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20,494 | <p>By default, the version of vim on centos7 is 7.4. I want to update it to vim 8. There are some questions with '<a href="https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/mcepl/vim8/repo/epel-7/mcepl-vim8-epel-7.repo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/mcepl/vim8/repo/epel-7/mcepl-vim8-epel-7.rep... | [
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"text": "<p>That repo is no longer available. Instead, use this (source: <a href=\"https://gist.github.com/yevrah/21cdccc1dc65e... | 2019/07/03 | [
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] | By default, the version of vim on centos7 is 7.4. I want to update it to vim 8. There are some questions with '<https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/mcepl/vim8/repo/epel-7/mcepl-vim8-epel-7.repo> -o /etc/yum.repos.d/mcepl-vim8-epel-7.repo'. So, how can I to update it? | otter.pro's answer is helpful but be aware that it will remove sudo with `vim-minimal` in the yum remove step because sudo depends upon vim-minimal. If running as root, no problem. But if you're running with sudo, you can find yourself stuck without root access anymore after sudo gets removed.
I followed his steps, b... |
20,513 | <p>I need to search for a string in a file, then I need to some text after one line following the first match. I need to perform this for a number of files in a script. </p>
<p>I am trying to use vim ex mode for this. I know <code>:/search_string</code> can perform a search but I am not able to figure out how to move... | [
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"text": "<p>Load your files into vim:</p>\n\n<pre><code>vim files\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then, we will use a command on each o... | 2019/07/04 | [
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I am trying to use vim ex mode for this. I know `:/search_string` can perform a search but I am not able to figure out how to move the cursor down and i... | Load your files into vim:
```
vim files
```
Then, we will use a command on each of them via `:argdo`. The command searches (`:/pattern/+1`) and `o`pens a new line:
```
:/pattern/+1 normal! oYour new text here
```
Another option is to `put` from the expression register
```
:/pattern/+1 put ='Your text here'
```
... |
20,515 | <p>How to add abbrevs made of more than one word?</p>
<p>I've been trying:</p>
<pre><code>iabbrev a aquilo àquilo
iabbrev a aquele àquele
iabbrev a aquela àquela
</code></pre>
<p>What I want to do is have the two words "a aquilo" expand to "àquilo".</p>
<p>But it won't work. Also, I see in the docs for <code>abbrev... | [
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I've been trying:
```
iabbrev a aquilo àquilo
iabbrev a aquele àquele
iabbrev a aquela àquela
```
What I want to do is have the two words "a aquilo" expand to "àquilo".
But it won't work. Also, I see in the docs for `abbrev`:
>
> Examples of strings that cannot be a... | Load your files into vim:
```
vim files
```
Then, we will use a command on each of them via `:argdo`. The command searches (`:/pattern/+1`) and `o`pens a new line:
```
:/pattern/+1 normal! oYour new text here
```
Another option is to `put` from the expression register
```
:/pattern/+1 put ='Your text here'
```
... |
20,532 | <p>Assume <code>autoindent</code> is set, and you have the buffer below. Note the cursor is represented as <code>I</code>.</p>
<pre><code>for i in range(1, 6):
print(i)I
</code></pre>
<p>When you hit Enter key, you get this.</p>
<pre><code>for i in range(1, 6):
print(i)
I
</code></pre>
<p>Question: is t... | [
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"text": "<p><kbd>ctrl</kbd> <kbd>w</kbd> <kbd>w</kbd> (hold ctrl, don't release)</p>\n\n<p>Note that you need to set <a href=\"http... | 2019/07/06 | [
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] | Assume `autoindent` is set, and you have the buffer below. Note the cursor is represented as `I`.
```
for i in range(1, 6):
print(i)I
```
When you hit Enter key, you get this.
```
for i in range(1, 6):
print(i)
I
```
Question: is there any simple way to move the cursor back to the place before the pre... | `ctrl` `w` `w` (hold ctrl, don't release)
Note that you need to set [:h 'backspace'](https://vimhelp.org/options.txt.html#%27backspace%27) to `indent,eol,start` for this to work .
You can also use `<backspace>` or `<c-u>` instead of `<c-w>` if you want.
The behavior is described in [:h i\_backspacing](https://vimhe... |
20,542 | <p>Note: this is an educational exercise. For those wanting a ready-made solution, use <a href="https://github.com/itchyny/vim-gitbranch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">vim-gitbranch</a>.</p>
<p>I am learning vimscript, and the code below is part of my <code>.vimrc</code> used to display the current git branch in the statu... | [
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"text": "<p>The most general improvements I can give are to avoid the long <code>?:</code> and to make use of the <code>get... | 2019/07/07 | [
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I am learning vimscript, and the code below is part of my `.vimrc` used to display the current git branch in the statusline. I am aware that there are ready-made options out th... | The most general improvements I can give are to avoid the long `?:` and to make use of the `get` function on dictionaries.
