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Vim Overlength highlighting for certain filetypes only
I'm using the following in my .vimrc to highlight lines that over 80 characters long:
highlight OverLength ctermbg=red ctermfg=white guibg=#592929
match OverLength /\%81v.\+/
This affects all of my ...
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How do I set the cursor to stop when it hits the end of a line in Vim?
(Disclamer: I'm new to Vim.)
I've mistakenly managed to enable cursor movements to travel anywhere on the screen, i.e. beyond end of lines. This makes it very tedious to spot redundant whitespaces, ...
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VIM: Where are these non-default settings store if not in my .vimrc file?
So when I press :set I see a bunch of settings that are not on my ~/.vimrc file. (My guess is they're settings I've set years ago and don't remember).
So I do :version and get a path $VIM/vimrc, ...
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Vim reduce delay after issuing a command
I have mappings within my .vimrc to open or switch to commonly used applications.
Use Case: I have 10 open applications and I'm in MacVim. It's faster to issue <Leader>sc which is mapped to map ...
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Vim: How to change the current item highlight color when substituting
I have changed my Vim colours so when I do a /search, every match is highlighted in bright yellow. This makes matches much easier to see.
However, when I perform a substitution with the confirm flag ...
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How to make vim display unicode
I am trying to work with a utf-8 encoded xml file in vim 7.3 running on ubuntu. ASCII characters display normally but vim gives me gibberish instead of the unicode characters. After trying the ...
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VIM disable highlighting upon search deletion
I recently learned a new shortcut in VIM that I find extremely useful.
d/search_text
Which will delete everything up to, but not including, "search_text", from the current position.
However, the ...
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Vim configuration slow in Terminal & iTerm2 but not in MacVim
Ideally, I want to use Vim from Terminal or iTerm2. However, it becomes unbearably slow so I had to resort to using MacVim. There is nothing wrong with MacVim, however my workflow would be much ...
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Transparent background of Vim editor
Is there a way to have a transparent Vim session within the xfce-4 terminal?
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Vim creating files
Is there any setting for vimrc that changes the permissions that it sets on the file if it's creating a file? For example, if I create a file now it's 664, but I would like it to default to 755. ...
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MacVim - keyboard shortcut to change tab left
What is the command for changing to the tab to the left? "gt" is changing to the right, but I can't find the command for going the other way.
Thanks
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Should I learn Vim without mapping keys?
I have been using vim for a few months its been a love/hate relationship. I love the concept of modal editing and never having the need to move you hands from the keyboard. The problem is that a lot ...
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Getting man path through Vim
So, I've set up Vim as my default man viewer. I also have NERDTree starting up automatically - but I could really do without NERDTree showing the location the man pages every time I check man.
I've ...
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Opening files from Eclipse in gvim skips vimrc and gvimrc
When I try to open a file in an Eclipse project in gvim (using Eclipse's "open with -> other"), gvim seems to skip loading the global gvimrc and vimrc files and opens a bare white window with the ...
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How to show characters when using the change “c” command
I know there is a vim setting that allows you to show characters when using the change command, I just can't find what it is.
Ex:
"This is a<ci"> string"
Inside the <> is where I use ...
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set file type in vim according to the hashbang line
In vim, how can I set the file type not only according to the extension, but according to the #! line at the beginning? For instance, I would like vim to recognize files as coffee-script files when ...
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Disable mouse clicks in gvim on ubuntu
How do I make gvim ignore mouse clicks. I'm really sick of the trackpad making my cursor all over the place. I use xubuntu if that means anything.
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How can I set the default font for gvim on Windows?
I use gvim on Windows. By default it uses the Fixedsys font, but I would like to use Consolas as the default font instead.
I tried to set it using the menu option; it worked but it was reset the next ...
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Vim Tagbar is empty after installing CoffeeTags
I'm having the hardest time getting CoffeeTags to run in Vim.
As the website suggests, I've installed the CoffeeTags gem and appended the configuration to my ~/.vimrc. When I open Tagbar it's empty.
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How to prevent a VIM file from becoming read-only when edited via a Windows symbolic link?
I've set nobackup and nowritebackup per this question - VIM destroys symbolic links under Windows
However, whenever I modify the file via the link, the target file is set to read-only.
How can I ...
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In vim, how I can set a local match only for a specific filetype?
in vim, I can set local configuration as
setlocal number
How I can set a local match only for specific filetype?
I use this:
autocmd! BufEnter *.py,.vimrc,*.sh,*.c* :match ColorColumn ...
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jump to <++> keeping fold
to jump in vim, I use
nnoremap <c-j> /<++><cr>c/+>/e<cr>
but, when the <++> are in a close fold, the <c-j> delete all fold, for this I change to
nnoremap ...
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How do i get rid of a trailing $ when using vim?
A $ shows up at the end of every line when I'm using vim and I'm not able to figure out what in my vimrc is causing this. Heres a picture and my entire vimrc below it. What could it be?
set ...
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How do I specify custom settings for vim based on file path
More specifically, I want to disable backup and swap file creation in vim, but only when opening/editing files that are on a specific remote volume or a specific folder.
So, how do I go about ...
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Stop VIM backup file on only one file
Is it possible to stop VIM from automatically creating a backup for only a specific file?
I have a running todo list I keep on my desktop, and I don't get any use out of the ~todo that constantly ...
