied to Lua buffers and updated every once in
130- a while, but this can be disabled by setting | g:lua_inspect_events | to an
131- empty string in your | vimrc | script. If the plug-in is not automatically enabled
132- then it may be useful to enable/disable it using a key mapping. That's what
133- the | :LuaInspectToggle | command is for. You still have to define your key
134- mapping of choice in your | vimrc | script though. For example:
120+ a while, but this can be disabled by setting | g:lua_inspect_events | to an empty
121+ string in your | vimrc | script. If the plug-in is not automatically enabled then
122+ it may be useful to enable/disable it using a key mapping. That's what the
123+ | :LuaInspectToggle | command is for. You still have to define your key mapping
124+ of choice in your | vimrc | script though. For example:
135125>
136- " Don't enable the lua-inspect plug-in automatically in Lua buffers.
137- let g:lua_inspect_events = ''
138-
139- " Enable/disable the lua-inspect plug-in manually using <F6>.
140- imap <F6> <C-o>:LuaInspectToggle<CR>
141- nmap <F6> :LuaInspectToggle<CR>
142-
126+ " Don't enable the lua-inspect plug-in automatically in Lua buffers.
127+ let g:lua_inspect_events = ''
128+
129+ " Enable/disable the lua-inspect plug-in manually using <F6>.
130+ imap <F6> <C-o>:LuaInspectToggle<CR>
131+ nmap <F6> :LuaInspectToggle<CR>
132+ <
143133-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
144134The *g:loaded_luainspect* option
145135
146136This variable isn't really an option but if you want to avoid loading the
147137'luainspect.vim' plug-in you can set this variable to any value in your | vimrc |
148138script:
149139>
150- :let g:loaded_luainspect = 1
151-
140+ :let g:loaded_luainspect = 1
141+ <
152142-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
153143The *g:lua_inspect_warnings* option
154144
155- When LuaInspect reports warnings about unused variables, wrong argument
156- counts, etc. they are automatically shown in a location list window (see
157- | location- list| ). If you don't like this add the following to your | vimrc | script:
145+ When LuaInspect reports warnings about unused variables, wrong argument counts,
146+ etc. they are automatically shown in a location list window (see |location-
147+ list| ). If you don't like this add the following to your | vimrc| script:
158148>
159- :let g:lua_inspect_warnings = 0
160-
149+ :let g:lua_inspect_warnings = 0
150+ <
161151-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
162152The *g:lua_inspect_events* option
163153
164- By default semantic highlighting is automatically enabled after a short
165- timeout and when you save a buffer. If you want to disable automatic
166- highlighting altogether add the following to your | vimrc | script:
154+ By default semantic highlighting is automatically enabled after a short timeout
155+ and when you save a buffer. If you want to disable automatic highlighting
156+ altogether add the following to your | vimrc | script:
167157>
168- :let g:lua_inspect_events = ''
169-
158+ :let g:lua_inspect_events = ''
159+ <
170160You can also add events, for example if you also want to run | :LuaInspect | the
171161moment you edit a Lua file then try this:
172162>
173- :let g:lua_inspect_events = 'CursorHold,CursorHoldI,BufReadPost,BufWritePost'
174-
175- Note that this only works when the plug-in is loaded (or reloaded) after
163+ :let g:lua_inspect_events = 'CursorHold,CursorHoldI,BufReadPost,BufWritePost'
164+ <
165+ Note that this only works when the plug-in is loaded (or reloaded) _after_
176166setting the | g:lua_inspect_events | option.
177167
178168-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -183,26 +173,26 @@ have to run LuaInspect as an external program (which can slow things down). If
183173you insist on running LuaInspect as an external program you can set this
184174variable to false (0) in your | vimrc | script:
185175>
186- :let g:lua_inspect_internal = 0
187-
176+ :let g:lua_inspect_internal = 0
177+ <
188178===============================================================================
189- *luainspect-contact*
179+ *luainspect-contact*
190180Contact ~
191181
192182If you have questions, bug reports, suggestions, etc. the author can be
193183contacted at peter@peterodding.com. The latest version is available at
194- http://peterodding.com/code/vim/lua-inspect/ and http://github.com/xolox/vim-lua-inspect .
195- If you like this plug-in please vote for it on Vim Online [14] .
184+ http://peterodding.com/code/vim/lua-inspect/ and http://github.com/xolox/vim -
185+ lua-inspect. If you like this plug-in please vote for it on Vim Online [14] .
196186
197187===============================================================================
198- *luainspect-license*
188+ *luainspect-license*
199189License ~
200190
201- This software is licensed under the MIT license [15] . Copyright 2013 Peter
202- Odding <peter@peterodding.com>.
191+ This software is licensed under the MIT license [15] . © 2013 Peter Odding
192+ <peter@peterodding.com>.
203193
204194===============================================================================
205- *luainspect-references*
195+ *luainspect-references*
206196References ~
207197
208198[1] http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaInspect
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