For example, I would write
```
return get(g:, 'git_branch', '')
```
For the if, use a plain if
```
let l:is_git_dir = trim(system('git rev-parse --in-inside-work-tree'))
if l:is_git_dir is# 't... |
20,552 | <p>I'm trying to allow using backspace in normal mode. My best attempt is adding the following to my vimrc:</p>
<p><code>nnoremap <BS> i<BS><ESC>l</code>.</p>
<p>This works great except for two situations:</p>
<ul>
<li>I'm at the second character in the line</li>
<li>I delete a tab which is the fir... | [
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"text": "<p>I'm glad I can share a command I just learned after few years of vim ! The <code>X</code> command in normal mode does w... | 2019/07/08 | [
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`nnoremap <BS> i<BS><ESC>l`.
This works great except for two situations:
* I'm at the second character in the line
* I delete a tab which is the first tab in the line.
In either case, after deleting, my cursor i... | I'm glad I can share a command I just learned after few years of vim ! The `X` command in normal mode does what you want. You can remap `<BS>` to it if you want :
```
nnoremap <BS> X
```
Edit
----
Indeed, if you have spaces in place of tabs, it will delete the space. In the same vein you already achieved, you can d... |
20,557 | <p>I want to hide the number column <code>set nonumber norealtivenumber</code> in <code>Tlist</code> window! Every time I call <code>:Tlist</code> the number column appears in the window.
How can I disable the number column for that window.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/vV7Zk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"... | [
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"text": "<p>If <code>:Tlist</code> comes from the <a href=\"http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">tagl... | 2019/07/09 | [
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How can I disable the number column for that window.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vV7Zk.png) | You can specify specific commands for some file as the following:
```
autocmd BufEnter filename/pattern set commands
```
I my case I have to explicitly hide the number column for the Tag List window:
```
autocmd BufEnter __Tag_List__ set nonumber norelativenumber
``` |
20,560 | <p>I want to disable autoindent and smartindent for LaTeX so I did</p>
<pre><code>:set noai noci nosi
</code></pre>
<p>When I open a brand new <code>mwe.tex</code>, <code>filetype=plaintex</code> and there is no auto indent magic.</p>
<p>When I then enter some code, such as <code>\begin{frame}\end{frame}</code>, sav... | [
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"text": "<p><code>'indentexpr'</code> has the highest priority of how vim can automatically indent lines.</p>\n\n<p><code>:h 'inden... | 2019/07/09 | [
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```
:set noai noci nosi
```
When I open a brand new `mwe.tex`, `filetype=plaintex` and there is no auto indent magic.
When I then enter some code, such as `\begin{frame}\end{frame}`, save and reopen the file, `filetype=tex`, colours have changed, and..... | `'indentexpr'` has the highest priority of how vim can automatically indent lines.
`:h 'indentexpr'`:
>
> When this option is not empty, it overrules the `'cindent'` and
> `'smartindent'` indenting.
>
>
>
Your value is `indentexpr=GetTeXIndent()`.
**Customize `GetTeXIndent()`**
The behavior of `GetTeXIndent()... |
20,565 | <p>I’ve created a new filetype, “usenet,” for Usenet messages. I would like files with this filetype to be highlighted exactly as if they had the “mail” filetype. Is it possible to tell Vim that I want to reuse the existing “mail” syntax definitions for this other filetype?</p>
<h3>What I’ve tried</h3>
<ul>
<li><p>I ... | [
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### What I’ve tried
* I tried writing `setloca... | `'indentexpr'` has the highest priority of how vim can automatically indent lines.
`:h 'indentexpr'`:
>
> When this option is not empty, it overrules the `'cindent'` and
> `'smartindent'` indenting.
>
>
>
Your value is `indentexpr=GetTeXIndent()`.
**Customize `GetTeXIndent()`**
The behavior of `GetTeXIndent()... |
20,570 | <p>I know that e.g. <code>50%</code> is a normal mode command to go halfway down a file, but <code>[count]%</code> is line-wise.</p>
<p>How can I get to the halfway point of the line that my cursor is on?</p>
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"text": "<p>Well, there is no built in way to do it as far as I know, but out of curiosity I have come up with the following:</p>\... | 2019/07/10 | [
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How can I get to the halfway point of the line that my cursor is on? | Well, there is no built in way to do it as far as I know, but out of curiosity I have come up with the following:
```
nnoremap gl :exe 'normal ' . len(getline('.'))/2 . '\|'<CR>
```
With `gl` you will be placed in the "middle" of the line (you know... those odd char counts :)
What it does:
1. I want to bind a `77... |
20,619 | <p>I'd like to maximize NERDTree when I enter the NERDTree buffer. The command I have so far is:</p>
<p><code>autocmd BufEnter NERD_tree_* <A></code></p>
<p>...but the <code><A></code> part is wrong. I get the error:</p>
<p><code>E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off: <A></code></p>
<p>The... | [
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`autocmd BufEnter NERD_tree_* <A>`
...but the `<A>` part is wrong. I get the error:
`E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off: <A>`
The maximize command is `shift-A`, and there's not any type of `:NERDTreeMaximize` co... | TL;DR: You can use this auto-command to maximize the width of your NERDTree window when opened:
```
autocmd FileType nerdtree let b:NERDTreeZoomed = 1 | wincmd |
```
Alternatively, you can consider increasing the width of the window by setting the `g:NERDTreeWinSize` variable to a higher value (defaults to 30), you ... |
20,620 | <p>In visual studio, that code :</p>
<pre><code>for(int x=0;x<10;x++)
{}
</code></pre>
<p>becomes that code :</p>
<pre><code>for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
{
}
</code></pre>
<p>as soon as you hit enter.
