IF_SNIFF

*if_sniff.txt*  For Vim version 6.1.  Last change: 2001 Sep 03


                  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL
                by Anton Leherbauer ([email protected])


SNiFF+ and Vim                              *sniff*

1. Introduction                             |sniff-intro|
2. Commands                                 |sniff-commands|
3. Compiling Vim with SNiFF+ interface      |sniff-compiling|

{Vi does not have any of these commands}  *E275* *E274* *E276* *E278* *E279*

The SNiFF+ interface only works, when Vim was compiled with the |+sniff|
feature.


1. Introduction                                 *sniff-intro*

The following features for the use with SNiFF+ are available:

   * Vim can be used for all editing requests
   * SNiFF+ recognizes and updates all browsers when a file is saved in Vim
   * SNiFF+ commands can be issued directly from Vim

How to use Vim with SNiFF+
   1. Make sure SNiFF+ is running.
   2. In the Editor view of the Preferences dialog set the Field named
      'External Editor' to 'Emacs/Vim'.
   4. Start Vim
   5. Connect to SNiFF+ (:sniff connect)

Once a connection is established, SNiFF+ uses Vim for all requests to show or
edit source code.  On the other hand, you can send queries to SNiFF+ with the
:sniff command.


2. Commands                                 *sniff-commands*

                            *:sniff* *:sni*
:sni[ff] request [symbol]   Send request to sniff with optional symbol.
                            {not in Vi}
:sni[ff]                    Display all possible requests and the connection
                            status

Most requests require a symbol (identifier) as parameter. If it is omitted,
Vim will use the current word under the cursor.
The available requests are listed below:

request               mapping   description

connect                 sc      Establish connection with SNiFF+.
                                Make sure SNiFF+ is prepared for this in the
                                Preferences
disconnect              sq      Disconnect from SNiFF+. You can reconnect any
                                time with :sniff connect (or 'sc')
toggle                  st      Toggle between implementation
                                and definition file
find-symbol             sf      Load the symbol into a Symbol Browser
browse-class            sb      Loads the class into a Class Browser
superclass              ss      Edit superclass of symbol
overridden              so      Edit overridden method of symbol
retrieve-file           srf     Retrieve symbol in current file
retrieve-project        srp     Retrieve symbol in current project
retrieve-all-projects   srP     Retrieve symbol in all projects
retrieve-next           sR      Retrieve symbol using current Retriever
                                settings
goto-symbol             sg      Goto definition or implementation of symbol
hierarchy               sh      Load symbol into the Hierarchy Browser
restr-hier              sH      same as above but show only related classes
xref-to                 sxt     Start a refers-to query on symbol and
                                load the results into the Cross Referencer
xref-by                 sxb     Start a referred-by query on symbol
xref-has                sxh     Start a refers-to components query on symbol
xref-used-by            sxu     Start a referred-by as component query on
                                symbol
show-docu               sd      Show documentation of symbol
gen-docu                sD      Generate documentation of symbol

The mappings are defined in a file 'sniff.vim', which is part of every SNiFF+
product ($SNIFF_DIR/config/sniff.vim). This file is sourced whenever Vim
connects to SNiFF+.


3. Compiling Vim with SNiFF+ interface          *sniff-compiling*

To compile Vim with SNiFF+ support, you need two source files of the extra
archive: if_sniff.c and if_sniff.h.
On Unix: Edit the Makefile and uncomment the line "--enable-sniff".  Or run
configure manually with this argument.
On NT: Specify SNIFF=yes with your make command.

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