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   1 *ConqueTerm* Plugin to run a shell in a buffer
   2
   3 The ConqueTerm plugin will convert a buffer into a terminal emulator, allowing
   4 you to run a shell or shell application in the buffer.
   5
   6                                                            *conque_term-usage*
   7
   8 Type :ConqueTerm <command> to launch an application in the current buffer. E.g.
   9
  10   :ConqueTerm bash
  11   :ConqueTerm mysql -h localhost -u joe_lunchbox Menu
  12   :ConqueTerm man top
  13
  14 Use :ConqueTermSplit or :ConqueTermVSplit to open Conque in a new horizontal
  15 or vertical buffer.
  16
  17 Keys pressed in insert mode will be sent to the shell, along with output from
  18 the 'p' command in normal mode.
  19
  20 Press the <Esc> key twice to send a single <Esc> to the shell. Pressing this
  21 key once will leave insert mode like normal.
  22
  23 Press <F9> in any buffer to send a visual selection to the shell.
  24
  25
  26                                                          *conque_term-settings*
  27
  28 Set the following in your .vimrc (default values shown)
  29
  30 " Enable colors. Setting this to 0 will make your terminal faster.
  31 let g:ConqueTerm_Color = 1
  32
  33 " Set your terminal type. I strong recommend leaving this as vt100,
  34 " however more features may be enabled with xterm.
  35 let g:ConqueTerm_TERM = 'vt100'
  36
  37 " Set buffer syntax. Conque has highlighting for MySQL, but not much else.
  38 let g:ConqueTerm_Syntax = 'conque'
  39
  40 " Continue updating shell when it's not the current, focused buffer
  41 let g:ConqueTerm_ReadUnfocused = 1
  42
  43
  44                                                      *conque_term-requirements*
  45
  46 The following minimum requirements are needed to run Conque. Conque will not
  47 run on Windows without a Cygwin-like environment.
  48
  49  - Vim 7.1
  50  - Python 2.3
  51  - Supported operating systems: *nix, Mac, or Cygwin
  52
  53 Tested on:
  54  - Vim 7.2 / Python 2.6 / Ubuntu 9.10 (Gnome & GTK)
  55  - Vim 7.2 / Python 2.6 / FreeBSD 8.0 (GTK)
  56  - Vim 7.1 / Python 2.6 / FreeBSD 8.0 (GTK)
  57  x Vim 7.0 / Python 2.6 / FreeBSD 8.0 (GTK)
  58     * feedkeys() doesn't restart updatetime
  59  - Vim 7.2 / Python 2.4 / OpenSolaris 2009.06 (Gnome)
  60  - Vim 7.2 / Python 2.4 / CentOS 5.3 (no GUI)
  61  - Vim 7.1 / Python 2.3 / RHEL 4 (no GUI)
  62  - Vim 7.2 / Python 2.5 / Cygwin (Windows Vista 64b)
  63  - MacVim 7.2 / Python 2.3 / OS X 10.6.2
  64
  65                                                              *conque_term-bugs*
  66
  67 The following are known limitations:
  68
  69  - Font/color highlighting is imperfect and slow. If you don't care about
  70    color in your shell, set g:ConqueTerm_Color = 0 in your .vimrc
  71  - Conque only supports the extended ASCII character set for input, not utf-8.
  72  - VT100 escape sequence support is not complete.
  73  - Alt/Meta key support in Vim isn't great in general, and conque is no
  74    exception. Pressing <Esc><Esc>x or <Esc><M-x> instead of <M-x> works in
  75    most cases.
  76
  77                                                              *conque_term-todo*
  78
  79  - Fix pasting from named registers
  80  - Polling unfucused conque buffers (Top explodes when window resizes)
  81  - Enable graphics character set
  82  - Consider supporting xterm escapes
  83  - Improve color logic
  84  - Find a solution to UTF-8 input (See InsertCharPre in Vim todo.txt)
  85  - Find an alternative to updatetime polling (See Vim todo.txt)
  86  - Find a graceful solution to Meta key input
  87  - Windows support
  88    (See PyConsole http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1974)
  89  - Always: look for performance improvements
  90
  91
  92                                                        *conque_term-contribute*
  93
  94 The two contributions most in need are improvements to Vim itself. I currently
  95 use hacks to simulate a key press event and repeating CursorHold event. The
  96 Vim todo.txt document lists proposed improvements to give users this behavior
  97 without hacks. Having a key press event should allow Conque to work with multi-
  98 byte input. If you are a Vim developer, please consider prioritizing these two
  99 items:
 100
 101  - todo.txt (Autocommands, line ~3137)
 102      8   Add an event like CursorHold that is triggered repeatedly, not just
 103          once after typing something.
 104
 105  - todo.txt (Autocommands, proposed event list, line ~3189)
 106      InsertCharPre   - user typed character Insert mode, before inserting the
 107      char.  Pattern is matched with text before the cursor. Set v:char to the
 108      character, can be changed. (not triggered when 'paste' is set).
 109
 110 Bugs, suggestions and patches are all welcome.
 111
 112 For more information visit http://conque.googlecode.com
 113
 114 Check out the latest from svn at http://conque.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
 115
 116                                                        *conque_term-changelog*
 117
 118  - 1.0 / 2010-02-
 119     * Complete python rewrite
 120     * Add support for ncurses based applications
 121     * Add continuous polling, instead of using <Tab>
 122     * Improve speed
 123     * Improve syntax highlighting
 124
 125  - 0.6 / 2009-12-18
 126     * Fix GVim errors with non-english locale
 127     * No functional changes
 128
 129  - 0.5 / 2009-12-02
 130     * Various performance enhancements and bugfixes.
 131     * Rewritten escape sequence processing
 132
 133  - 0.4 / 2009-10-30
 134     * Improved history and tab completion
 135     * Fix escape sequence formatting and improve highlighting
 136     * Send selected text to shell from any buffer
 137     * Add special handling of "vi" and "man" commands
 138     * Improve error handling
 139     * Add key mappings for <C-p> <C-n> <C-l> <C-j>
 140     * Various bugfixes
 141
 142  - 0.3 / 2009-10-13
 143     * Apply escape sequence coloring to output, e.g. ls --color
 144     * Clean up syntax files for portability
 145     * Fix several Vim 7.1 bugs
 146     * Bugfixes for multiple shell buffers
 147     * Add experimental shell folding option
 148
 149  - 0.2 / 2009-10-01
 150     * Rewritten subprocess management module in python instead of c
 151     * Added support for OS X, partial support for Windows
 152     * Improved tab completion
 153
 154  - 0.1 / 2009-09-03
 155     * Initial release
 156