I was wondering, is it possible, and if so, how can I make so vim does the same ?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance ... | [
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```
for(int x=0;x<10;x++)
{}
```
becomes that code :
```
for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
{
}
```
as soon as you hit enter.
I was wondering, is it possible, and if so, how can I make so vim does the same ?
Thanks in advance ! | TL;DR: You can use this auto-command to maximize the width of your NERDTree window when opened:
```
autocmd FileType nerdtree let b:NERDTreeZoomed = 1 | wincmd |
```
Alternatively, you can consider increasing the width of the window by setting the `g:NERDTreeWinSize` variable to a higher value (defaults to 30), you ... |
20,634 | <p>I want to create a command that will place my gvim window to a different "x" location on my screen while maintaining the "y" position.</p>
<p>I do this in my _gvimrc by calling</p>
<pre><code>winpos 319 16
</code></pre>
<p>I want to create a function <code>WinRight</code> that will put my window on the right side... | [
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I do this in my \_gvimrc by calling
```
winpos 319 16
```
I want to create a function `WinRight` that will put my window on the right side of the screen, but this doesn't work:
```... | Use [`:execute`](https://vimhelp.org/eval.txt.html#%3Aexecute) to assemble a command from a string, which allows you to include the contents of a variable or return value from a function.
This should work:
```
function! WinRight()
let ypos=getwinposy()
execute "winpos 1241 ".ypos
endfunction
```
Or even:
`... |
20,642 | <p>I've got a pretty large log file with some info interleaved with some errors / warnings and I would like to go to the next error in my quickfix window but without jumping to that location in the code.</p>
<p>At the moment I've got a dirty hack that basically consist in doing <code>:cnext <C-o></code> but that... | [
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At the moment I've got a dirty hack that basically consist in doing `:cnext <C-o>` but that's not ideal.
Any cleaner ... | ```
function! s:next_error()
let wv = winsaveview()
keepjumps cnext
call winrestview(wv)
copen
endfunction
```
the only problem of your approach is that it changed the [:h jumplist](https://vimhelp.org/motion.txt.html#jumplist) , you can use [:h :keepjumps](https://vimhelp.org/motion.txt.html#%3Akeepjumps) to... |
20,644 | <p>new VIM user. I'm trying to make creating python properties easier for my class definitions. What I would like for say I type</p>
<p><code>:pyp x</code></p>
<p>then VIM will autofill where my cursor is </p>
<pre><code>@property
def x(self):
return self.x
@property.setter
def x(self,val):
self._x = val... | [
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`:pyp x`
then VIM will autofill where my cursor is
```
@property
def x(self):
return self.x
@property.setter
def x(self,val):
self._x = val
```
or more abstractly I type
`:pyp... | ```
function! s:next_error()
let wv = winsaveview()
keepjumps cnext
call winrestview(wv)
copen
endfunction
```
the only problem of your approach is that it changed the [:h jumplist](https://vimhelp.org/motion.txt.html#jumplist) , you can use [:h :keepjumps](https://vimhelp.org/motion.txt.html#%3Akeepjumps) to... |
20,658 | <p>The question's title might sound a little vague, so I'll explain the situation here more clearly.
I have these lines of code in a file which I want to align with respect to the character <code>=</code>.</p>
<pre><code>const service = require('./service');
const baseService = require('./baseService');
const config =... | [
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I have these lines of code in a file which I want to align with respect to the character `=`.
```
const service = require('./service');
const baseService = require('./baseService');
const config = require('../config');
co... | If you're in a pinch and want to get the expressions aligned, without having to install and learn any plug-ins, here is a quick way to do it.
1. Select the lines on a visual selection. For example, if this is your whole buffer, you could use `ggVG`, but if these lines are in the middle of a file, just select appropria... |
20,659 | <p>I have a git repository: <code>~/home/foo/repo</code></p>
<p>I mounted core to another directory:</p>
<p><code>mount --bind ~/home/foo/repo ~/home/bar</code></p>
<p>Now I want to edit my code with vim and use vim-fugitive.
<code>vim ~/home/bar/myCode.txt; :Gblame</code></p>
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I mounted core to another directory:
`mount --bind ~/home/foo/repo ~/home/bar`
Now I want to edit my code with vim and use vim-fugitive.
`vim ~/home/bar/myCode.txt; :Gblame` | According to [vim-fugitive sources](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive/blob/master/autoload/fugitive.vim), you can use Fugitive commands for any file that belongs to git index.
E.g.
```sh
cd ~
vim ~/home/foo/repo/README.md # works
vim ~/home/bar/README.md # works too
``` |
20,677 | <p>Based on the accepted answer of the following post <a href="https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/688/how-to-add-permanent-line-numbers-to-a-file/818#818">How to add permanent line numbers to a file?</a></p>
<p>I would like to have the capacity to select a certain number of lines and add numbers to those particula... | [
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I would like to have the capacity to select a certain number of lines and add numbers to those particular lines only. Also I ... | According to [vim-fugitive sources](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive/blob/master/autoload/fugitive.vim), you can use Fugitive commands for any file that belongs to git index.
