vim-opendds

vim-opendds is a vim plugin with a collection of settings and language support to make working with OpenDDS, ACE/TAO, and MPC easier.

Features

C++ Settings According to The OpenDDS Guidelines

NOTE: Still have to figure out how integrate these into the plugin, but here are the settings that can be put directly in your .vimrc or init.vim file without installing this plugin:

" Use two spaces instead of tab.
set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab

" GCC Specific Syntax
let c_gnu=1

" Do not indent case statements
set cinoptions+=:0

" Do not indent public, private, etc in classes
set cinoptions+=g-1

" Highlight Trailing Space and Other Space Errors
let c_space_errors = 1

OMG IDL Support

Vim has built-in highlighting support for a language called IDL, but it appears to be focused on an interface description language created by Microsoft, which is related, but different from the OMG IDL that OpenDDS uses. It appears to be close enough to do a decent job, but breaks down in some situations, such as when OMG IDL version 4 annotations are present. This specifically was what prompted an OMG IDL specific highlighting support. By default it overrides the built-in idl file type when a file with a .idl filename extension is loaded.

This is a small example:

MPC Files Support

Basic Support for MPC mpc, mpb, and mwc files.

Miscellaneous

• Recognizes .GNU files generated by gnuace as make files and highlight them appropriately.
• Recognizes the TAO IDL Flex and Bison files with their non-standard extensions and highlights them appropriately.

Install

It is recommended to use a plugin manager like vim-plug, which makes handling plugins like this easy. For vim-plug specifically, once it is set up, add this to your .vimrc or init.vim file within the Plug calls.

Plug 'iguessthislldo/vim-opendds'

Then run :PlugInstall and the plugin will be downloaded and installed.

If you have a new enough vim, you can also install plugins manually. See :help packages for more information.