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.":"
 
    let s:searchType = ""

    if a:0 > 0
        " 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:"
        elseif match(s:fileType, "cpp") != -1 || match(s:fileType, "cc") != -1
            let s:searchType = "cpp:"
        elseif match(s:fileType, "go") != -1
            let s:searchType = "go:"
        elseif match(s:fileType, "scss") != -1
            let s:searchType = "sass:"
        endif
    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>
map <leader>fd :call SearchDash(1)<CR>