E.g.
```sh
cd ~
vim ~/home/foo/repo/README.md # works
vim ~/home/bar/README.md # works too
``` |
20,680 | <p>I want to set up a shortcut to make word under the cursor upper case in the command mode. I know that you can get the word under the cursor with <code>expand("<cword>")</code>. But I am not sure how do I translate it to upper case the then replace the original word in command mode, because <code>U</code>, <co... | [
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... | Assuome current command :
```
echo "hello world"
^
```
`^` marks current cursor, after `upcase current word`, it becomes:
```
echo "HELLO world"
^
```
The key part is to split your command into 3 parts:
```
echo "hello world"
--1----^ ---3-----
---2--
```
This can be ... |
20,697 | <p>Let's say I have this text with <code>|</code> as my cursor: </p>
<pre><code><<<<<<< HEAD
hi
=======
hello
======
>>>>>> XXXX GGg|
</code></pre>
<p>Now, I'd like to select from >>>> to say second=== or line containing <<<< word. How do I do that?</p>
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```
<<<<<<< HEAD
hi
=======
hello
======
>>>>>> XXXX GGg|
```
Now, I'd like to select from >>>> to say second=== or line containing <<<< word. How do I do that? | To answer your question in a more general way, you can combine the visual mode with any motion you use in normal mode. That means that you can use `f`, `t`, `w`, etc but you can also use the search:
In your case with your cursor after `GGg` you can start reverse search mode with `?` and type `<` in your search prompt.... |
20,704 | <p>I have the following line in my code:</p>
<pre><code>INCORRECT_EMAIL_MOBILE_COMBINATION("incorrect_email_mobile_combination");
</code></pre>
<p>When I try to substitute the underscores with spaces in visual mode (using <code>:'<,'>s/_/ /g</code>), vim substitutes all underscores in the line. </p>
<p>How do ... | [
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```
INCORRECT_EMAIL_MOBILE_COMBINATION("incorrect_email_mobile_combination");
```
When I try to substitute the underscores with spaces in visual mode (using `:'<,'>s/_/ /g`), vim substitutes all underscores in the line.
How do I replace the underscores just within the quotes? | *Yes, this is a long answer. That's because I try to cover the sometimes intimidating sub-replace expression as clearly as I can. Don't be frightened...please dive in!* :)
This can be looked at as a search-replace where the search is multi-level or nested. That is, first you need to match part of the line (i.e. quoted... |
20,708 | <p>I use both <a href="https://github.com/w0rp/ale/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ale</a> and VIM <a href="https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pager</a> plugins. But for obvious reasons I want to disable some Vim features and plugins in the "less" mode.</p>
<p>But if I put as recommended this ... | [
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But if I put as recommended this piece of code in my `.vimrc` it still starts Ale:
```
if exists('g:vimpager.enabled... | *Yes, this is a long answer. That's because I try to cover the sometimes intimidating sub-replace expression as clearly as I can. Don't be frightened...please dive in!* :)
This can be looked at as a search-replace where the search is multi-level or nested. That is, first you need to match part of the line (i.e. quoted... |
20,727 | <p>Say I've done the command:</p>
<pre><code>:g/^.\{1,50\}$/m$
</code></pre>
<p>To move all lines with 50 or less characters to the bottom of the file.</p>
<p>Then I realise I actually didn't want to do that for the whole file, but for example a paragraph (or for any visually selected lines). I then do <code>u</code... | [
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```
:g/^.\{1,50\}$/m$
```
To move all lines with 50 or less characters to the bottom of the file.
Then I realise I actually didn't want to do that for the whole file, but for example a paragraph (or for any visually selected lines). I then do `u` and `vip` to select the paragraph I want t... | My preferred solution is
1. Select your paragraph `vip`
2. Hit `:` and then `<C-f>` OR press `q:`
3. Move up to your `:g` command and do `I'<,'>`, then `Esc`, then `<CR>`.
As mentioned in the comments, it might be handy to map this:
```
xnoremap <Leader>. q:<UP>I'<,'><Esc>$
``` |
20,730 | <p>strlen(var) can return length without leading zeros.<br>
How to include leading zeros?<br>
Example <code>let var=0x00001234</code>, width shall be 8 instead of 4.</p>
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How to include leading zeros?
Example `let var=0x00001234`, width shall be 8 instead of 4. | In VimScript variables have (dynamic) types. After `let var=0x00001234` the variable's value is a number `4660`. `strlen()` silently converts number `4660` into a string `"4660"`, therefore the "string length" is 4.
You can use explicit typecasts:
```
let varstring = "00001234"
let varnumber = str2nr(var, 16)
echo va... |
20,753 | <p>In putting together and addon for blender to integrate <code>neovim</code>.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/B0uM7.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/B0uM7.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
<em>Where I'm at with it, github colo imported to blender text editor from... | [
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/B0uM7.png)
*Where I'm at with it, github colo imported to blender text editor from nvim\_gtk*
One component is grabbing the current colorscheme of a running... | Consider using the [`synIDattr()`](https://vimhelp.org/eval.txt.html#synIDattr%28%29) function, which can take special attributes such as `fg#` and `bg#` to return RGB for attributes, when a GUI is running.
