Vim inner tag blocks for Django templates

Question

Does a plugin exist which provides these text objects for Django templates? For example, in HTML/XML if I have the following text

<p>This is some text.<p>

and my cursor is positioned anywhere inside the tags, I can use cit to change the text inside the tags. I'm looking for something similar for Django templates. For example, with the text

{% block title %}This is the title{% endblock %}

I'd like the same behavior. If nothing exists, any vimscripters out there know if this is possible and willing to give some hints?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Have a look on the official Django documentation. There is a "Using Vim with Django" section.

https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/UsingVimWithDjango

and a surround mapping part.

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Here is an extract :

let b:surround_{char2nr("v")} = "{{ \r }}"
let b:surround_{char2nr("{")} = "{{ \r }}"
let b:surround_{char2nr("%")} = "{% \r %}"
let b:surround_{char2nr("b")} = "{% block \1block name: \1 %}\r{% endblock \1\1 %}"
let b:surround_{char2nr("i")} = "{% if \1condition: \1 %}\r{% endif %}"
let b:surround_{char2nr("w")} = "{% with \1with: \1 %}\r{% endwith %}"
let b:surround_{char2nr("f")} = "{% for \1for loop: \1 %}\r{% endfor %}"
let b:surround_{char2nr("c")} = "{% comment %}\r{% endcomment %}"

Put the above in ~/.vim/ftplugin/htmldjango.vim.

Examples in visual mode (select some text first):

• type Sv or S{ for a variable
• type Sb for a block
• type Si for an if statement
• type Sw for a with statement
• type Sc for a comment
• type Sf for a for statement
• type S% for other template tags

PS : another possibility is the use of eclim (vim + eclipse) which supports Django project and template editing http://eclim.org/vim/python/django.html but that's a lot heavier.