From d7f498b61d85389058dc60b36a4c0eb346974b9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andre <andrea.mistrali@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:06:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added support for binary plist editing

---
 vim/ftplugin/plist.vim | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 vim/vimrc              | 10 ++++--
 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 vim/ftplugin/plist.vim

diff --git a/vim/ftplugin/plist.vim b/vim/ftplugin/plist.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4569115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/ftplugin/plist.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+
+" ViM autocommands for binary plist files
+" Copyright (C) 2005 Moritz Heckscher
+"
+" Note: When a file changes externally and you answer no to vim's question if
+" you want to write anyway, the autocommands (e.g. for BufWritePost) are still
+" executed, it seems, which could have some unwanted side effects.
+"
+" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+" (at your option) any later version.
+"
+" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+" GNU General Public License for more details.
+autocmd BufReadPre,FileReadPre *.plist set binary ft=plist syntax=xml
+" ... and call it just after editing a file in a new buffer...
+autocmd BufReadPost *.plist call MyBinaryPlistReadPost()
+" ... or when reading a file into an existing buffer (in that case, don't
+" save as binary later on).
+autocmd FileReadPost *.plist call MyBinaryPlistReadPost() | let b:saveAsBinaryPlist = 0
+autocmd BufWritePre,FileWritePre *.plist call MyBinaryPlistWritePre()
+autocmd BufWritePost,FileWritePost *.plist call MyBinaryPlistWritePost()
+
+
+" breaking lines etc; since setting this for normal plist files doesn't
+" hurt and it's not yet known whether or not the file to be read is stored
+" in binary format, set the option in any case to be sure).
+" Do it before editing a file in a new buffer and before reading a file
+" into in an existing buffer (using ':read foo.plist').
+
+" Define a little function to convert binary files if necessary...
+fun MyBinaryPlistReadPost()
+      " Check if the first line just read in indicates a binary plist
+      if getline("'[") =~ "^bplist"
+              " Filter lines read into buffer (convert to XML with plutil)
+              '[,']!plutil -convert xml1 /dev/stdin -o /dev/stdout
+              " Many people seem to want to save files originally stored
+              " in binary format as such after editing, so memorize format.
+              let b:saveAsBinaryPlist = 1
+      endif
+      " Yeah, plain text (finally or all the way through, either way...)!
+      set nobinary
+      " Trigger file type detection to get syntax coloring etc. according
+      " to file contents (alternative: 'setfiletype xml' to force xml).
+      filetype detect
+endfun
+
+" Define and use functions for conversion back to binary format
+fun MyBinaryPlistWritePre()
+      if exists("b:saveAsBinaryPlist") && b:saveAsBinaryPlist
+              " Must set binary mode before conversion (for EOL settings)
+              set binary
+              " Convert buffer lines to be written to binary
+              silent '[,']!plutil -convert binary1 /dev/stdin -o /dev/stdout
+              " If there was a problem, e.g. when the file contains syntax
+              " errors, undo the conversion and go back to nobinary so the
+              " file will be saved in text format.
+              if v:shell_error | undo | set nobinary | endif
+      endif
+endfun
+fun MyBinaryPlistWritePost()
+      " If file was to be written in binary format and there was no error
+      " doing the conversion, ...
+      if exists("b:saveAsBinaryPlist") && b:saveAsBinaryPlist && !v:shell_error
+              " ... undo the conversion and go back to nobinary so the
+              " lines are shown as text again in vim.
+              undo
+              set nobinary
+      endif
+endfun
diff --git a/vim/vimrc b/vim/vimrc
index 276058f..9cacc0d 100644
--- a/vim/vimrc
+++ b/vim/vimrc
@@ -183,7 +183,13 @@ if has("autocmd")
         \   exe "normal g'\"" |
         \ endif
   " Mako
-  au BufNewFile,BufRead *.mako setf mako
+  autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.mako setf mako
+  " Plist
+  autocmd BufReadPre,FileReadPre *.plist set binary ft=plist syntax=xml
+  autocmd BufReadPost *.plist call MyBinaryPlistReadPost()
+  autocmd FileReadPost *.plist call MyBinaryPlistReadPost() | let b:saveAsBinaryPlist = 0
+  autocmd BufWritePre,FileWritePre *.plist call MyBinaryPlistWritePre()
+  autocmd BufWritePost,FileWritePost *.plist call MyBinaryPlistWritePost()
 endif
 
 " User customizations are held in file ~/.vim/vimrc.local
@@ -191,4 +197,4 @@ if filereadable($HOME."/.vim/vimrc.local")
     source $HOME/.vim/vimrc.local
 endif
 
-" vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=0 ft=vim :
+" vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=78 ft=vim :