gistfile1.vim

" Searches Dash for the word under your cursor in vim, using the keyword 
" operator, based on file type. E.g. for JavaScript files, I have it 
" configured to search j:term, which immediately brings up the JS doc
" for that keyword. Might need some customisation for your own keywords!

function! SearchDash()
  " Some setup
  let s:browser = "/usr/bin/open"
  let s:wordUnderCursor = expand("<cword>")

  " Get the filetype (everything after the first ., for special cases
  " such as index.html.haml or abc.css.scss.erb)
  let s:fileType = substitute(expand("%"),"^[^.]*\.","",1)

  " Alternative ways of getting filetype, aborted
  " let s:fileType = expand("%:e")
  " let s:searchType = b:current_syntax.":"

  " Match it and set the searchType -- make sure these are the right shortcuts
  " in Dash! Sort by priority in the match list below if necessary, because
  " Tilt-enabled projects may have endings like .scss.erb. 
  if match(s:fileType, "js") != -1
    let s:searchType = "js:"     " can assign this to jQuery, too
  elseif match(s:fileType, "css") != -1
    let s:searchType = "css:"
  elseif match(s:fileType, "html") != -1
    let s:searchType = "html:"
  elseif match(s:fileType, "rb") != -1
    let s:searchType = "rb:"    " can assign this to Rails, too
  elseif match(s:fileType, "php") != -1
    let s:searchType = "php:"
  elseif match(s:fileType, "py") != -1
    let s:searchType = "python:"
  else
    let s:searchType = ""
  endif

  " Run it
  let s:url = "dash://".s:searchType.s:wordUnderCursor
  let s:cmd ="silent ! " . s:browser . " " . s:url
  execute s:cmd
  redraw!
endfunction
map <leader>d :call SearchDash()<CR>