This project tries to mimic Spacemacs key bindings in Eclipse IDE.

For instance, SPC b b in Spacemacs let you switch between buffers, so it makes sense to map it to the “Quick switch editor” Eclipse command.

This project can be seen as a set of configuration files for the Vrapper plugin, which enables vim emulation inside Eclipse. ~/.vrapperrc is the file where Vrapper lets you add Vim initialization commands, i.e. this file is like ~/.vimrc for vim.

IdeaVim parses the most common vim commands, together with the custom :eclipseaction[!] <name> <id> and :eclipseuiaction[!] <name> <id> commands, used to bind the Eclipse action with the specified <id> to a (command line mode) command <name>.

Spaceclipse provides different files, which can be included individually in your own .vrapperrc, in order to get only the functionalities you want.

Spaceclipse is composed of three modules:

spacemacs

Contains Spacemacs settings and key bindings that can be replicated with a similar behaviour in Eclipse.

extra

Contains settings and key bindings not present in Spacemacs, but that may be useful in Eclipse.

major

Contains key bindings that start with SPC m, that may or may not be present in some Spacemacs major mode.

Furthermore, Spaceclipse provides some of the features of Spacemacs hybrid mode, which may be enabled by sourcing the file ~/spaceclipse/hybrid.vim.

Read ./KEYBINDINGS.org to see all 200+ available key bindings.

1. Install Vrapper from the Marketplace or by going to Help -> Install New Software and inserting the update site http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/update-site/stable
2. Go to Preferences -> General -> Keys. Search for all the key bindings that you normally use in vim (like <C-f> and <C-b> for example) and click on “Unbind command” if you wish to use them in vim.
3. Clone this repository in your home directory:

   cd ~
   git clone https://github.com/MarcoIeni/spaceclipse
       

4. In your home directory, create the file .vrapper and edit it in order to include the modules you want by sourcing the relative source files. In the following there is an example of .vrapper file that includes all the functionalities offered by Spaceclipse. In this file you can also include your own vim commands.

   " Selected Spaceclipse modules
   source ~/spaceclipse/spacemacs.vim
   source ~/spaceclipse/extra.vim
   source ~/spaceclipse/major.vim
   source ~/spaceclipse/hybrid.vim
   
   " My own vim commands
   nnoremap Y y$
       

5. (optional) source your vimrc file by adding the line source ~/.vimrc in .ideavimrc (you may break something).

In order to update run git pull inside the spaceclipse directory.

1. Install Eclipse PDE (Plug-in Development Environment)
2. Click on File -> New -> Other... and select “Cheat Sheet”. Select a project, assign a filename, leave “Simple Cheat Sheet” selected and click “Finish”.
3. Open the file, expand “Title”, click on “Item” and press the “Browse…” button.

If you find a useful IDE action that is not present yet, feel free to open a pull request to add it.

In order to avoid conflicts for the sake of a good organization, key bindings actions are named with the following convention: moduleName_functionName.

Currently Spaceclipse only supports C/C++ and Java for language specific commands, but adding a new language is super easy!

Execute grep "^au " -r ~/spaceclipse/ to see commands that needs to be adapted to other languages.

Key bindings only work when you are inside the code. For example, if you are inside the project explorer they don’t work. Go to Preferences -> General -> Keys and search for the command “Activate Editor”. This binding will bring the focus to the last visited code window and you will be able to use Spaceclipse key bindings again. By default this command is mapped to <F12>, you can change it from this menu.

• Vrapper documentation

• Intellimacs - Spacemacs’ like key bindings for IntelliJ platform.
• VSpaceCode - Spacemacs’ like key bindings for Visual Studio Code