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Edit a Google doc with vim

63 points by obilgic 13y ago

gokce 13y ago
This is a killer feature for google interviews.
- radicality 13y ago
  I just tried it out, and it seems it doesn't update after a save, you have to quit the document, so it's not real-time enough for an interview.
- leokun 13y ago
  FYI, Floobits offers real time collaboration with vim.
Schiphol 13y ago
Vimperator and ^I as well, no?
shantnu 13y ago
Lol. Now if you can teach me how to edit Ms Word documents with vim, you win the prize :)
- pattisapu 13y ago
  If you're on a Mac you can use KeyRemap4MacBook's vi mode in Word. https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/ https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/
  - McUsr 13y ago
    When you are on a Mac you can use XCode! Hell Yes!!!
csomar 13y ago
Can someone post a screenshot of how it looks like?
- radicality 13y ago
  Looks like vim, it's just a vim buffer with the contents of the google doc. Not sure how it handles things like tables/images though.
- naz 13y ago
  Not being a grammar Nazi, but just pointing out a minor error to help with your English: if the sentence ends in "like", then you should use "what": Can someone post a screenshot of what it looks like?
  - kaoD 13y ago
    I'm not GP but thanks for the tip! As a non-native speaker, I'd love if I were corrected all the time! These little mistakes are prone to getting stuck in your head and hard to get rid of if uncorrected (especially since the Internet is filled with non-native speakers making the same mistakes over and over again). Curiously enough, I hesitate doing so myself when I notice a mistake, in case I bother or embarrass the guy. I think I'll start changing that :P
jablan 13y ago
When I try to open an existing spreadsheet this way, it crashes: ~ $ google docs edit --title "skijanje" Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/google", line 849, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/google", line 835, in main run_once(options, args) File "/usr/bin/google", line 627, in run_once task.run(client, options, args) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/googlecl/docs/__init__.py", line 206, in _run_edit folder_entry_or_path=folder_entry or options.folder) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/googlecl/docs/base.py", line 129, in edit_doc subprocess.call(command_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 522, in call return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 709, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1326, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory I guess I was expecting some magic, i.e. a spreadsheet automatically converted to/from CSV or YAML. :)
- gibbonsd1 13y ago
  For me, it displays the XLS file, but it doesn't convert it to anything human readable (Using OS X 10.8 and vi).
matthewwiese 13y ago
I'm also pleased to see an upload feature from terminal. Avoiding the interface YouTube has in place is great, I always seem to get bugs regarding upload times and it freezing.
sikhnerd 13y ago
(2010) and looks like it hasn't got any updates in a couple years unfortunately.
- ImJasonH 13y ago
  Indeed, googlecl hasn't seen much love lately. :( I recently wrote a tool in the spirit of googlecl, that lets you call Google APIs from the command-line, although admittedly without support for editing Google Docs in Vim. Something like that may be possible to add though. Check it out: https://github.com/ImJasonH/gapi https://github.com/ImJasonH/gapi
joliv 13y ago
Last release for googlecl is from 3/31/11 :(
floatingatoll 13y ago
The title should be suffixed (2011), reflecting the latest changelog date by the 'googlecl' author.

63 points by obilgic 13y ago

gokce 13y ago

This is a killer feature for google interviews.

radicality 13y ago
I just tried it out, and it seems it doesn't update after a save, you have to quit the document, so it's not real-time enough for an interview.
leokun 13y ago
FYI, Floobits offers real time collaboration with vim.

Schiphol 13y ago

Vimperator and ^I as well, no?

shantnu 13y ago

Lol. Now if you can teach me how to edit Ms Word documents with vim, you win the prize :)

pattisapu 13y ago
If you're on a Mac you can use KeyRemap4MacBook's vi mode in Word. https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/ https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/
- McUsr 13y ago
  When you are on a Mac you can use XCode! Hell Yes!!!

csomar 13y ago

Can someone post a screenshot of how it looks like?

radicality 13y ago
Looks like vim, it's just a vim buffer with the contents of the google doc. Not sure how it handles things like tables/images though.
naz 13y ago
Not being a grammar Nazi, but just pointing out a minor error to help with your English: if the sentence ends in "like", then you should use "what": Can someone post a screenshot of what it looks like?
- kaoD 13y ago
  I'm not GP but thanks for the tip! As a non-native speaker, I'd love if I were corrected all the time! These little mistakes are prone to getting stuck in your head and hard to get rid of if uncorrected (especially since the Internet is filled with non-native speakers making the same mistakes over and over again). Curiously enough, I hesitate doing so myself when I notice a mistake, in case I bother or embarrass the guy. I think I'll start changing that :P

jablan 13y ago

When I try to open an existing spreadsheet this way, it crashes: ~ $ google docs edit --title "skijanje" Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/google", line 849, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/google", line 835, in main run_once(options, args) File "/usr/bin/google", line 627, in run_once task.run(client, options, args) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/googlecl/docs/__init__.py", line 206, in _run_edit folder_entry_or_path=folder_entry or options.folder) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/googlecl/docs/base.py", line 129, in edit_doc subprocess.call(command_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 522, in call return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 709, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1326, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory I guess I was expecting some magic, i.e. a spreadsheet automatically converted to/from CSV or YAML. :)

gibbonsd1 13y ago
For me, it displays the XLS file, but it doesn't convert it to anything human readable (Using OS X 10.8 and vi).

matthewwiese 13y ago

I'm also pleased to see an upload feature from terminal. Avoiding the interface YouTube has in place is great, I always seem to get bugs regarding upload times and it freezing.

sikhnerd 13y ago

(2010) and looks like it hasn't got any updates in a couple years unfortunately.

ImJasonH 13y ago
Indeed, googlecl hasn't seen much love lately. :( I recently wrote a tool in the spirit of googlecl, that lets you call Google APIs from the command-line, although admittedly without support for editing Google Docs in Vim. Something like that may be possible to add though. Check it out: https://github.com/ImJasonH/gapi https://github.com/ImJasonH/gapi

joliv 13y ago

Last release for googlecl is from 3/31/11 :(

floatingatoll 13y ago

The title should be suffixed (2011), reflecting the latest changelog date by the 'googlecl' author.