PassWord plugin for Vim

This Vim plugin helps managing password lists within Vim in a very basic but efficient way.

The latest version of pwd can be found here: https://github.com/CDSoft/pwd

It's based on:

• http://davejlong.com/blog/2013/05/02/vim-as-a-password-manager/
• http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Keep_passwords_in_encrypted_file
• http://pig-monkey.com/2013/04/4/password-management-vim-gnupg/
• http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Open_a_web-browser_with_the_URL_in_the_current_line
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9458294/open-url-under-cursor-in-vim-with-browser

Installation

pwd is distributed as a Vimball archive.

• download pwd.vmb
• open this file with vim and type « :so % »

Usage

File type

Files named *.pwd are open with the pwd plugin.

Syntax

• Passwords shall be in foldable sections.
• Sections can be folded and unfolded with space.

Shortcuts

Keyboard Mouse Description

F5 Creates a new entry

F8 generates a password with letters and digits (¹)

Alt-F8 generates a password with letters, digits and special characters (²)

F7 Double click copies the word under the cursor to the clipboard and starts the browser if a URL is found

Encryption

It may be wise to encrypt your password file. Vim can do it with the '-x' option.

« gvim -x file.pwd » decrypts file.pwd when it is open and encrypts it when it is saved.

Or save your file into an encrypted container.

Warning: no encryption is available on NeoVim.

Example

A password file may look like this:

Home {{{
    ISP {{{
        user my_user_name
        pass oeToob7J (fake password generated with <F8> ;-)
    }}}
    Bank {{{
        account 123456789
        pass 123456789
    }}}
}}}
Work {{{
    ...
}}}

License

Copyright © 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024 Christophe Delord (cdelord.fr)

This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See http://www.wtfpl.net/ for more details.