```
"fg#" like "fg", but for the GUI and the GUI
is running the name in "#RRGGBB" form
"bg#" like "f... |
20,754 | <p>I'm writing a function to execute an external command using visual selection.
I've noticed that if by mistake the entire line is selected, including the new line char the extra <code>^@</code> character makes the shell command to fail:</p>
<pre><code>Error detected while processing function <SNR>20_BitwiseOpe... | [
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I've noticed that if by mistake the entire line is selected, including the new line char the extra `^@` character makes the shell command to fail:
```
Error detected while processing function <SNR>20_BitwiseOperator:
line 18:
E485: Can't r... | In the end, I ended up trimming the newline charachter using search/replace.
```
substitute(a:string, '\n\+$', '', '')
``` |
20,760 | <p>How do you create a binding that behaves like yy but doesn't yank the leading white spaces?</p>
<pre><code>nnoremap <leader>f ^v$y
</code></pre>
<p>Yanks one line and the ^J. Which is what I want but how do I add a [count] to do mulitple lines? </p>
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```
nnoremap <leader>f ^v$y
```
Yanks one line and the ^J. Which is what I want but how do I add a [count] to do mulitple lines? | Your mapping is tricky because you don't want to yank the leading whitespaces. You cannot simply [supply a count to your map](https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Mapping_keys_in_Vim_-_Tutorial_(Part_2)#Supplying_a_count_to_a_map) as you would do [for an operator](https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/2543/how-can-i-map-dcount... |
20,787 | <p>When typing a report, we have a large list of acronyms defined in <code>Acronyms.tex</code>. In order to use it, we have to encapsulate an acronym such as <code>KDF</code> with the acronym command: <code>\ac{KDF}</code>. I often forget and find it rather cumbersome to type it every time.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I've... | [
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I'm pretty sure I've seen auto-replacing in Vim, without using ... | >
> I just noticed a disadvantage
>
>
>
That's because you're trying to remap *a command*. While "auto-replacements" in Vim are supposed to be done with *abbreviations* (see `:help abbreviations`).
You can create an abbreviation like that:
```
:inoreabbrev KDF \ac{KDF}
```
Unlike commands, the abbreviations ar... |
20,797 | <p>Inside a function, saved multiple lines of external command output to a variable.<br>
How to delete a line from the variable? Like first line. </p>
<p>I can run <code>let tmp = split(variable, "\n")</code> to assign the variable to a tmp list, then delete an item. Not sure if there is any easy way.</p>
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How to delete a line from the variable? Like first line.
I can run `let tmp = split(variable, "\n")` to assign the variable to a tmp list, then delete an item. Not sure if there is any easy way. | You may try this `substitute` command to delete, e.g the 3rd line
```
substitute(var, '\v^((.{-}\n){2}).{-}\n(.*)', '\1\3', '')
```
The regex works as follows
* `^((.{-}\n){2})` matches the first `2` lines and capture it in group `\1`
* `.{-}\n` matches the next line
* `(.*)` matches the rest of the variable and ca... |
20,814 | <p>In vim plugin 'tpope/vim-speeddating', it support wide variaty of date formats. e.g.</p>
<pre><code> %Y-%m-%d%[ T_-]%H:%M 2019-08-04 07:42
%Y-%m-%d 2019-08-04
</code></pre>
<p>But how to add my custom data formats, e.g.</p>
<pre><code> %Y/%m/%d 2019/08/... | [
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```
%Y-%m-%d%[ T_-]%H:%M 2019-08-04 07:42
%Y-%m-%d 2019-08-04
```
But how to add my custom data formats, e.g.
```
%Y/%m/%d 2019/08/04
%Y/%m ... | According to the documentation: (`help speeddating`)
>
> One can use the `:SpeedDatingFormat` command to list, add, and remove formats. A good place to place custom formats is in `.vim/after/plugin/speeddating.vim`
>
>
>
For the formats you listed:
```
SpeedDatingFormat %Y/%m/%d
SpeedDatingFormat %Y/%m
``` |
20,828 | <p>I've mapped 'L' and 'H' to change buffers in vim. I often end up hitting these keys in NERDTree and Tagbar.</p>
<p>I'm able to use <code>NERDTreeAddKeyMap</code> to make NERDTree ignore keys. Tagbar only allows the use of <code>g:tagbar_map_.*</code> to <em>replace</em> key bindings that exist.</p>
<p>Is there a w... | [
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I'm able to use `NERDTreeAddKeyMap` to make NERDTree ignore keys. Tagbar only allows the use of `g:tagbar_map_.*` to *replace* key bindings that exist.
