Re: https://firmwaresecurity.com/2016/03/01/vim-port-for-uefi/
There is a SECOND port of Vim to UEFI!
This one uses this library:
https://github.com/JoaquinConoBolillo/Visual-VIM-for-UEFI-Shell
Tag: Vim
efivim (Vim for UEFI): updated
Re: https://firmwaresecurity.com/2016/03/01/vim-port-for-uefi/
Code recently updated, first time since 2016.
Important stuff to some people!
Vim 8.1 released
Fewer external plugins needed to use a shell within Vim anymore!
The main new feature of Vim 8.1 is support for running a terminal in a Vim window. This builds on top of the asynchronous features added in Vim 8.0. The terminal window can be used for many purposes, here are a few examples:
* Run a command, such as “make”, while continuing to edit in other windows. The progress of the command can be observed, the terminal window is continuously updated.
* Run a shell where you can execute a series of commands.
* Use the new terminal debugger plugin for debugging inside Vim. This is especially useful over an ssh connection, when opening other terminals is not possible or impractical. I use this to fix problems in Vim when travelling.
The terminal window is also used in tests, to grab a screenshot and compare it with the expected state. This allows for testing interactive actions, such as the popup menu.
https://www.vim.org/vim-8.1-released.php
Vim port for UEFI
Nick Owens of CoreOS, aka Mischief, is bringing Vim to EFI!!
https://github.com/mischief/efivim
The github project is 2 days old, it does not look finished, no readme. Let’s hope things work out, please help Nick if you can!
Vim syntax highlighting for EDK2 sources
If you use Vim, there are a few projects with syntax highlighting support for TianoCore sources and config files. A recent one, from this year:
https://github.com/fedorov7/vim-uefi
Two others from 2013, with different features from above one:
https://github.com/0xeuclid/UEFI_VIM_Syntax
https://github.com/0xeuclid/vim_for_UEFI
If you use Visual Slick Edit, one firmware engineer at Dell has created some files for EDK-II support:
http://www.basicinputoutput.com/2015/05/syntax-highlighting-for-edkii-files-dec.html
I found no support found for Emacs, perhaps the FSF anti-UEFI campaign has impacted this? I don’t know of any EDK-II support in any other open source programmer’s editors or IDEs.
Besides highlighting C/assembly sources, EDK2 has 7 different build/config files, much more complex than a single Makefile to deal with. The specs for these files are listed below; it would be nice if you spend time in EDK2 sources, if your editor helps you understand these formats.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/edk2/files/Specifications/
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