Script Roundup: pb.vim, SyntaxRange

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pb.vim

pb.vim (GitHub: troydm / pb.vim, License: Vim) by Dmitry Geurkov is a wrapper around the standard Mac OS X pbcopy and pbpaste commands. It can also work with a remote host by setting let g:pb_command_prefix = 'ssh remotehost '.

Also related is How to Copy and Paste with Tmux on Mac OS X, which demonstrates how to use reattach-to-user-namespace to get Vim and tmux working together nicely.

SyntaxRange

SyntaxRange by Ingo Karkat allows ranges within a buffer to use a different syntax, or ignore the current syntax based on the buffer’s filetype. This is ideal for working with files that mix different types of syntax, like Markdown blog posts with code samples.

Typing :[range]SyntaxIgnore will ignore the current filetype for the range, and :[range]SyntaxInclude {filetype} will change it to another filetype.