Vim Base64

Encodes/decodes base64 strings using base64 on Linux and Python on Windows

Installation

Prerequisites

• On Linux, you need base64 from coreutils installed.
• On Windows, you need Python.

Vundle

Use your preferred Vim plugin installation method. If you like Vundle:

Add to your .vimrc:

Plugin 'christianrondeau/vim-base64'

And install it:

:so ~/.vimrc
:PluginInstall

Usage

You can encode and decode base64 string in several modes.

Note that if you provide invalid base64 strings, your text will ben replaced by the error message.

In a Visual Selection (v)

After replacement, the new text will automatically be visually selected.

• <leader>btoa to convert from base64 to a string
• <leader>atob to convert from a string to base64

Contributions

Before making pull requests, make sure that tests still pass. They are using Vader.vim.