Questions tagged [vim]
Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor.
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Vim installed with Git for windows does not work correctly in PowerShell
I am on Windows 10. I first installed Git for windows and
then I installed posh-git in PowerShell.
Git installed fine into the folder C:\Program Files\Git which included vim.exe in C:\Program Files\...
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Viewing wide terminal output in tmux
I enjoy using psql with Tmux and Vim, using Vim to edit my queries and send them to psql in another Tmux pane. This is a fantastic workflow, far superior to a GUI like DBeaver in my opinion, but:
It ...
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gvim 8.2 doesn't redraw the screen when editing a git commit message in windows 10 powershell
I installed vim on windows 10 using chocolatey. When I edit a file in powershell, everything works great! I even got copy and paste to work. However, when I edit a git commit message, vim doesn't ...
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Configure gvim swap, undo, and backup files on windows
I installed vim on windows 10 using chocolatey. When I edit a foo file in powershell, vim leaves behind .foo.un~ or .foo~ files. What are these and how do I stop vim from leaving them around?
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gvim 8.2 doesn't paste on windows 10 in powershell
I installed vim on Windows 10 with chocolatey. Copy and Paste don't work when I invoke vim in powershell. I expect them to work as long as I'm in insert mode. How can I make copy and paste work?
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Mapping Shift+Arrows to select text in tmux with vim
I use vim in linux and have recently started to use tmux too. I use vim with the Windows shortcuts instead of the vim ones, for example; Shift+Arrows for selection instead of HJKL, Shift+Arrows for ...
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Using tmux copy mode just like vim
I'm trying make use of the copy mode of tmux to copy some part of text in one of my panes but I cannot really manage with it, spacebar is not working to select the text and I'm getting a bit lost.
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Default vim colorscheme in Debian?
In every Linux system I install or I happen to log into I want to use the same vim colorscheme, e.g. the default one Debian uses, because I usually use Debian and I like the default colorscheme. What'...
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GVim Shows Python Support Error When Opening [migrated]
Every time I open up gVim there is an error that says that Python is not supported. I have checked numerous websites and everything that I have tried does not seem to work. In my vimrc file, I have ...
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Get current buffer (content) size in vim script [migrated]
I'm using nvim v0.4.3 and am trying to apply some of the tricks + alpha (e.g. disabling substitution preview) to make editing large files faster.
I want to do that even to unnamed buffers (i.e. ...
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How do I set the vim plugin youCompleteMe to c++ and python?
I want to configure my vim file to set youcompleteme to autocomplete my cpp and .py files, but I don know how do this at the same time.
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How to install nerdtree vim plugin in a fish shell?
Iḿ trying to install nerdtree vim plugin in my fish shell, but I'm still getting the same error:
line 76:
E117: Unknown function: nerdtree#runningCygwin E15: Invalid expression: !nerdtree#...
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How to copy from vim to clipboard on ubuntu 20.04
I am trying copy text in vim and then i use the *y, but pasting it into a browser does not work. I am using ubuntu with i3 tiling manager. Can someone help with this?
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Copy mutliple line in vim until empty line
I would like to yank some lines beginning from 'some_code_to_copy' until the empty line and then do the same for 'some_other_cody_to_copy' in vim.
some_code_to_copy(){
statement;
statement;
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VIM go back (CTRL-O) to already opened tab
When I do gf then file under the cursor is opened in current tab. That's fine. When I do CTRL-W gf file under the cursor is opened in new tab - that's fine, but when I do CTRL-O newly opened tab is ...
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vim: unable to match character after new line properly
In vim, I'm trying to match all lines that has ^A. but not followed by a B. on the next line.
I'm matching it with /\v^A\. .*$\n[^B].
This correctly identifies the relevant portion in question 2., but ...
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Passing BibteX options in Vim-Latex
My current Latex workflow involves using Mendeley to automatically create .bib files. These bibfiles are stored in a Mendeley directory in my home folder. Because I don't want to have all my projects ...
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How to move to next line and enter insert mode at same indentation level in Vim
I am using VimIdea in IntelliJ.
How can move to the next line from normal mode and enter insert mode matching the indentation.
While in normal mode, using o creates a new line and enters insert mode ...
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vim syntax file, how to mark everything after the word END as a comment?
i am writing a vim syntax file and would like to highlight everything after (but not including) the word END until the end of the file as a comment. thank you for any help!
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Understanding and using \& in vim search-and-replace
I have come across the following specifier for a vim pattern on http://vimregex.com/:
\& -- the next line where the previously used substitute pattern matches
And not quite sure what an ...
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In notepad++, can I paste a block of lines adjacent to the existing block of lines
Existing file
aaaaaaaaa
nn
mm
kkkkkk
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I want another block of lines just next to this block of data. if I have few lines copied in the clipboard(either from same file or from a different file), ...
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how to copy all code in vim with invalid register name?
I'm trying to select all the code in my vim editor in a putty session on my windows 10 and paste it on notepad in windows 10.
once I get into vim with terminal command vim code.s on ubuntu I've tried ...
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How do I exit vim, that is within emacs term mode with evil?
I am trying to make transition from vim to emacs (specifically doom-emacs). I was using term mode and habitually used vim in an attempt to edit another file forgetting that I was inside emacs.
I ...
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Why does Vim think it is still running?
This is a follow up to this question: Why doesn't vim always give me the option to delete a swap file?
My laptop died with some Vim sessions open. These were all files I had already saved, so I ...
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Git perminant cache password
Is there a way to use git config --global credential.helper without a timeout? i.e. have it never ask for my password again?
