---
title: Vim-rails
category: Vim
html_class: key-codes
---

Alternate files
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### Alternate files

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `:A` |  alternate file (test)          |
| `:R` |  related file (controller/view) |

### What it does

| .                     | :A                | :R              |
| ----                  | ---               | ---             |
| **Model**             | test/models/      | db/schema.rb    |
| **Controller method** | test/controllers/ | app/views/      |
| **View template**     | test/views/       | app/controllers |

Abbreviations
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Type `:Rabbrev` for a full list.

| Abbrev  | Expansion        |
| ---     | ---              |
| `AC::`  | ActionController |
| `AR::`  | ActiveRecord     |
| `AV::`  | ActionView       |
| `...`   | ...              |
| ---     | ---              |
| `logd(` | logger.debug     |
| `logi(` | logger.info      |
| `...`   | ...              |
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### Model

| Abbrev   | Expansion                 |
| ---      | ---                       |
| `bt(`    | `belongs_to`              |
| `hm(`    | `has_many`                |
| `ho(`    | `has_one`                 |
| `habtm(` | `has_and_belongs_to_many` |
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### Controllers

| Abbrev  | Expansion        |
| ---     | ---              |
| `pa[`   | params           |
| `re(`   | redirect_to      |
| `rp(`   | render partial:  |
| `rst(`  | respond_to       |
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### Views

| Abbrev  | Expansion                   |
| ---     | ---                         |
| `dotiw` | `distance_of_time_in_words` |
| `taiw`  | `time_ago_in_words`         |
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Extracting partials
-------------------

```rb
# from view => app/views/home/_foo_partial.haml
  :Rextract home/foo_partial

# from model => app/models/concerns/foo_concern.rb
  :Rextract FooConcern
```

Loading files
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### App

    :Econtroller <file>     # app/controllers/*_controller.rb
    :Ehelper                # app/helpers/*_helper.rb
    :Emodel <file>          # app/models/*.rb
    :Ejob <file>            # app/jobs/*_job.rb
    :Emailer <file>         # app/mailers/*.rb

### DB

    :Emigration <file>     # db/migrations/*.rb
    :Eschema               # db/schema.rb
    
### Lib

    :Elib <file>      # lib/*.rb
    :Elib             # Gemfile
    :Etask <file>     # lib/tasks/*.rake

### Assets

    :Estylesheet
    :Ejavascript

### Views

    :Eview
    :Elayout

### Test

    :Espec
    :Eunittest
      # test/{unit,models,helpers}/*_test.rb
      # spec/{unit,models,helpers}/*_spec.rb

    :Efunctionaltest
      # test/{functional,controllers,mailers}/*_test.rb
      # spec/{functional,controllers,mailers}/*_spec.rb

    :Eintegrationtest
      # test/integration/*_test.rb
      # spec/{features,requests,integration}/*_spec.rb
      # features/*.feature

    :Efixtures
    :Efunctionaltest

### Config

    :Einitializer <file>          # config/initializers/*.rb
    :Elocale                      # config/locales/*.yml
    :Eenvironment                 # application.rb
    :Eenvironment development     # config/environments/*.rb

## Reference

 * [vim-rails](https://github.com/tpope/vim-rails)