Purpose: to discuss the Vim editor. 

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First, you can find Vim at http://www.vim.org/

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   * Tcl embedded within Vim [http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/vim2html2.pl?page=if_tcl.txt] (This link didn't work for me, try [http://vim.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/if_tcl.html]).
   * [Tags for Vi/ViM editing]
   * google thread about using Tcl in Vim [http://groups.google.com/groups?th=24332f92a66fdcc9]

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[MC] 16 Jul 2003: This is probably old news to many, but I finally stumbled upon this little gem only this evening:  

vim already does syntax highlighting for *.tcl files.  For files without an extension, however, adding a comment in your code that says:

 # vim: syntax=tcl

causes vim to do the highlighting properly.

[glennj] This magic depends on two settings:  (default values)
 set modeline modelines=5
vim will then look at the top 5 lines and the bottom 5 lines for these special comments.  See
 :help modeline

Modelines are handy for "forcing" people to conform to particular vim settings.  For example, if you like a 8 space indent using tabs, but you're editing someone else's code who likes 4 space indent and no tabs, you'll want a modeline like (demonstrating the alternate modeline syntax)
 # vim: set shiftwidth=4 smarttab expandtab:

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'''Configuring Vim to conform to yhe [Tcl Style Guide]'''

indenting
    set autoindent           " keep the previous line's indentation
    set cindent              " indent after line ending in {, and use 'cinwords'
                             " see also ':help c-indent'
    set shiftwidth=4

do not inadvertantly break a line
    set textwidth=0

comments
    set comments=:#
    set formatoptions+=r      " Automatically insert the current comment leader
    set formatoptions+=q      " Allow formatting of comments with 'gq'

prevent the comment character from forcibly being inserted in column 1
    set cpoptions-=<          " allow '<keycode>' forms in mappings, e.g. <CR>
    inoremap # X<BS>#
    set cinkeys-=0#           " # in column 1 does not prevent >> from indenting
    set indentkeys-=0#

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 What: Vim
 Where: http://www.vim.org/ 
        http://www.mcs.net/%7Eimdave/ftp/vimconsole-1.2.tgz 
 Description: Vi clone which provides language syntax colorization (including
        Tcl), command line edit and recall, filename completion,
        split windows, mouse control, drag and drop, and other features.
        The vimconsole is a Tclsh shell that interacts with the
         Tcl support one can build into vim.
        Currently at version 6.0 .
 Updated: 09/2001
 Contact: mailto:vim@vim.org 


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