| *pi_tar.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Aug 09 |
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| +====================+ |
| | Tar File Interface | |
| +====================+ |
| |
| Author: Charles E. Campbell, Jr. <NdrOchip@ScampbellPfamily.AbizM> |
| (remove NOSPAM from Campbell's email first) |
| Copyright 2005-2010: The GPL (gnu public license) applies to *tar-copyright* |
| tar.vim, tarPlugin.vim, and pi_tar.txt. |
| No warranty, express or implied. Use At-Your-Own-Risk. |
| |
| ============================================================================== |
| 1. Contents *tar* *tar-contents* |
| 1. Contents..................................................|tar-contents| |
| 2. Usage.....................................................|tar-usage| |
| 3. Options...................................................|tar-options| |
| 4. History...................................................|tar-history| |
| |
| ============================================================================== |
| 2. Usage *tar-usage* *tar-manual* |
| |
| When one edits a *.tar file, this plugin will handle displaying a |
| contents page. Select a file to edit by moving the cursor atop |
| the desired file, then hit the <return> key. After editing, one may |
| also write to the file. Currently, one may not make a new file in |
| tar archives via the plugin. |
| |
| *:Vimuntar* |
| VIMUNTAR~ |
| |
| :Vimuntar [vimhome] |
| |
| This command copies, if necessary, the tarball to the .vim or vimfiles |
| directory using the first writable directory in the |'runtimepath'| |
| when no [vimhome] is specified. Otherwise, the [vimhome] argument |
| allows the user to specify that directory, instead. |
| |
| The copy is done using the command in *g:tar_copycmd* , which is > |
| cp for cygwin, unix, macunix |
| copy for windows (32, 95, 64, 16) |
| < The extraction is done with the command specified with |
| *g:tar_extractcmd* , which by default is > |
| "tar -xf" |
| < |
| PREVENTING LOADING~ |
| |
| If for some reason you do not wish to use vim to examine tar'd files, |
| you may put the following two variables into your <.vimrc> to prevent |
| the tar plugin from loading: > |
| |
| let g:loaded_tarPlugin= 1 |
| let g:loaded_tar = 1 |
| < |
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| ============================================================================== |
| 3. Options *tar-options* |
| |
| These options are variables that one may change, typically in one's |
| <.vimrc> file. |
| Default |
| Variable Value Explanation |
| *g:tar_browseoptions* "Ptf" used to get a list of contents |
| *g:tar_readoptions* "OPxf" used to extract a file from a tarball |
| *g:tar_cmd* "tar" the name of the tar program |
| *g:tar_nomax* 0 if true, file window will not be maximized |
| *g:tar_secure* undef if exists: |
| "--"s will be used to prevent unwanted |
| option expansion in tar commands. |
| Please be sure that your tar command |
| accepts "--"; Posix compliant tar |
| utilities do accept them. |
| if not exists: |
| The tar plugin will reject any tar |
| files or member files that begin with |
| "-" |
| Not all tar's support the "--" which is why |
| it isn't default. |
| *g:tar_writeoptions* "uf" used to update/replace a file |
| |
| |
| ============================================================================== |
| 4. History *tar-history* |
| |
| |
| v26 Aug 09, 2010 * uses buffer-local instead of window variables to hold |
| tarfile name |
| v25 Jun 19, 2010 * (Jan Steffens) added support for xz compression |
| v24 Apr 07, 2009 * :Untarvim command implemented |
| Sep 28, 2009 * Added lzma support |
| v22 Aug 08, 2008 * security fixes |
| v16 Jun 06, 2008 * tarfile:: used instead of tarfile: when editing files |
| inside tarballs. Fixes a problem with tarballs called |
| things like c:\abc.tar. (tnx to Bill McCarthy) |
| v14 May 09, 2008 * arno caught a security bug |
| May 28, 2008 * various security improvements. Now requires patch 299 |
| which provides the fnameescape() function |
| May 30, 2008 * allows one to view *.gz and *.bz2 files that are in |
| *.tar files. |
| v12 Sep 07, 2007 * &shq now used if not the empty string for g:tar_shq |
| v10 May 02, 2006 * now using "redraw then echo" to show messages, instead |
| of "echo and prompt user" |
| v9 May 02, 2006 * improved detection of masquerading as tar file |
| v8 May 02, 2006 * allows editing of files that merely masquerade as tar |
| files |
| v7 Mar 22, 2006 * work on making tar plugin work across network |
| Mar 27, 2006 * g:tar_cmd now available for users to change the name |
| of the tar program to be used. By default, of course, |
| it's "tar". |
| v6 Dec 21, 2005 * writing to files not in directories caused problems - |
| fixed (pointed out by Christian Robinson) |
| v5 Nov 22, 2005 * report option workaround installed |
| v3 Sep 16, 2005 * handles writing files in an archive back to the |
| archive |
| Oct 18, 2005 * <amatch> used instead of <afile> in autocmds |
| Oct 18, 2005 * handles writing to compressed archives |
| Nov 03, 2005 * handles writing tarfiles across a network using |
| netrw#NetWrite() |
| v2 * converted to use Vim7's new autoload feature by |
| Bram Moolenaar |
| v1 (original) * Michael Toren (see http://michael.toren.net/code/) |
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