humeniuc / vim9-nox11

Temporary replacement for vim --servername without X dependency

Vim9-nox11

Temporary workaround for supporting remote command without X11 dependency. Emulate --remote option with environment variable using vim channel API and shell hacks

ToDo

• Add tests

Runtime requirements

• Vim with vim9 script support

Usage

Installation

mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt
git clone https://github.com/kohnish/vim9-nox11 ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt/vim9-nox11
cd ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt/vim9-nox11
# For Linux 
curl -L https://github.com/kohnish/vim9-nox11/releases/download/v0.2/vim9-nox11-linux-x86-64 -o ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt/vim9-nox11/bin/vim9-nox11
chmod +x ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt/vim9-nox11/bin/vim9-nox11
# For Windows
curl -L https://github.com/kohnish/vim9-nox11/releases/download/v0.1/vim9-nox11-win-x86-64 -o ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt/vim9-nox11/bin/vim9-nox11.exe
chmod +x ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt/vim9-nox11/bin/vim9-nox11.exe
# Or see the build section for compiling locally

Vim configuration

# Enable vim9-nox11
packadd! vim9-nox11

Shell configuration

Check example_zshrc.sh

Build requirements

• CMake
• pkg-config
• C compiler (GCC / Clang)
• C++ compiler (Optional for test)

Build (static build(needs internet access))

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DBUILD_STATIC=ON ..
make -j`nproc`
make install/strip

Build (dynamic build(Fedora))

mkdir build
cd build
sudo dnf install -y libuv-devel
cmake ..
make -j`nproc`
make install/strip