$ alias viaco='task="$(basename "$(pwd)")"; if [ -f "$task.c" ]; then vi -c "set mouse=n" -c "set autoread" -c "vsplit $task.out" -c "split $task.in" -c "wincmd l" -c "wincmd H" $task.c; fi'
1. Get name of task by task=$(basename "$(pwd)")
2. Check whether "$task.c" exists as a file
3. open "$task.c", "$task.in", "task.out" in vim with such layout.
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| | $task.in |
| | |
|$task.c |-----------------|
| | $task.out |
| | |
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by David Winterbottom (codeinthehole.com)