syntax check with Vim

jeanluca has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks

Being a lazy programmer I noticed something interesting: perl syntax checking with Vim. What Vim does is check your perl syntax at the moment you try to save it.
Anyway, I assume that almost all vi-perlmonks use this :) so I hope someone can can show me the path ?

This is what I've tried:
I've added to ~/.vimrc

filetype plugin on
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I've created the plugin (~/.vim/perl_synwrite.vim) (code)
Finally I create the file ~/.vim/ftplugin and added

~/.vim/perl_synwrite.vim
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(I've used the absolute path instead of the ~ as well!)
According to the documentation I should now be able to use the :W option that should do the syntax check and save the file
However, when I try this I get the following message from Vim

E492: Not an editor command: W
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Any suggestions what goes wrong here ?

Thanks a lot
LuCa

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Re: syntax check with Vim by betterworld (Curate) on Apr 27, 2007 at 12:52 UTC
This is what I use: Put this into ~/.vim/ftplugin/perl.vim: `setlocal makeprg=perl\ -c\ %` [download] Then open your Perl file and type ":make".	[reply] [d/l]
Re: syntax check with Vim by glasswalk3r (Friar) on Apr 27, 2007 at 13:48 UTC
Maybe you want to check the perl-support plugin for Vim at http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=556. Vim will check sintax by typing `\rs` inside the editor. If you install perltidy things will get even more interesting! Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior --------------------------------- "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Sir Winston Churchill	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: syntax check with Vim by jeanluca (Deacon) on Apr 27, 2007 at 14:08 UTC
thnx, thats a nice plugin, looks complex, but syntax checking is at least easy. I knew about perltidy, very nice indeed, but the Vim's "Auto complete perl Identifiers" impressed me a lot more :) LuCa	[reply]
Re: syntax check with Vim by bmann (Priest) on Apr 27, 2007 at 16:35 UTC
Finally I create the file ~/.vim/ftplugin and added... ftplugin should be a directory, not a file. Create the directory `~/.vim/ftplugin` and put `perl.vim` there (instead of ~/.vim). The plugin will load automatically now, since you already have `filetype plugin on`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: syntax check with Vim by planetscape (Chancellor) on Apr 28, 2007 at 13:44 UTC
You may also be interested in the following: Re: Perl Development Environment - Revisited Re: (OT) Wanted: Compact Perl Syntax High-lighting Editor Re: .vimrc for perl programmers HTH, planetscape	[reply]
Re: syntax check with Vim by icesmurf (Initiate) on May 01, 2007 at 05:42 UTC
Personally, i have it setup so that i can do the following, pressing CTRL-K executes a set command whenever i press it, for perl files, it does a syntax check : map <C-K> :call SyntaxCheck()<CR> function! SyntaxCheck() let filename = expand("%") let ftype = &filetype if ftype == '' return echo ftype elseif ftype == "cs" if exists("Makefile") let cmd = "!clear; make" else let cmd = "!clear; mcs --parse " . filename endif echo cmd execute cmd elseif ftype == "perl" let cmd = "!clear; echo \"\"; echo \"\"; perl -cw " . +filename echo cmd execute cmd elseif ftype == "javascript" let cmd = "!clear; echo \"\"; echo \"\"; smjs " . file +name echo cmd execute cmd else echo "Cant syntax check file type : " . ftype return endif endfunction [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: syntax check with Vim by guiwp (Sexton) on Jun 14, 2016 at 16:45 UTC
Does anybody knows if there is anything ready to use with Vundle?	[reply]
Re^2: syntax check with Vim by Anonymous Monk on Oct 19, 2016 at 02:06 UTC
http://vimawesome.com/plugin/syntastic	[reply]