Unity3dVim (for Linux)

Simplified Vim support as an External Editor in Unity3d running on any Linux environment using bash. Using the built-in external editor functions, this plugin allows developers to set their default editor to vim, open the project directory in vim (NERDTree support), and edit and sync as you save and load.

Functionality

• Overrides the open/double-click action on any MonoScript file to open in Vim.

• Adds an additional dialog button "Open C# Project Directory in Vim" to the right-click menu

• If a Vim window is already initalized on the open of another file will open the file in the same window.

• Vim instances are open in your designated terminal (gVim support not yet added)

How to install

Copy plugin files to your project

Must be done for every project (Unity does not support global plugins yet)

1. Copy the Assets folder and all contents to the Assets folder in your project.
2. In Unity Select Edit → Preferences → External Tools.
3. Browse and set your external editor to the Assets/Plugins/Edtior/Vim/VimRunner.sh file in your project directory. (This step can be skipped if already completed for another project)

Configuration

Changing the default terminal

The plugin uses xfce4-terminal on default. To change this follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to the project/folder where you chose the VimRunner.sh file to be your external editor.
2. At the head of the file under #[Configuration] change the TERM="xfce4-terminal" line to use your terminal of choice.
3. If your terminal of choice does not use the -e command to execute, change the line containing $TERM -e to use the correct execution argument.

Questions and Bugs

Please fill out bug reports or feature requests as needed. Thanks.