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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install vim for all users
I've cloned and then compiled vim using this guide:
https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe/wiki/Building-Vim-from-source
After running configure I ran
make VIMRUNTIMEDIR=/usr/local/share/vim/...
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Mapping a command not the same as writing command in vim terminal
I'm trying to use a mapping in my vimrc to execute a command. The command works if I directly type it into the vim terminal, but when I use the same command it stops typing it after the first space. ...
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How to enable both this vim feature: mouse cursor move and paste with middle mouse in same time?
I would like to have two features in VIM
Mouse Cursor Movement
Paste from global clipboard with middle mouse
For the first feature I can set mouse=a and the second mouse=r.
Separately these ...
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Tabs in Xubuntu terminal showing up as characters
I'm writing code using Vim in my terminal in Xubuntu 14.04, but when I hit tab, instead of showing whitespace,it looks like this:
I've tried to search for a solution but haven't found anything. ...
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nvim: langmap doesn't work with alt?
I run nvim 0.1.7 in gnome-terminal. I map a-a to something and set langmap so that I can use the same shortcut when entering in other language:
nnoremap <a-a> :echo 'it works'<cr>
set ...
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vim: alt mappings conflict paste mode in terminal
I use vim in terminal. Sometimes I want to paste text from outside into it, but avoid autoindent, abbreviations and such. Vim has paste mode for it, but when I enable paste mode most shortcuts stop ...
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vim: prevent composite mapping from acting as its suffix
I have mappings to copy/cut/paste to/from register:
nnoremap <c-r><c-c>a "ayy -- copy current line into register a
nnoremap <c-r><c-x>a "add -- cut current line into ...
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vim if_pyth and python GIL: is vim.current.buffer thread safe?
vim does not provide multi-threads support, but the python extension make it possible to create multiple threads.
vim if_pyth provide access to vim variable via object like vim.current.buffer.
The ...
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diff each individual line in first file against all lines in second file?
I have 2 TCL representations of a project that get generated by 2 different versions of the same tool, let's call them v1.tcl and v2.tcl
These logs are normally logically identical for all intents ...
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Is it possible to use vim key bindings in iterm2?
I want to use w for next word and b for previous word. If I could do more than that I would be even happier.
I use bash if that matters.
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Vim: c-del in command line mode
Is there a shortcut to "delete till word start boundary" in command line mode (similar to dw in normal mode)? I want to remap C-Del to it. If no, maybe there is another way to make C-Del work?
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need to delete all lines from file that are contained in the line below
I have some files that look like this:
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04
040
040t
040te
040tes
040test
040test2
041
041t
041te
041tes
041test
041test1
0n
0ne
0ne-
0ne-o
0ne-os
0ne-osx
I need to delete all the lines that are ...
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YouCompleteMe can't import libtinfo.so.5
I tried to install the vim plugin YouCompleteMe. When I now start vim I get the error
The ycmd server SHUT DOWN (restart with ':YcmRestartServer'). Unexpected error while loading the YCM core library....
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MacVim - how to make mouse based selection be “visual mode”?
Sometimes I select text in vim using the mouse.
I'd like that selection to be treated the same as a visual mode selection, so I can immediately start running commands against it.
Is there a way I ...
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How to use sed to remove "(double-quotes) on code lines while leaving them on real comment lines in a vimrc file?
On Ubuntu(Server/Desktop), I wish to remove a single " (double quotes) character from the beginning of lines in my /etc/vim/vimrc.
This should be done for all lines that start with a ", but not if ...
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Cannot navigate nor use keybinds in neovim quickfix or location window
I’m trying to use the make command, but I cannot navigate in the quickfix window except than by using commands. If I press any key other than the command prefix (:) it closes.
I also cannot use ...
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Why doesn't vim mouse in WSL work in any terminal emulator other than Windows console?
I can open the vanilla Windows console, type "bash," and use vim with mouse mode (placing cursor, scrolling, etc.).
However, it DOES NOT work with the terminals in:
Atom
VS Code
Cloud9
MobaXTerm
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Highlight colored syntax off when refresh in vim issue
Currently I'm using ctags and highlighting colored syntax in vim.
but problem is that the colored syntax highlighting off when I refresh the vim window with "e!".
my .vimrc is
syntax on
set exrc
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vim is using previous version of vimrc under some circumstances
Funny thing is happening to me on vim: I made some changes to a user's ~/.vimrc in order to customize the status line with a simple function (the changes were made on several saves while I refined the ...
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Stop vim indenting new lines after comma in plain text files
I use vim/gvim as my default text editor.
When I'm editing plain text files with no syntax highlighting, it automatically adds indentation when I press enter, if the last character on the finished ...
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Open file as a tab in vim with double click
Could anyone suggest me how to open multiple files in a vim with a double click from filesystem.
Currently I can open multiple files in vim using:
:tabe
NERDTree file navigation
using gVim
But I ...
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Configure accents for vim in cmder
I'm having problems to get accents work in vim under cmder. I open vim and try to write an accented letter like "á" or "ñ" and it does not render anything, but non-accented characters are written. My ....
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Taskwarrior with Timewarrior - cannot overlap intervals
I have a setup with VimWiki, TaskWarrior/TimeWarrior and TaskWiki.
Yesterday I observed, that some task wheren't tracked, because I couldn't get a timew summary of it.
When I started those task from ...
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FTP with Terminal and Vim
Is is possible to transfer files from local machine to server using FTP and terminal. For instance, can I create a file locally with vim, write my code, save it, then transfer that to a server without ...
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Using Solarized 'high' diffmode with vim-fugitive 'Gdiff'
I'm using the main Solarized colour scheme without any problems but when using Gdiff from vim-fugitive the high contrast diff mode is not selected. I've placed the following in my ~/.vimrc:
set ...
