The latest articles on Forem by Eric Curtin (@ericcurtin). https://forem.com/ericcurtin https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F39748%2F47bdd109-d7ee-4137-9545-248cd5160b26.png https://forem.com/ericcurtin en Eric Curtin Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:53:53 +0000 https://forem.com/ericcurtin/curtineincswvim-5ke https://forem.com/ericcurtin/curtineincswvim-5ke <p>I'm not adverse to using an IDE from time to time. But often I find myself editing C/C++ code from VIM, being the swiss army knife of text editing that it is.</p> <p>One common task I perform, especially when changing/adding/removing function signatures is switching between header and implementation files.</p> <p>Sometimes I struggle to remember the location of all 532677 C/C++ files in my repo...</p> <h1> Introducing find </h1> <p>Often I would briefly leave vim and do a find like follows:</p> <p>find . -name "fileIHadOpenInVim.c"</p> <p>or</p> <p>find . -name "fileIHadOpenInVim.h"</p> <h1> Sound familiar? </h1> <p>Try out my VIM plugin, this task becomes a single keystroke in VIM and is optimized for speed and simplicity:</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/ericcurtin/CurtineIncSw.vim">https://github.com/ericcurtin/CurtineIncSw.vim</a><br> <a href="https://vim.sourceforge.io/scripts/script.php?script_id=5545">https://vim.sourceforge.io/scripts/script.php?script_id=5545</a></p> <p>Feel free to give feedback, open issues and open PRs!</p> vim c opensource github