The end of the line

Ever wondered how to move to the start or the end of the line in the terminal in your MacBook? Ctrl+A and Ctrl+E respectively.

It also works on the Scala REPL, where you can quickly evaluate code snippets. Some useful tips here

Even while you surely know, home, end, page up and down are all accessible by combining the Fn + arrow keys.

Another end of the line shortcut is Shift+G in less. To tail that buffer do Shift+F (Ctrl+C to stop).

Enjoy!

Vim syntax highlighting for Scala

Scala offers the flexibility to execute from command line (scala -e), through its REPL, as a script, or accessing the conventional main class. While REPL can be useful for quick hacks, the script has the advantage that it can be used for good shell scripts. On my Mac OS X Snow Leopard, (although it works on any unix) I configured vim as such:

curl http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/svn-repos/scala/scala-tool-support/trunk/src/vim/syntax/scala.vim -o .vim/syntax/scala.vim

curl http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/svn-repos/scala/scala-tool-support/trunk/src/vim/indent/scala.vim -o .vim/indent/scala.vim

curl http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/svn-repos/scala/scala-tool-support/trunk/src/vim/ftdetect/scala.vim -o .vim/ftdetect/scala.vim

then inside of vim, activate it:

:syntax on

Finally, to enable highlighting by default, add/modify your .vimrc and add the line

:syntax enable

Restart your console and you can now enjoy scala highlighting (although the color theme probably needs tweaking...)