created 2003 · complexity intermediate · author Yakov Lerner · version 6.0
The :scriptnames
command can be used to list the scripts that Vim has loaded. This tip provides information on how to list scripts that Vim failed to load. In addition, a user command is provided to list loaded scripts in a scratch buffer which you can search and edit (convenient for use of gf
to edit scripts).
Listing loaded scripts[]
To see the file names of all scripts loaded (sourced) by Vim, including those loaded implicitly at startup, enter:
:scriptnames
The list does not include "would-be scripts" (scripts that Vim tried to open but which failed without warning, perhaps because the script could not be found). To see the "would-be" scripts use the -V
option when starting Vim:
vim -V
Use the following to show the system-dependent locations of configuration files (but not the location of system/personal plugins):
vim --version
Listing to a scratch buffer[]
The following code (for your vimrc) defines the :Scriptnames
user command to list loaded scripts in a scratch buffer which you can search and edit. I.e. it wraps the built-in :scriptnames
command to place the output in a buffer instead of just displaying it on-screen so that you can now manipulate the output. For example, this lets you put the cursor on the name of a script, and type gf
("goto file") to show that script.
The :Scriptnames
command takes an argument which is a pattern to match the names of scripts of interest. Lines which do not contain the given argument are removed from the list. For example, entering :Scriptnames surround
will list all scripts which contain "surround" in the path name of the script.
Create file ~/.vim/plugin/scriptnames.vim
(Unix) or $HOME/vimfiles/plugin/scriptnames.vim
(Windows) containing the script below, then restart Vim.
" Execute 'cmd' while redirecting output. " Delete all lines that do not match regex 'filter' (if not empty). " Delete any blank lines. " Delete '<whitespace><number>:<whitespace>' from start of each line. " Display result in a scratch buffer. function! s:Filter_lines(cmd, filter) let save_more = &more set nomore redir => lines silent execute a:cmd redir END let &more = save_more new setlocal buftype=nofile bufhidden=hide noswapfile put =lines g/^\s*$/d %s/^\s*\d\+:\s*//e if !empty(a:filter) execute 'v/' . a:filter . '/d' endif 0 endfunction command! -nargs=? Scriptnames call s:Filter_lines('scriptnames', <q-args>)
The following is a more generic function allowing you to view any ex command in a scratch buffer:
function! s:Scratch (command, ...)
redir => lines
let saveMore = &more
set nomore
execute a:command
redir END
let &more = saveMore
call feedkeys("\<cr>")
new | setlocal buftype=nofile bufhidden=hide noswapfile
put=lines
if a:0 > 0
execute 'vglobal/'.a:1.'/delete'
endif
if a:command == 'scriptnames'
%substitute#^[[:space:]]*[[:digit:]]\+:[[:space:]]*##e
endif
silent %substitute/\%^\_s*\n\|\_s*\%$
let height = line('$') + 3
execute 'normal! z'.height."\<cr>"
0
endfunction
command! -nargs=? Scriptnames call <sid>Scratch('scriptnames', <f-args>)
command! -nargs=+ Scratch call <sid>Scratch(<f-args>)
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