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• Intro
• Requirements
• Installation
  • Install ex-utility
  • Install graphviz
  • Install ex-hierarchy
• Usage

For more details, check exVim's Docs: View Class Hierarchies

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Intro

ex-hierarchy is a plugin working under exVim. It will generate the class inherit relationship data and use graphviz draw the specific class hierarchies.

ex-hierarchy is also a part of exVim project.

Requirements

• Vim 6.0 or higher.
• exvim/ex-utility
• graphviz

Installation

Install ex-utility

ex-hierarchy is written based on exvim/ex-utility. This is the basic library of ex-vim-plugins. Follow the readme file in ex-utility to install it first.

Install graphviz

ex-hierarchy used graphviz to draw the class hierarchies. To install it:

Mac

## use Homebrew
brew install graphviz

Linux

## use pat-get
apt-get install graphviz

## use yum
yum install graphviz

## or compile graphviz from source

Windows

download it from graphviz

Install ex-hierarchy

ex-hierarchy follows the standard runtime path structure, and as such it can be installed with a variety of plugin managers:

To install using Vundle:

# add this line to your .vimrc file
Bundle 'exvim/ex-hierarchy'

To install using Pathogen:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/exvim/ex-hierarchy

To install using NeoBundle:

# add this line to your .vimrc file
NeoBundle 'exvim/ex-hierarchy'

Download zip file:

cd ~/.vim
unzip ex-hierarchy-master.zip
copy all of the files into your ~/.vim directory

Usage

NOTE: This plugin currently is highly depends on exVim. You need to run :Update command in exVim before using it.

Enter your project, use :HV your-class to generate your class hierarchies.

More details, check :help exhierarchy.