Tip #366: really basic RCS interaction from within vim


  I've looked all around and haven't found RCS functions built into vim (which surprises me, really), so I looked more and found some almost working RCS scripts for text-mode.  Key there is almost.  It's still a kludge, but it works without too much hassle.

   I've chosen F1 and F2, because I never use those keys for what they are intended.  I use :help for command reference, not for a tutorial style thing.  So, use some discretion.  Also, the write command could just as easily have been a :write!, but I decided against that in the case of files that weren't checked out.  You should check them out, first, and they should be writable.

map <F1>                :write %<CR>:!ci -l %<CR>:edit!<CR>
map <F2>                :!co -l %<CR>:edit!<CR>

  New RCS files work just fine with the first mapping.

  There would be some use to creating the RCS directory, if it's not already there, but I don't see an "if exists and is directory" function, right now.

  There's a good menu-driven rcs client for graphical vim, but I hate menus and graphical interfaces.

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