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1
2=================
3LLDB Vim Frontend
4=================
5
6Prerequisites
7-------------
8
9This plugin is known to work with the following flavours of Vim:
10
11  * Linux (tested on Ubuntu 12.04/12.10):
12      * vim/gvim (from vim-gnome package version 7.3)
13
14  * Mac OS X (tested on Mountain Lion)
15      * Vim command-line (7.3 from Xcode)
16      * MacVim 7.3
17
18To install the plugin, ensure you have
19  * a working version of lldb on your path, or the environment variable LLDB
20    pointing to the lldb binary you would like to use.
21  * a python-enabled vim (check with ":python print 2")
22
23
24Installation
25------------
26
271) Install the Vim pathogen plugin (it keeps installed plugins organized):
28
29    https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen
30
31  Or, for the impatient:
32
33mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle; \
34curl -Sso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim \
35    https://raw.github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen/master/autoload/pathogen.vim
36
372) Symlink (or copy) ~/.vim/bundle/vim-lldb to this directory:
38
39ln -sf <lldb-dir>/utils/vim-lldb ~/.vim/bundle/vim-lldb
40
413) Update your help-tags. Start vim, do:
42
43    :Helptags
44
454) Have fun!
46
47
48Usage/Getting Help
49------------------
50All LLDB commands (with tab-completion) can be accessed in Vim's
51command mode. Try it out by typing:
52
53:L<tab>
54
55There are several sources of help available:
56
57:help lldb                  -- Documentation for this plugin
58:Lhelp                      -- LLDB's built-in help system (i.e lldb 'help' command)
59:Lscript help (lldb)        -- Complete LLDB Python API reference
60