bootlin.vim

A simple plugin for easily searching and viewing Linux source code via Elixir's Bootlin from directly within vim.

Install

vim-plug (recommended):

• Add Plug 'fcangialosi/bootlin.vim' to your ~/.vimrc
• Run :PlugInstall

vundle:

• Add Plugin 'fcangialosi/bootlin.vim' to your ~/.vimrc
• Run :PluginInstall

manual:

• git clone this repository into your .vim/ plugins directory

Configuration

If you're not on a Linux machine, or if you'd like it to grab the source for a version other than your system default (which it finds by running uname -a) you can specify the version in your .vimrc as follows:

let g:bootlin_version = "4.19.1"

NOTE: This is optional on Linux machines, but must be set on non-Linux machines.

Usage

1. In normal mode, type :Lxs to start searching
2. Input an identifier to search for and press enter. This will open a new split at the bottom listing all the places the identifier was found.
3. Move your cursor over the one you're interested in and press enter. This will open a new split above with the source code for that file at the correct line number. By default it is opened in a scratch buffer, so if you want to save it you'll need to do so manually.
4. Navigate back to the identifier listing at any time and hit enter to open any of the other source files

TODOs

Things I'd like to do eventually:

• Make it asynchronous
• Handle the case where an identifier appears multiple times in a file
• Make it more easily configurable (height of splits, etc.)