VIM.md

Cairo Language Server for Vim

Code assistance when writing Cairo smart contracts for StarkNet.

Makes use of the Cairo Language Server.

Note: This is an early preview and is still in active development.

Features

• Compiler support for .cairo files
• Live diagnostic highlighting for compile errors
• Quick fixes with suggestions provided by Cairo/StarkNet compiler
• Go to definitions for imports
• Code completion for imports

Setup

1. Install Coc

2. Install coc-cairo

3. Add the following to ~/.vimrc

au BufReadPost *.cairo set filetype=cairo
au Filetype cairo set syntax=cairo

4. Add Coc's example Vim configuration to ~/.vimrc

5. Install Nile by following its Getting started steps, or follow the Cairo environment setup steps.

6. For syntax highlighting, download https://github.com/starkware-libs/cairo-lang/blob/master/src/starkware/cairo/lang/ide/vim/syntax/cairo.vim to ~/.vim/syntax/

7. Use Vim to open a .cairo file.