Change default settings in MacVim

Question

I have created a really cool Python program that I want all of my friends to try out. I really want to put the running code onto a website so people can try it all around the world. Is it possible to run Python code on a HTML page? If so, how?

Solution

Line numbers:

:set number

Top toolbar deactivated:

:set guioptions-=T

Auto-indenting activated:

:filetype indent on

Be aware that you can turn off the menu bar as well, see ":help 'guioptions'".

Also, you may want to do ":filetype indent plugin on" as well as ":syntax on". See ":help :filetype".

Comments

[mjrider]

im trying to follow this ..but I dont know if there IS a ~/.gvimrc file ... at least I dont have one... do I create one when I want to change settings like this? or am I doing something wrong

[MattDMo]

You can't run Python in a browser without Python being installed on the user's system.

[therealrootuser]

@MattDMo -- I would beg to differ, though I would agree that strictly speaking the browser itself cannot directly interpret python code unless it is installed on the local machine. However, there are several options for sharing runnable python code online.

[garyjohn]

Whether :filetype indent on is sufficient depends on what AeroCross means by "Auto-indenting". He probably wants to use :set autoindent as well to have that option enabled for files such as plain text and configuration files.

[Sabarinathan Jayakodi]

This is exactly what I was looking for (both post and comment). I just wanted to know though, where did you find those settings? I did a little research and I couldn't find those directives (such as guioptions).

[Heptite]

@AeroCross: I suggest doing a raw ":help" and familiarizing yourself with how the help system works, including the notation for getting help on various things, such as using a single-quote at the beginning of option names. The full reference on what options are available is in ":help options.txt". A briefer quick-reference for options is available in ":help Q_op".

[Heptite]

@AeroCross: There's also the Vim user's manual, available by doing ":help usr_toc.txt".

[Sabarinathan Jayakodi]

I didn't know any of that, thank you so much for the information. Vim really has a steep learning curve, and it's not too friendly at the beggining, so I'll need a LOT of patience for this to workout - and of couse, superuser.com and kind people like you.

[Jon Clements]

It's 2014 - WSGI is much preferred (and has been for donkey's years now) over CGI for Python.

[Sylvain Leroux]

This is an interesting solution. As you seems to know that product, could you elaborate a little bit more ? Does it really run in the browser, or is Python code somehow send to a server for evaluation ? Is it free/opensource ? Does that support Python 2, Python 3, or both ?

[therealrootuser]

@SylvainLeroux I've only used this service a few times, but I believe that the code is sent to the server for evaluation. It definitely supports Python 2.x, not sure on Python 3. I don't think it is opensource, although it is free (costwise). For a one off "cool script" it will probably suffice.