python << EOL # xmaslights.vim # Version: 0.1 # Author: Ryan (gt3 Kulla # Python script for Vim to make your text appear as animated Christmas lights # # You will not be able to use vim until you press ctrl+c to stop the script because this script makes # vim act like a screensaver. This script only changes the color of 'guifg' and was made and tested using # gvim 6.2 for win32. Modify it if needed. # # Usage: # (Note: you must have vim compiled with +python for this to work) # 1) Put xmaslights.vim in your Vim plugins directory. # 2) open a file that uses syntax highlighting like a .html file # 3) type ":py xmas()" import vim import time import random colors = ("red", "green") # feel free to add more colors attribs = ("comment", "underlined", "cursor", "constant", "identifier", "statement", "preproc", "type", "special", "error", "todo", "directory", "statusline", "normal", "search", "nontext", "errormsg", "warningmsg", "modemsg", "moremsg", "incsearch", "linenr", "title", "statuslinenc", "label", "operator", "clear visual", "visual", "diffchange", "difftext", "diffadd", "diffdelete", "folded", "foldedcolumn", "clf0") # take items out you know you don't want colorized def xmas(): if not vim.eval("&syntax"): print "Open a file that uses syntax highlighting and try again." return while 1: for attrib in attribs: vim.command("hi %s guifg=%s" % (attrib, random.choice(colors))) time.sleep(1) # if this is too slow, use a fraction of a second like sleep(.3) vim.command("redraw") EOL