sonicpi.vim

The sonicpi vim plugin requires the following:

• An installation of Sonic Pi 2.4+.

• A tool to interface with Sonic Pi. The default is sonic-pi-cli.

Features

The plugin enables itself when Sonic Pi is running and the Ruby filetype is initiated (let g:sonicpi_enabled = 0 to disable), and provides the following features:

• <leader>r - send buffer to sonicpi

• <leader>S - send stop message to sonicpi

• Contextual autocompletion of Sonic Pi terms with omnicomplete (<C-x><C-o> by default). That is, if you have synth :zawa, in the line, omnicomplete will provide parameter names for :zawa, et al!

• Extension of Ruby syntax to include Sonic Pi terms

Installation

Prerequisites: Sonic Pi 2.4+, and sonic-pi-cli or similar.

If you use pathogen (and you should), simply clone this repo into ~/.vim/bundle/ like so:

git clone https://github.com/dermusikman/sonicpi.vim.git

Whenever Sonic Pi is running, and you haven't disabled the g:sonicpi_enabled flag in your configs, the plugin will activate. Otherwise, it's a normal Ruby session!

Configuration

g:sonicpi_keymaps_enabled can be used to disable the default keybindings.

g:sonicpi_command can be used to configure what tool is used to send the code to Sonic Pi. The default is sonic_pi.

Sonic Pi interfacing tools

• sonic-pi-cli. The default.

• sonic-pi-pipe. Written in Go, and more responsive than sonic-pi-cli.

TODO

• Fix autocomplete
• Make contextual autocomplete (e.g., a list of samples follows samples)
• Add movement for Sonic Pi style files, ala ruby.vim's modifications (Now we stay in the Ruby filetype)
• Extend Ruby syntax to incorporate Sonic Pi directives
• Update for Sonic Pi 2.4
• Add named notes (e.g., :c4, :e2) and chords (e.g., sus4, m7+5)
• Add oddball contexts beyond the sounds. For instance, we've added the "spread" context to include rotate: