This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2025

(22/09/07 This should be soon added to the official ocaml ftplugin)

Ocaml support for annot file is already implemented in the official Ocaml ftplugin and in ocaml.annot.pl (script_id=1197).

But this script adds the following:

• no need for python support (neither perl or anything else : only vim code inside)

  • plus: more portable
  • minus: no more lazy parsing, it looks very fast however

• ocamlbuild support, ie.

  • the plugin finds the _build directory and looks for the corresponding file inside;
  • if the user decides to change the name of the _build directory thanks to the '-build-dir' option of ocamlbuild, the plugin will manage to find it out;
  • if ocamlbuild is not used, the usual behaviour holds; ie. the .annot file should be in the same directory as the source file;
  • for vim plugin programmers: the variable 'b:_build_dir' contains the inferred path to the build directory, even if this one is not named '_build'.

  Bonus:

• latin1 accents are handled

• lists are handled, even on multiple lines, you don't need the visual mode (the cursor must be on the first bracket)

• parenthesized expressions, arrays, and structures (ie. '(...)', '[|...|]', and '{...}') are handled the same way

Usage:

• press t to display the type of expression under cursor
• don't forget to compile with -dtypes option (or -cflags -dtypes if you're using ocamlbuild)