Useful Vim plug-in for efficient coding in Perl

Think of a plug-in with which you can do the following while coding a Perl script:

• Auto addition of file header
• Easy addition of function/frame comment
• Quick inclusion of default code snippet
• Performing syntax check
• Reading documentation about a function
• Converting a full code block to comment, and vice versa
• Help to speed up the code writing with consistency in coding.

One-stop solution for all these things is a perl-support vim plug-in

The Perl-Support Vim Plugin – Perl-IDE offers the easiest way to do all of the above, saving a lot of time and keystrokes.

We have already discussed in an earlier article regarding Use of Scripting languages in VLSI

We will be covering the following in this article

1. How to install perl-support plugin to use it with VIM.

2. Powerful features of the Perl-support plugin.

Steps to install Perl-Support VIM Plug-in

1. Download the plugin from the vim.org website.

Click here to download to go to the download page

Alternatively use below command

cd /usr/src/
wget http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=9701

2. Copy the zip archive perl-support.zip to $HOME/.vim and run below command

  unzip perl-support.zip

This command will create following files:

  $HOME/.vim/autoload/mmtemplates/...

  $HOME/.vim/doc/...

  $HOME/.vim/plugin/perl-support.vim

3. Loading of plug-in files must be enabled in $HOME/.vimrc. If not use previously

  filetype plugin on

Create .vimrc if there is none or use the files in $HOME/.vim/perl-support/rc as a starting point.

After done with installation lets get to know about

The Powerful Features of Perl-support

1. Add Automatic Header to *.pl file whenever you create a new file

2. Insert statements

3. Insert frequently used statements

4. Insert special variables

5. insert code snippets and manage templates

6. Run a profiler

7.  Run the script, check the syntax, start the debugger

8. Make integration

Details of all these can be found at 

https://wolfgangmehner.github.io/vim-plugins/perlsupport.html