noscripter / nrrwrgn

A Narrow Region Plugin for vim (like Emacs Narrow Region)

#NrrwRgn plugin

A Vim plugin for focussing on a selected region

This plugin is inspired by the Narrowing feature of Emacs and means to focus on a selected region while making the rest inaccessible. You simply select the region, call :NR and the selected part will open in a new split window while the rest of the buffer will be protected. Once you are finished, simply write the narrowed window (:w) and all the changes will be moved back to the original buffer.

See also the following screencast, that shows several features available:

###Installation Use the plugin manager of your choice. Or download the stable version of the plugin, edit it with Vim (vim NrrwRgn-XXX.vmb) and simply source it (:so %). Restart and take a look at the help (:h NrrwRgn.txt)

###Usage Once installed, take a look at the help at :h NrrwRgn

Here is a short overview of the functionality provided by the plugin: ####Ex commands: :NR - Open the selected region in a new narrowed window :NW - Open the current visual window in a new narrowed window :WidenRegion - (In the narrowed window) write the changes back to the original buffer. :NRV - Open the narrowed window for the region that was last visually selected. :NUD - (In a unified diff) open the selected diff in 2 Narrowed windows :NRP - Mark a region for a Multi narrowed window :NRM - Create a new Multi narrowed window (after :NRP) :NRS - Enable Syncing the buffer content back (default on) :NRN - Disable Syncing the buffer content back :NRL - Reselect the last selected region and open it again in a narrowed window ####Visual mode commands: nr - Open the current visual selection in a new narrowed window ####Scripting Functions: nrrwrgn#NrrwRgnStatus() - Return a dict with all the status information for the current window

###Attention### :NRM is currently experimental

####Similar Work Andreas Politz' narrow_region
Kana Natsunos narrow
Jonas Kramers narrow
Marcin Szamotulskis ViewPort

###License & Copyright

© 2009-2014 by Christian Brabandt. The Vim License applies. See :h license

NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USE AT-YOUR-OWN-RISK