created by

Gary Holloway

script type

utility

description

Display the name of the current "block" the cursor is in in the command-line area (i.e., with vim's echo). A "block" is context-sensitive, (e.g., function name, variable name if in an initialization, type name if in a typedef, etc.) NOTE: The only languages with specific support as-is are vim scripts, Perl, and C.  Support for other languages can be added by modifying the script with appropriate search patterns. Typical use (.vimrc):   au CursorHold * call ShowBlockName('quiet')   " Show the name of the function we're in on the message line; pnuemonic [[   map <silent> g[[ :call ShowBlockName()<CR>   " Disable ShowBlockName (once); to prevent the CursorHold autocommand from   " overwriting something in the command window (e.g., SyntaxAttr() output).   map <silent> g]] :call ShowBlockName('OFF')<CR>   " Tweak commands like [d so that they disable ShowBlockName so   " it doesn't obliterate the output of this command.   nnoremap [d :call ShowBlockName('[d')<CR>   nnoremap [i :call ShowBlockName('[i')<CR> NOTE: This will NOT work if the start-of-block is the first line in a file. THIS SCRIPT USES ShowLine ( vimscript #381 )

install details

I put it in my autoload directory (~/vim/autoload), so the function is automagically loaded as needed via an autocommand: autocmd FuncUndefined * exe 'runtime autoload/' . expand('<afile>') . '.vim'

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
ShowBlockName.vim	1.6.1	2003-01-14	6.0	Gary Holloway	Fixed typo.
ShowBlockName.vim	1.6	2002-08-15	6.0	Gary Holloway	Removed extraneous '#' from perl function-matching pattern (thanks Christian ).
ShowBlockName.vim	1.5	2002-08-15	6.0	Gary Holloway	Initial upload

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