Is there a way I can make 'H' and 'L' do nothing in the Ta... | You can use a `FileType` `autocmd` and map those keys to [`<Nop>`](http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/map.html#%3CNop%3E):
```
augroup TagBar
autocmd!
autocmd FileType tagbar nnoremap <buffer> H <Nop>
autocmd FileType tagbar nnoremap <buffer> L <Nop>
augroup END
```
Also always remember to [enclose yo... |
20,850 | <p>I would like to get these line numbers of a different window without moving to that window.</p>
<pre><code>line('w0')
line('w$')
line('.')
line('$')
</code></pre>
<p>As for the first two, we can use <code>getwininfo([{winid}])</code> which returns a list including 'topline' and 'botline'. Is there any function or ... | [
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```
line('w0')
line('w$')
line('.')
line('$')
```
As for the first two, we can use `getwininfo([{winid}])` which returns a list including 'topline' and 'botline'. Is there any function or some workaround as for the last two? | If you're looking for a super simple solution, you can add the code from this page to your .vimrc.
<https://gist.github.com/maxboisvert/a63e96a67d0a83d71e9f49af73e71d93>
There is also a plugin version of it which can be found here.
<https://github.com/maxboisvert/vim-simple-complete> |
20,856 | <p>I am using SpaceVim as Ruby on Rails IDE and installed the tpope/vim-rails plugin.</p>
<p>Commands such as <code>:Econtroller</code>, <code>:Emodel</code> and <code>:find</code> are working just fine, but the <code>gf</code> command provided by this plugin is not working in SpaceVim.</p>
<p>When I try to use it, i... | [
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Commands such as `:Econtroller`, `:Emodel` and `:find` are working just fine, but the `gf` command provided by this plugin is not working in SpaceVim.
When I try to use it, it shows me an error message such as the ones below:
```
# fo... | I have exactly the same problem.
It seems that SpaceVim overrides the `gf` command in some way so that `rails-vim` plugin's `gf` doesn't check for `_` on partial names anymore.
Also, you have to be on the partial name itself (instead of anywhere on the same line, thanks to `vim-ruby` plugin) for `gf` to work. So maybe ... |
20,863 | <p>Is there a way to use a register or visual selection for search and replace?
I have some longer sequence of words that are used repeatedly in my script. I want to replace them all but want to avoid typing a long sentence in a command line.
If I can select them in visual mode or yank them in a buffer, and utilize it... | [
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I have some longer sequence of words that are used repeatedly in my script. I want to replace them all but want to avoid typing a long sentence in a command line.
If I can select them in visual mode or yank them in a buffer, and utilize it in... | One possible solution is to use what I call *register recall*: on the `:`-command line, `Ctrl`-`r` followed by any of the registers (the named ones, like `a` or `3`, or the others, such as `-` or `"`) will insert the contents of said register.
(This works in insert mode as well.)
So you could
1. Yank the text
2. Su... |
20,867 | <p>I am trying to figure out how to open a specific vimwiki diary on opening vim.
With one wiki I use an alias like
<code>alias todo='vim -c VimwikiDiaryIndex'</code>
which works perfectly.</p>
<p>But now I want an additional diary wiki for another set of notes. I already added the path and can change the diary inside... | [
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With one wiki I use an alias like
`alias todo='vim -c VimwikiDiaryIndex'`
which works perfectly.
But now I want an additional diary wiki for another set of notes. I already added the path and can change the diary inside of vim with
`2<Leade... | I'm guessing here but it seems you are trying to run normal mode mappings in batch mode (IOW, `vim -c <cmd>`). Your `2wi` ... I'm assuming that refers to `[count]<Leader>wi`, a VimWiki mapped command in the docs...?
To run such mappings you need to use the `norm` command (`:h :norm`).
For example, `vim -c 'norm 2\wi... |
20,875 | <p>I'm trying to make a function in vimscript that converts markdown to html files using pandoc and putting that converted file in a specified directory.
Currently i am putting the file in a directory relative to the original markdown file's path using <code>expand('%:p:h')</code> and appending a new directory</p>
<p>... | [
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Currently i am putting the file in a directory relative to the original markdown file's path using `expand('%:p:h')` and appending a new directory
So if my markdown fil... | *Rather than take a direct approach to "inserting text in the middle of a string" I'd suggest something a bit more robust (and a bit more complex). It allows you to, say, change the root directory path or the converted file directory name in a straightforward way if you need to in the future. With a straight string man... |
20,882 | <p>Here is what I am doing now:</p>
<pre><code>vim + $1 -c "set titlestring=$title guioptions-=m guioptions-=r lines=66 columns=239" -c ":source .vim_map" -c "sp .help.txt" -c ":wincmd j"
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```
vim + $1 -c "set titlestring=$title guioptions-=m guioptions-=r lines=66 columns=239" -c ":source .vim_map" -c "sp .help.txt" -c ":wincmd j"
```
I would like to open the **.help.txt** in split window but as *read-only* where the other file (the $1 as it is in the script) to be writab... | *Rather than take a direct approach to "inserting text in the middle of a string" I'd suggest something a bit more robust (and a bit more complex). It allows you to, say, change the root directory path or the converted file directory name in a straightforward way if you need to in the future. With a straight string man... |
20,883 | <p>I am trying to remap my <code>hjkl</code> keys to <code>jklö</code>. this is not a problem in most simple cases, but with commands like <code><C-w>h</code> where you can specify an amount in the form of <code><C-w>{count}h</code> or <code>{count}<C-w>h</code> this doesn't seem to work.</p>
<p>is t... | [
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is there some way of doing a mapping like
```
nn <C-w>{count}j <C-w>{count}h
``` | what worked for me was to use langmap.
