The Lua file type plug-in for Vim makes it easier to work with Lua source code in Vim by providing the following features:
• The 'includeexpr' option is set so that the gf (go to file) mapping knows how to resolve Lua module names using package.path
• The 'include' option is set so that Vim follows dofile(), loadfile() and require() calls when looking for identifiers in included files (this works together with the 'includeexpr' option)
• An automatic command is installed that runs "luac -p" when you save your Lua scripts. If luac reports any errors they are shown in the quick-fix list and Vim jumps to the line of the first error. If "luac -p" doesn’t report any errors a check for undefined global variables is performed by parsing the output of "luac -p -l"
• <F1> on a Lua function or 'method' call will try to open the relevant documentation in the Lua Reference for Vim
• The 'completefunc' option is set to allow completion of Lua 5.1 keywords, global variables and library members using Control-X Control-U
• Several text-objects are defined so you can jump between blocks and functions
• A pretty nifty hack of the matchit plug-in is included: When the cursor is on a function or return keyword the % mapping cycles between the relevant keywords (function, return, end), this also works for branching statements (if, elseif, else, end) and looping statements (for, while, repeat, until, end)
For more information about the plug-in please refer to its homepage or the project page on GitHub:
• http://peterodding.com/code/vim/lua-ftplugin
• http://github.com/xolox/vim-lua-ftplugin
If you have questions, bug reports, suggestions, etc. the author can be contacted at peter@peterodding.com. If you like this plug-in please vote for it below! |
