It's all gone pear-shaped

Easily switch between your vim configuration and your pair's vim configuration.

Install

First, install Vundle. Then install this plugin:

Bundle "gabebw/pear_shaped"

How to use

Let's say you're gabe, and you're pairing with ben.

First, copy both of your dotfiles to ~/.pear_shaped/gabe and ~/.pear_shaped/ben, respectively. Make sure there's a vimrc file in both directories, and that you can :source them.

In vim:

:PearShaped ben

Now you're using ben's vim configuration. To switch back to gabe:

:PearShaped gabe

Neat-o.

Let's Get Clever

You can also add two users and swap between them. Let's say you have ben and gabe's vimrcs set up like above. Now you can do:

:PearAdd gabe
:PearAdd ben

Since you added ben last, it's using his vimrc. Now you can do :PearSwap and you'll be back to using gabe's vimrc, then :PearSwap to go back to ben, etc.

If you want to pair with someone else, call :PearClearUsers to clear the users and then :PearAdd the two new users.

OK, what does it actually do?

This plugin will, in order:

• Clear all mappings
• Reset every option (set with :set) back to its default
• Source the desired vimrc

Configuration

If you want to put your configuration files somewhere other than ~/.pear_shaped, you can change it:

let g:pear_shaped_directory = "~/.vim/pear_shaped"

Running the plugin's tests

rake

If you get errors on OSX about Vimrunner, try installing MacVim then re-running the specs:

$ brew install macvim

Author

Gabe Berke-Williams, 2011-present. Fueled by azuki cream pastries, thai iced tea, and (regarding vimscript) loathing.