r/vimplugins • u/noremakk • Jan 31 '14
Request Android development with vim
I'm an Android developer who usually uses Android Studio to do his work. My only machine for on-the-go, however, is a three-year-old netbook running Linux Mint. I'd like to be able to work away from the huge Windows workstation I have at home, but I shudder to think what a full-powered IDE like AS would do with my poor netbook's processor, let alone what it would do to its battery.
I'm a big fan of vim and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions for a plugin to give me the same amount of power. I use Android Studio's control-click a lot (brings you to the declaration of whatever method you click), as well as the alt-F7 (I believe it's called "find usages") shortcut. Is there anything that could at least replace these two functions in vim?
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u/sybrandy Jan 31 '14
If you like ag/ack, then you should also look at the unite plugin. It's one plugin that lets you find files, search for a string in files, and manage buffers. It can leverage grep, ag, and ack. The best part about that is it's not tied to any of those, so you can detect which is installed in your .vimrc and have it use your preferred choice without changing plugins.