```
set langmap=jklöJKLé;hjlkHJKL
```
this remaps the keys for all commands |
20,896 | <p>For example, lets say I have a line like:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Hello, this should be bold.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Then is there any way to change one or more words to be bold, so it will appear on the screen as:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Hello, this should be <strong>bold</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>For example, i... | [
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>
> Hello, this should be bold.
>
>
>
Then is there any way to change one or more words to be bold, so it will appear on the screen as:
>
> Hello, this should be **bold**.
>
>
>
For example, in some text editors I can select a word and press a "bold" button, and the... | Well, it is not that simple.
What you can come up with -- use syntax definitions. But this bold text you will create would be temporary, it will not be saved with your file like word processing software does.
So to the code.
```
func! RegionMakeBold()
hi MyBold gui=bold
let l_start = getpos("'<")[1]
let l_end ... |
20,900 | <p>I have an error report where often the known errors are in the top few thousand lines, formatting issue rather than quantity unfortunately.</p>
<p>I want to run <code>:g/pattern/</code> from the end of the file.</p>
<p>I know <code>:g/pattern/m0</code> reverses the file which is mainly the same thing but if I don'... | [
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I want to run `:g/pattern/` from the end of the file.
I know `:g/pattern/m0` reverses the file which is mainly the same thing but if I don't put it back to how it was the line re... | The simplest idea is to filter
```
:v/pattern/d
```
And then `u`ndo when you want the whole file back. |
20,917 | <p>There is VIM's default bar below my Airline's status bar, which causes file information to be viewed twice (as shown in the image). How can I move my airline's bar to the bottom? I have tried adding <code>set noshowmode</code> but it didn't slove my problem.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YW4Mw.png" rel=... | [
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[](... | The simplest idea is to filter
```
:v/pattern/d
```
And then `u`ndo when you want the whole file back. |
20,924 | <p>I have mapped my <kbd>F5</kbd> key in vimrc file to run the code using the following command:</p>
<p><code>map <F5> :!sh -xc 'cd "/home/hashir/vscode/" && g++ test.cpp && ./a.out</code></p>
<p>It is working well. But it only runs for <code>test.cpp</code> file. I want to make it generic by in... | [
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`map <F5> :!sh -xc 'cd "/home/hashir/vscode/" && g++ test.cpp && ./a.out`
It is working well. But it only runs for `test.cpp` file. I want to make it generic by inserting the name of my current file. Is there any way of doing this? | You can use `%` to expand to the current filename.
See [`:help :!`](https://vimhelp.org/various.txt.html#%3A%21), which goes into quite some level of detail about that!
>
> If `{cmd}` contains `%` it is expanded to the current file name. Special characters are not escaped, use quotes to avoid their special meaning:
... |
20,941 | <p>Editing large HTML file. Would like to do something like:</p>
<pre><code>:/<blockquote>/,/<\/blockquote>/s/^\(\s\s\+\)\(<[^>].\{-}>\)/\1 \2/g
</code></pre>
<p>So basically just trying to indent all between the tag lines. I thought this was possible, but perhaps I mangled the syntax.</p>
<p... | [
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```
:/<blockquote>/,/<\/blockquote>/s/^\(\s\s\+\)\(<[^>].\{-}>\)/\1 \2/g
```
So basically just trying to indent all between the tag lines. I thought this was possible, but perhaps I mangled the syntax.
Thanks, | You can use `%` to expand to the current filename.
See [`:help :!`](https://vimhelp.org/various.txt.html#%3A%21), which goes into quite some level of detail about that!
>
> If `{cmd}` contains `%` it is expanded to the current file name. Special characters are not escaped, use quotes to avoid their special meaning:
... |
20,945 | <p>I would like to insert some Python-generated text at the current cursor position in insert mode using the Vim Python interface. The closest I have so far is:</p>
<pre><code>imap <c-x><c-r> <c-o>:python vim.current.line += "trivial example"
</code></pre>
<p>This will append "trivial example" rathe... | [
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```
imap <c-x><c-r> <c-o>:python vim.current.line += "trivial example"
```
This will append "trivial example" rather than put it at the current position. How c... | It is generally easier to use pyeval (py3eval, pyxeval) and the expression register:
```
imap <c-x><c-r> <c-r>=pyxeval('python expression')<cr>
``` |
20,958 | <p>I installed NeoVim and <code>dense-analysis/ale</code> plugin with <code>vim-plug</code>.</p>
<p>All of those seems to be installed, as the commands starting with <code>:ALE</code> autocomplete in NeoVim.</p>
<p>Then I tried to install PYLS via</p>
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All of those seems to be installed, as the commands starting with `:ALE` autocomplete in NeoVim.
