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vim-scissors

Live edit CSS (and LESS) in Vim.
Usage

Add the script to your web page:

- Start the **vim-scissors** server:

`npm start`

- Open the page in your browser.

- Execute `:nbs` in vim (or run `vim -nb`)

Your CSS/LESS files should then open in the vim session.

For best results, run vim from your web root directory.

- Edit styles in vim. Watch the changes appear in the browser.

- Rejoice!

## Slightly More Advanced Usage 

Run vim-scissors on your web server instead of localhost, to make it easier to
use from browsers on multiple machines.

- Add the full snippet to your web pages:

```
<script>document.write('<script src="http://' + (location.host ||
    'localhost').split(':')[0] +
    ':3220/scissors.js"></' + 'script>')</script>
```

- Run vim-scissors from the machine that is serving your website.

`npm start`

- Connect vim using `:nbs:[host]` where host is the domain name of the server
running vim-scissors. It will default to connect on port 3219.

## Other

- You may specify a site or filename filter in the `nbs` connection command,
for situations where you are using vim-scissors for more than one site. Give a
regexp as the password. Example: `:nbs:::^[^.]` will open only stylesheets
whose name does not begin with a dot.

## Todo

- Handle more CSS, including imports.
- Make a browser extension to add the script tag, or integrate with an existing
extension, such as LiveReload.
- Factor out code common to both client and server.
- Improve cross-browser compatibility

## License

[MIT License](http://cel.mit-license.org/)
Usage no npm install needed!

README

vim-scissors

Usage
