*if_sniff.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2005 Mar 29 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Anton Leherbauer (toni@takefive.co.at) SNiFF+ and Vim *sniff* 1. Introduction |sniff-intro| 2. Commands |sniff-commands| 3. Compiling Vim with SNiFF+ interface |sniff-compiling| {Vi does not have any of these commands} *E275* *E274* *E276* *E278* *E279* The SNiFF+ interface only works, when Vim was compiled with the |+sniff| feature. ============================================================================== 1. Introduction *sniff-intro* The following features for the use with SNiFF+ are available: * Vim can be used for all editing requests * SNiFF+ recognizes and updates all browsers when a file is saved in Vim * SNiFF+ commands can be issued directly from Vim How to use Vim with SNiFF+ 1. Make sure SNiFF+ is running. 2. In the Editor view of the Preferences dialog set the Field named 'External Editor' to 'Emacs/Vim'. 4. Start Vim 5. Connect to SNiFF+ (:sniff connect) Once a connection is established, SNiFF+ uses Vim for all requests to show or edit source code. On the other hand, you can send queries to SNiFF+ with the :sniff command. ============================================================================== 2. Commands *sniff-commands* *:sniff* *:sni* :sni[ff] request [symbol] Send request to sniff with optional symbol. {not in Vi} :sni[ff] Display all possible requests and the connection status Most requests require a symbol (identifier) as parameter. If it is omitted, Vim will use the current word under the cursor. The available requests are listed below: request mapping description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- connect sc Establish connection with SNiFF+. Make sure SNiFF+ is prepared for this in the Preferences disconnect sq Disconnect from SNiFF+. You can reconnect any time with :sniff connect (or 'sc') toggle st Toggle between implementation and definition file find-symbol sf Load the symbol into a Symbol Browser browse-class sb Loads the class into a Class Browser superclass ss Edit superclass of symbol overridden so Edit overridden method of symbol retrieve-file srf Retrieve symbol in current file retrieve-project srp Retrieve symbol in current project retrieve-all-projects srP Retrieve symbol in all projects retrieve-next sR Retrieve symbol using current Retriever settings goto-symbol sg Goto definition or implementation of symbol hierarchy sh Load symbol into the Hierarchy Browser restr-hier sH same as above but show only related classes xref-to sxt Start a refers-to query on symbol and load the results into the Cross Referencer xref-by sxb Start a referred-by query on symbol xref-has sxh Start a refers-to components query on symbol xref-used-by sxu Start a referred-by as component query on symbol show-docu sd Show documentation of symbol gen-docu sD Generate documentation of symbol The mappings are defined in a file 'sniff.vim', which is part of every SNiFF+ product ($SNIFF_DIR/config/sniff.vim). This file is sourced whenever Vim connects to SNiFF+. ============================================================================== 3. Compiling Vim with SNiFF+ interface *sniff-compiling* To compile Vim with SNiFF+ support, you need two source files of the extra archive: if_sniff.c and if_sniff.h. On Unix: Edit the Makefile and uncomment the line "--enable-sniff". Or run configure manually with this argument. On NT: Specify SNIFF=yes with your make command. vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: