[ANN] VimMate 0.6.2

[Guillaume Benny]

Hi,

A new version of VimMate is now available: Version 0.6.2.

VimMate is a graphical add-on to Vim with IDE-like features: it does more
than the plain Vim while still being lightweight. Even with the additional
features, it stays out of the way for it's main task: editing files with
Vim. VimMate adds functionality to Vim by embedding Vim GTK GUI (gVim)
within VimMate.

Changes in version 0.6.2:

- # 7028: It's now possible to install VimMate using the provided setup.rb
or with Ruby Gems.

- Two layouts for the interface are now available.

- # 6761: A new way of opening files is now available. A new list of files
allows you to type only a part of a file name to see the possible files
filtered instantly.

- Long file names in the file list are now shortened.

- Files or directories can now be excluded on the command line.

See http://vimmate.rubyforge.org/ for more information.

Comments will be greatly appreciated. If you find any bugs or if you have
suggestions, please use the tracker on Rubyforge:
http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=2612

Guillaume Benny

 

[Suraj Kurapati]

A new version of VimMate is now available: Version 0.6.2.

Very nice! Thanks for making VimMate. It has the correct balance of the
most useful IDE features and straight Vim editing.

The only thing I would ask is to make it start-up faster. Perhaps this
can be achieved by gathering a list of entries in the current directory
during start-up, and then:

1. gather their descendants on-demand:
- when you browse a directory in the file-system browser
- when you type some text in the file-system filter

or

2. run a background thread (immediately after start-up) to gathers all
descendants of the current directory.

Anyway, keep up the good work!