Make Vim as Your Bash-IDE Using bash-support Plugin
- Adding file header
- Adding function/frame comment
- Including default code snippet
- Performing syntax check
- Reading documentation about a function
- Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa
Download the plugin from vim.org website.
Step 1: Download the bash-support plugin
wget -O bash-support.zip http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=9890
Step 2: Install the bash-support Vim Plugin
$ mkdir ~/.vim # if the directory does not exist already
$ cd ~/.vim
$ unzip /usr/src/bash-support.zip
Step 3: Enable the plugin in the ~/.vimrc
Add the following line to the ~/.vimrc to enable the plugin for Vim editor.