A useful vim plugin for ruby on rails developers, adds a lot of useful features such as syntax highlighting, navigation of the Rails directory structure, interface to rake, interface to the rails command, and partial extraction
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Vim, how to reload syntax highlighting
When I execute Rmodel, Rcontroller and others in Vim. I see only white text.
But when I go to next buffer and then go back by :bn and :bl, colors are working.
This is my .vim folder
https://github.com/regedarek/dotvim

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Opening a rails.vim related file in a new window
I like rails.vim support for going to the corresponding file. For example, if I'm in the Product model, I can type :Econtroller to open the ProductsController in the same window.
I want to open the controller in either a newly created window or…

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rails.vim and custom controllers location
I love Rails.vim but I have a problem with using it in some projects. I have two places for controllers in one of my apps:
app/controllers
app/controllers/v1/api
Can I configure (perhaps in config/rails.vim?) this extra path somehow? I'd like to…

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Go to last file with rails.vim
I am just getting into rails.vim as my ROR IDE and I am really liking it. The only thing I don't know how to do, that I wish I could, is hop back to the last file I was editing.
For example, if I am editing one file, say a view and I use…

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In rails.vim why do I get "E345 can't find file in path" errors?
I've been learning Ruby/Rails with vim. Tim Pope's rails.vim seems like a really good tool to traverse files with, but I keep getting these pesky "E345 can't find file in path" errors. I'm not vim expert yet, so the solution isn't obvious. …

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rails.vim installed but :Rfind doesnt'work
I've installed rails.vim and it seems to be installed correctly since :Rails! returns rails.vim 5.0.
But, if I'm in an existing Rails project and look for a file :Rfind user I get E492: Not an editor command: Rfind user.
Any suggestions?

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Rails.vim plugin, does it have any fancy migration support?
I am hoping rails.vim has some migration support.
I'm looking for something like: generate migration and jump to that file, and then a way to fire the migration.
Does this exist or am I dreaming? :)

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Vim: Using rails.vim, how do I make rails.vm use rspec instead of testunit?
I'm using rails.vim and when I use :A on a model file, it opens the corresponding testunit file. How do I make it open the corresponding rspec file?

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Why doesn't rails.vim recognize any gems that I install?
I'm a ruby and vim newbie. I recently installed the rails.vim plugin and all the commands work fine apart from the commands to create a new Rails project. Every time I do this it says rails is not installed on my system, but it is! It also acts up…

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How to add capybara dsl syntax highlighting to vim syntax highlighting?
I'm using Tim Pope's rails.vim plugin and for the most part it highlights nearly everything I want, except Capybara's new DSL which contains keywords like feature, scenario, background etc.
I don't want to create a new syntax file just for those two…

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rails.vim with ruby omnicompletion giving "Error loading rails environment" error
I'm trying to get up and working with vim with ruby on rails and am having a few problems with omni-completion.
I have downloaded the rails.vim plugin for vim, which appears to be installed, with a vim call
:Rails!
gives
rails.vim 4.3…

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Vim rails.vim plugin doesn't seem to work
I've installed rails.vim plugin. Running :Rails!
command shows: rails.vim 4.3. But when I try to run :Rails myapp it opens command line (cmd.exe) that shows:
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c rails myapp. Bunch of rails help comes up and nothing…

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How to run current RSpec test in VIM + Rails.vim + Ubuntu?
It says everywhere:
Interface to rake. Use :Rake to run the current test, spec, or feature. Use :.Rake to do a focused run of just the method, example, or scenario on the current line. :Rake can also run arbitrary migrations, load individual…

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remove surrounding ERB tag just with vim plugin rails and surround
In vim, yss- can add the erb tag <% %> surrounding the current sentence.
If I want to do the opposite operation, ds<% doesn't work. I have to repeat these typing like: ds% followed by ds< to remove the erb tag completely.
Is there a more direct way…

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Rails.vim - How to test all features and/or specs?
I am using rails.vim plugin which is pretty awesome. However, I fail to see how could I test all the specs in one command. Right now I need to open a particular spec and do :Rake and that just tests the current opened spec. However, how could I…

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