The purpose of this project is to maintain missing Gradle capabilities in Vim. Particularly:

• File extension recognition
• Syntax highlighting
• Folding
• Ctags support for Tagbar plugin

Additionally, some missing Groovy features are provided as well:

• Folding for Groovy files
• Groovy Ctags support for Tagbar plugin

If you are using Vim Pathogen plugin, then the installation is simple and straightforward:

#!shell
cd ~/.vim/bundle
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/sw-samuraj/vim-gradle

If you prefer the traditional Vim layout, you can copy all the directories to your $VIM_HOME:

#!shell
cp -r after compiler ctags ftdetect ftplugin syntax ~/.vim

Your interest in the vim-gradle plugin probably means that you have Gradle already installed. Then you can run either

#!shell
gradle installBundle

for Pathogen-like installation, or

#!shell
gradle installVimball

for classic-like installation.

#!shell
rm -rf ~/.vim/bundle/vim-gradle

#!shell
cd ~/.vim
rm -rf syntax/gradle.vim ftdetect/gradle.vim compiler/gradle.vim after/syntax/groovy.vim

If you have Gradle already installed, then you can uninstall vim-gradle by

#!shell
gradle uninstallBundle

for the Pathogen bundle, or

#!shell
gradle uninstallVimball

for the classic layout.

• Add Vim documentation (available through :help command).
• Add :gradle command for running Gradle tasks.
• Improve Ctags mapping for Gradle and Groovy files.

I'll be happy with any participation or feedback. Please, feel free to:

• fork the project
• send me a pull request
• track a bug, or an enhancement
• or anything else what can improve this plugin.

The vim-gradle plugin is published under BSD 3-Clause license.