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Vim invert block of text over an axis
I was wondering what would be the most VIMish way to the following: I want to invert the text on the right side of the equal sign to the left (and the left to the right). For example, I want this
v1 =...
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`git commit` redirecting output
I'm writing a script that runs git commit. It requires /dev/stdout to be clean for piping/cmd substitution.
I this case, $EDITOR is set to nvim.
$ git commit > /path/to/somewhere
hint: Waiting ...
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macOS Console Vim Python3 Install
I know this question has been asked in many various forms, but I have not yet been able to get any of the answers to work. If anybody can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly ...
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How to let sudoedit source ~/.bashrc file
I have Vim shortcuts which requires me to edit the ~/.bashrc file to stop some terminal shortcuts like <C-S> - which freezes the whole terminal - so I can use them in Vim. when I open a Vim file ...
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How to copy text from vim to external application without using mouse?
I am trying to avoid usage of mouse by using keyboard only
so that I can speed up things. Also, I am not great in VIM.
My only motivation to vim is that everything should be possible
through keyboard ...
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How to run shell commands after vim commands in command mode?
I know how to run shell comands in vim with :! bang syntax, But how can I done it after vim commands? for example :w!; !echo "some stuff"? I cannot make semicolon and continue with bang. So is there a ...
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Autoindentation in Vim for Python
I'm attempting to switch over to VIM right now, and would like to get it to indent automatically as an IDE would for Python. I've got the following .vimrc file
syntax on
set number
autocmd FileType ...
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Make readline edit input command in external editor (similar behavior as “edit-and-execute-command” from bash)
Background
So far I've found readline very useful since just by modifying a single configuration file (i.e. ~/.inputrc), you are configuring all those programs that depends on readline. The programs ...
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Neovim not updating beyond 0.2.2 on Linux mint
I can't update neovim beyond 0.2.2 while the latest release is 0.4. I tried updating but it shows you are already at the latest release. I tried installing deb package but doesn't work because it has ...
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How can I string vi-movements and commands in binding a key in vi-mode in bash?
In my previous question How to toggle case of word under cursor in vi mode in bash?, I have asked how to make word under cursor upper. The command for that is upcase-word. But unfortunately, that is ...
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How to toggle case of word under cursor in vi mode in bash?
In vi mode in bash, There is no such thing as toggling case. The only key to toggle until the line is <PageUp> key (as I by chance touched it). And according to this answer How to map PageDown ...
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How to map a keyboard shortcut to CTRL+R in iTerm 2?
I am trying to map the Command + Shift + Z shortcut to what vim uses for redo, CTRL + R:
What is the proper code I should enter in? It seems that \c is not the correct code, but I cannot find it on ...
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How can I get Vim on Linux to read a .vimrc and plugins with clrf line endings?
I'm a Windows user and I'm using both Vim compiled for native windows as well as Vim inside the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The WSFL Vim is basically the elf binary that comes with the latest stable ...
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how to paste into tmux from system clipboard
I'm using tmux with WSL (Ubuntu 18.04) and I can't figure out how to paste into tmux. Pasting works great with the normal terminal by simply right clicking, but this doesn't work in tmux.
All the ...
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How can I get tmux to ignore commands when inside a neovim pane?
I'm trying to get my tmux and neovim to work together as seamlessly as possible. There's kinda one issue I'm having with it though. Whenever I'm in a neovim pane within tmux, and I want to split ...
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Windows 7 Showing Rectangle Boxes Instead of Characters! [gVim]
I have been trying to solve this mystery for such a long time. Within Gvim I see all the airline symbols are not showing. Some are like rectangle boxes. It seems MS Word 2016 can show slightly more ...
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Solarized leaving red highlighting at the end of lines in vim
I'm using vim with the solarized dark color scheme within the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Solarized looks great except for one strange feature. When I scroll down in a vim file and then scroll back ...
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vim-like command line gui
Lately, I've been wondering how vim's user interface works, that when you start it, it occupies the entire terminal window, instead of just printing text and maybe requiring you to input something and ...
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How to reveal a file in vim Netrw treeview?
How can I reveal a specific file (usually the current buffer) in Netrw tree view, similar to :NERDTreeFind command does for NERDTree?
To be more precise...
I have a file opened in a buffer and I use ...
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Why is vim swapping case on forward-delete?
Vim + Catalina
I just switched to MacOS Catalina which has zsh and vim 8.1 out-of-the-box.
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.1 (2018 May 18, compiled Dec 13 2019 14:45:40)
Included patches: 1-503, 505-680, 682-...
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Why I can't paste and copy from other program in Vim?
I can't copy paste from other programs in Vim on my new Ubuntu 18.04 even I set up .vimrc:
set clipboard=unnamed
"+p or "*p is not working either.
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VIM highlighting newlines in a file, how to disable?
I have tried installing a few new colourschemes for VIM and I have encountered a weird highlighting issue best explained with this pic:
When opening an existing file everything is fine however when I ...
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Use sed to replace part of a string leaving other part represented by regex unchanged
Consider you want to replace part of a sentence and leave other part represented by the regular expression (regex) unchanged. For instance, here's a text file
text1.txt
A Egg
b Egg
C Egg
D Egg
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Installed vim in local area, but the new vim errors out for my installed plugins
I have installed a newer version of vim under ~/.local/usr/local/bin/vim, but when I open this version, I get the below errors for my plugins in ~/.vimrc:
line 8:
E492: Not an editor command: ...
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tmux: disable mouse when entering vim
Where ever I say vim, its vim inside tmux.
Current scenario:
I have mouse disabled in vimrc and enabled in tmux.conf. Mouse scrolls inside vim, use tmux-mouse to scroll and thus scrolls through ...