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vim (vimdiff) errors before opening every file with git difftool
"~/Desktop/project/file.txt" [readonly] 81L, 2480C
Error detected while processing command line:
E344: Can't find directory "src/" in cdpath
E472: Command failed
Press ENTER or type command to ...
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Vim in terminal behaves middle-click as paste
In normal mode of the Vim, I'm expecting middle-click to send the selection text as Vim's command but Vim automatically insert the text to the buffer.
How can I avoid this behavior?
For example,
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Make Vim continue only some types of comments on the next line
I want Vim to continue /*...*/ comments on the next line by automatically inserting the comment leader, but to end // comments after a single line.
The Vim wiki recommends:
autocmd FileType c,cpp ...
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Vim: Delete all blank lines until first non-blank line
I have some text like this:
Line 1 of text
Line 2 of text.
I want to delete all the blank lines between the two lines of text.
I could put my cursor under the first line and type 5dd, but I'm ...
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Vim session with splits with remote ssh files
I use to use vim session to keep my opened files. I do it remotely, ssh remote machine and do things there.
Today I tried to open remote files in local Vim, I mean with netrw:
:e scp://user@remoteip/...
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Generate ctags for gVim to replace visual-studio intellisense
I am trying to generate ctags to use within gVim that would allow me to get the same kind of experience I get while using visual studio.
My problem is that when I generate ctags inside my project, ...
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Extending formatoptions in vim
With my default settings, theformatoptions flag is tcq for text files, and croql for C++. I don't like that it autowraps the text, so I put this into my vimrc:
autocmd FileType text set formatoptions-...
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how do you get 'screen-line' line numbers in vim?
I know that in VIM you can do :set number, but still if a line wraps then it counts as two one line. What vim called linewise.
I can go up and down in a 'screen line' manner with gj and gk, so even ...
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Use vim in pipeline to dump current line on exit to stdout?
Is it possible for me to do something like this:
$ ls | vim | xargs ...
and have vim pass to stdout any lines that were visually selected on exit?
If it'd be easier to just dump the "current line" ...
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what's the correct command use vim copy to clipboard as the clipboard supported version has installed?
I'm using Manjaro, and open clipboard:
➜ ~ vim --version | grep "clipboard"
+clipboard +jumplist +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+emacs_tags +mouse_dec -sun_workshop +...
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Flexible renaming in terminal
Say I have a folder with some files:
/Users/user101/Temp/rentest: ls
fi_name1.txt fi_name2.txt fi_name3.txt
I am looking for a flexible renaming method. For example if I do:
/Users/user101/Temp/...
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Zsh does not enter vim mode
I have the following setup on Ubuntu 14.04. Here is my .profile which switches to zsh because I don't have permission to run chsh:
export·PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export·SHELL=$HOME/bin/zsh
exec·$HOME/...
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vim airline arrows misaligned
The arrows should look like this:
here's what they currently look like
How do I fix this?
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How can I Insert the result of a “.w” evaluation at the end of a line in Vim?
I'd like to be able to evaluate a line of Javascript (or other code) in Vim, and have the result appear in a comment at the end of the line.
For example, if I have a file like:
console.log(4 + 5);
...
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Alias file not working in Bash on WSL (Opensuse Leap 42.3)
I have my alias file set up like so in Bash in WSL:
alias gvim='/mnt/d/Vim/vim81/gvim.exe'
alias vim='/mnt/d/Vim/vim81/vim.exe'
alias pngcrush='/mnt/c/Users/nathan/Downloads/pngcrush_1_8_11_w64.exe -...
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vim fails to load dynamic library
I just upgraded brew: brew update and brew upgrade and it broke vim. Running vim gives this error:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/perl/lib/perl5/5.26.2/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE/...
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How to use gruvbox airline theme?
I'm trying to use the gruvbox airline theme with my gruvbox color scheme but there doesn't seem to be an official airline theme for gruvbox.
https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline-themes/tree/...
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How to switch between terminal, nerdtree and text editor?
I normally switch screen in vim using ctrl+h or ctrl+l to switch between NerdTree and vim main window.
Vim8 got :term command to bring up terminal which is great!
But I cannot figure out how to switch ...
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Recent brew upgrade breaking vim
This question is closely related to this question where I got a very similar error message when launching vim after doing a brew upgrade:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/python/Frameworks/...
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Can I configure vim to set noswapfile when editing a file that exists in a git repo
What vim APIs and facilities could I use to disable vim swapfile (the hidden recovery file) for a given buffer if the file exists in a git repo?
Inside git repos I also want to enable an autosave ...
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how to make vim to have python interactive runtime window
Is it possible to have python live program mode window open in python so we can call program and see the live outcome straightaway instead of jumpout vim to CMD?
It is a bit like VisualStudio setup.
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How to map python2.7 and python 3 to both VIM
In linux I have configured
nnoremap <buffer> <F9> :exec '!python' shellescape(@%, 1)<cr>
to map python2.7 to my vim
How can I have both Python2.7 and python3 run on new ...
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shell command on matching line (in vim: combine the global `:g` or `:v` command with shell command)
I want to use a shell command (fmt in this case) to operate on every (non-)matching line of a regex in a file. I'd prefer to do it within vim! I am, nonetheless, open for a pure shell/bash/zsh ...
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View different parts of a file, in different terminals, scrolled in synchrony?
Two terminals, on different machines, viewing consecutive parts of a file in vim. You scroll/move cursor in one terminal, and the other moves the same relative amount. So you get one logical window ...
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Map “insert” key for ViM in RStudio to enter “insert” mode
I started using the ViM mode for text editor in RStudio (1.1.453). I can get into the "insert" mode using the 'i' key, but not using the "insert" key. I looked through the "Modify Keyboard Shortcuts", ...