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vim : toggle number with relativenumber
with
setl nu!
I can toggle number (on/off), similar with relativenumber
setl rnu!
how I can toggle {off,number,relativenumber} ?
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map a command with vim
How can I map a command in vim which does something like:
:command (I write here and press enter) (Executes another command with the things that I wrote)
or
:badd my_buffer_name
:b my_buffer_name
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Vimrc for different gnome-terminal profile?
I want to load different VIM color schemes for different gnome-terminal profiles. It's indeed two questions:
How to know the active profile name in a gnome-terminal session?
How to test with environ ...
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How do I get correct indentation for HTML and Javascript in gVim?
I've been using vim and gVim for over a year. I use it mainly for editing of HTML, PHP, Python and Javascript.
Every time I've tried to set some automatic type of indentation I've got into troubles. ...
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Are vimrc and viminfo the same files but with different names?
Are .vimrc and .viminfo the same files but with different names?
In every tutorial there are advices to change .vimrc, but I don't have this file, only .viminfo. Are they the same?
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Gvim paste using Control+Shift+V, while leaving Visual Block Mode Control+V
Is there a way to map paste to control+shift+v, and leave visual block mode as control+v in gvim?
I use both quite often.
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What does sts stand for in a .vimrc?
I've been searching around, but the term vimrc sts has yet to lead me to an actual explanation of the value. Many people talk about using it for tabs/indenting, but what does it stand for? Is it soft ...
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How to get Vim in cygwin/Windows to underline the CursorLine properly?
Here is a portion of my .vimrc :
set background=dark
set cul
hi CursorLine term=underline cterm=underline gui=underline
On Linux, vim displays fine and the cursor line is underlined with a thin ...
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GVim Specify Directory for :browse open Command
I have added the line:
:browse open
to my vimrc file, but have been unsuccessful in getting GVim to open a file browser starting in a specified directory. In particular, I would like to know if it ...
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How to set color scheme for VIM in Mac Terminal?
It seems that the VIM color scheme is conflict with Mac Terminal's setting.
I want to change the highlight search color. And it's OK by setting in VIM ESC mode.
(:hi search ctermbg=4)
However, it's ...
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Corrupt vimrc file
I installed janus for my macvim (I am running Snow Leopard) and everytime I go to edit the ~/.vimrc file I get these errors:
Error detected while processing function Edit:
line 7:
E319: Sorry, the ...
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Can I set the horizontal scroll offset in Vim?
I would like to always see a little bit of context when the lines are to long, like:
set scrolloff=5
Is possible?
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~/.vim folder has gone after vim reinstall (Ubuntu 10.10)
I had a problem with an arrow keys in Ubuntu (known as the A B C D problem). All advices I have found does not help me to resolve this bug. So, I deside to reinstall vim totaly. After I install it ...
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Split up .vimrc, where to put what?
I've go a bunch of filetype dependent autocommands in my .vimrc, some of which are syntax related.
I'd like to put these in separate file throughout my .vim/ tree, eg. some tex syntax would go in ...
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Mapping keys in VIM on Mac
Thanks to Mark for answering my original question, but it seems I am stuck once again.
I'm trying to reassign the keys for switching between Windows to be more intuitive. I've found that you should ...
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vim not loading _vimrc file when launched from git bash
I have downloaded and installed git for windows (msysgit) and frequently used the included git bash. Whenever I run vim from git bash my _vimrc file is not loaded because there is syntax highlighting ...
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Two different Windows installations running the same colorscheme, different results
I recently copied over my Vim settings to a new Windows computer.
I use a tweaked version of the molokai vim theme that I named "molokai-mine". Here's what it should look like:
On my new ...
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Running gVim on a USB Drive
How could I run gVim on a USB drive (I can't install software on the computer) preferably I'd like to load it on the USB drive with a mac (so I can't install an exe - but I could use a pc) and also ...
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Time of day as conditional in Vim
I'm working on improving my .vimrc, and I want to have command inside of it that depends upon whether it is night or day. I'd like to have something like the following in the end:
if isNightTime
" ...
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How to avoid NERDTree saving a 'NERDTree_1' file when autosaving
I'm using MacVim and to save all opened files when the window loses focus I have the following in my .vimrc file:
au FocusLost * :silent wa
This works great except it also saves my current ...
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Customize autoindent settings in VIMRC file
I have autoindent enabled in my .vimrc file but have run into an annoying bug/feature. For example, when I'm tabbed in 3 times, and I hit return, the new line is also tabbed in 3 times. Then when I ...
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vim - set relativenumber not working from vimrc, only works when set in buffer
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why set relativenumber does not load when set in my .vimrc file. Other settings, like set number and setting the color scheme work perfectly. If I want ...
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How can I make .vimrc read from an external file?
I'd like to modify my .vimrc to read the value of a variable from an external file. How can I do this?
Specifically, a friend and I share a git repo with our .vim files, but there are a few small ...
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How to set syntax specific settings in my VIMRC?
I work with several languages and markups in vim every day (ruby, python, javascript, CSS, HTML, etc), and would like to have different settings for each buffer when I fire up my editor. How can I ...
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How to make VIM settings computer-dependent in .vimrc?
I share my VIM configuration file between several computers. However, I want some settings to be specific for certain computers.
For example, font sizes on the high-res laptop should be different to ...
