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Customize Your Vrome (DEPRECATED)

hbt edited this page Apr 4, 2012 · 1 revision

You need to run a vrome server in your machine in order to customize your own Vrome. it would active more features, for example, edit with external editor, customize your own shortcut in ~/.vromerc.

There are two workable vrome servers now. one is writen with Ruby, the other one is Python.

(Linux / MacOS) How to Install the server (Ruby one) (use Arch as example)

Install Ruby

$ sudo pacman -S ruby

Install vrome server:

$ sudo gem install vrome

Customize your ~/.vromerc

example file can be found here

Start vrome server

$ echo “nohup vrome > /dev/null &” >> ~/.xprofile $ nohup vrome > /dev/null &

Enjoy it ;)

(Linux + MacOS) How to Install the server (Python one)

Install git:

$ sudo pacman -s git

2. Pull the latest Vrome:

$ git clone http://github.com/jinzhu/vrome.git

3. Start Vrome server:

$ echo “nohup /path/to/vrome/system/python/vrome > /dev/null &” >> ~/.xprofile $ nohup /path/to/vrome/system/python/vrome > /dev/null &

Windows

Install ruby, rubygems :

Get the latest One-Click Ruby Installer from http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167 and run this. You need to update gems after installation:
$ gem update --system

Install vrome server:

$ gem install vrome

custmize your ~/.vromerc (eg: C:/Documents and Settings/jinzhu/.vromerc)

example file can be found here

start vrome server

$ vrome

5, enjoy it ;)