This page is intented to be used as a collection of hints for using the Vim editor with Django.

== [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1318 SnippetsEmu] ==

The [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1318 SnippetsEmu] plugin for Vim allows one to define abbreviations which can be expanded into larger blocks of text.  The abbreviations can also contain place markers which can be 'jumped to' in a similar manner to the macros defined in TextMate on OS X.

The following is a collection of Django specific abbreviations for use with the plugin (using the default start and end tags: '<' and '>'):

Models:

{{{
Iabbr addmodel class <>(meta.Model):<CR><><CR><CR>def __repr__(self):<CR>return "%s" % (<>,)<CR><CR>class META:<CR>admin = meta.Admin()<CR><CR>
Iabbr mcf meta.CharField(maxlength=<>)<CR><>
Iabbr mff meta.FileField(upload_to=<>)<CR><>
Iabbr mfpf meta.FilePathField(path=<>, match=<".*">, recursive=<False>)<CR><>
Iabbr mfloat meta.FloatField(max_digits=<>, decimal_places=<>)<CR><>
Iabbr mfk meta.ForeignKey(<>, edit_inline=<False>)<CR><>
Iabbr m2m meta.ManyToManyField(<>)<CR><>
Iabbr o2o meta.OneToOneField(<>)<CR><>
}}}

Templates:
{{{
Iabbr fore {% for <entry> in <list> %}<CR>{{ <entry>.<> }}<CR><>{% endfor %}<CR><>
}}}

== XML.vim ==

The [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=301 xml.vim] plugin is really useful for editing XML and HTML files.  It makes tag completion easy and allows you to bounce between start and end tags.