Then I tried to install PYLS via
`python3 -m pip install --user python-language-server`
and enabled it in my `init.vim` file that you can read here :
... | It is generally easier to use pyeval (py3eval, pyxeval) and the expression register:
```
imap <c-x><c-r> <c-r>=pyxeval('python expression')<cr>
``` |
20,959 | <p>I want to convert nonASCII characters to similar ASCII alternatives. I can do it at shell using <code>echo şİçğ | iconv -f utf-8 -t ascii//translit</code> but how can I do it for selected vim text?</p>
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This mapping should work:
```
xnoremap <leader>T ygv"=system('iconv -f utf-8 -t ascii//translit', ... |
21,004 | <p>I am using <code>:grep</code> to search for occurences of a string within a set of files:</p>
<pre><code>:grep rainbow *.txt
</code></pre>
<p>This result is then shown in the terminal:</p>
<pre><code>doc1.txt:2:saw a rainbow today
doc2.txt:17:it was not a black rainbow
doc3.txt:7:most of those rainbow unicorns
(1... | [
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```
:grep rainbow *.txt
```
This result is then shown in the terminal:
```
doc1.txt:2:saw a rainbow today
doc2.txt:17:it was not a black rainbow
doc3.txt:7:most of those rainbow unicorns
(1 of 3): saw a rainbow today
Press ENTER or type ... | If what you're looking for is a way to automate the sequence of commands (`:silent grep` and `redraw!`), then consider creating a new [user-defined command](https://vimhelp.org/map.txt.html#user-commands) for that operation.
(In fact, Vim documentation essentially [recommends it for this particular use case](https://v... |
21,028 | <h1>Situation</h1>
<p>I have a large, hierarchical json file with many single entries, like so:</p>
<pre><code> {
"tokens": [
"payload, a string"
],
"values": [
{
"value": "frong zshok blam flarb"
}
]
},
{
... | [
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=========
I have a large, hierarchical json file with many single entries, like so:
```
{
"tokens": [
"payload, a string"
],
"values": [
{
"value": "frong zshok blam flarb"
}
]
},
{
"to... | If what you're looking for is a way to automate the sequence of commands (`:silent grep` and `redraw!`), then consider creating a new [user-defined command](https://vimhelp.org/map.txt.html#user-commands) for that operation.
(In fact, Vim documentation essentially [recommends it for this particular use case](https://v... |
21,032 | <p>I found a whole bunch of green <code>^\</code> characters in the file I have open in vim...</p>
<p>Any idea what control character they are?</p>
<p>And how would I search for them in grep?</p>
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Any idea what control character they are?
And how would I search for them in grep? | If what you're looking for is a way to automate the sequence of commands (`:silent grep` and `redraw!`), then consider creating a new [user-defined command](https://vimhelp.org/map.txt.html#user-commands) for that operation.
(In fact, Vim documentation essentially [recommends it for this particular use case](https://v... |
21,035 | <p>I have a shortcut in my vimrc to search for a string through my repository:</p>
<pre><code>nnoremap <leader>gg :vimgrep // **/*.py \| clist
</code></pre>
<p>I want the cursor to be between the <code>//</code> characters ready for a search term when I invoke the shortcut. I can do this with 18 <code><Left&... | [
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```
nnoremap <leader>gg :vimgrep // **/*.py \| clist
```
I want the cursor to be between the `//` characters ready for a search term when I invoke the shortcut. I can do this with 18 `<Left>`s but that is very long and ugly i.e.
```
... .py... | If what you're looking for is a way to automate the sequence of commands (`:silent grep` and `redraw!`), then consider creating a new [user-defined command](https://vimhelp.org/map.txt.html#user-commands) for that operation.
(In fact, Vim documentation essentially [recommends it for this particular use case](https://v... |
21,047 | <p>If I start with nvim -u NONE , I want to get "-u NONE".</p>
<p>I tried to get pid using bash and python, but it seems to return the pid of the process that is created (either python or bash). </p>
<p>So how should I do it? </p>
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I tried to get pid using bash and python, but it seems to return the pid of the process that is created (either python or bash).
So how should I do it? | If you're going the Python + `ps` route, then this should be better and more efficient:
```
:pyx import os, subprocess
:let vim_cmdline = pyxeval("subprocess.check_output(['ps', '-p', str(os.getpid()), '-o', 'cmd='])")
```
Note that you're checking for the current PID (`os.getpid()`), since the Python interpreter is... |
21,054 | <p>I have a command-line tool that can print search results in a format that works with vimgrep. The example output looks like this:</p>
<pre><code>foo/path/lib/usdviewq/appController.py:3795:22: index = prim.GetPrimIndex()
foo/bar/lib/testenv/testUsdSpecializes.py:104:28: refNode = prim.GetPrimIndex... | [
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] | I have a command-line tool that can print search results in a format that works with vimgrep. The example output looks like this:
```
foo/path/lib/usdviewq/appController.py:3795:22: index = prim.GetPrimIndex()
foo/bar/lib/testenv/testUsdSpecializes.py:104:28: refNode = prim.GetPrimIndex().rootNode.ch... | Vim has a startup option `-q` to read a quickfix file. So we have options (depending on your shell):
```
cmd > results
vim -q results
```
Or my favorite
```
vim -q <(cmd)
``` |
21,066 | <p>Situation: I've typed this:</p>
<pre><code>vim foo.js
:terminal
</code></pre>
<p>Now I have one split, a file editing buffer and a terminal.</p>
<p>The good: I can quit by closing the terminal first, then the file buffer.</p>
<p>The bad: But if I close the file buffer, and then the terminal, vim doesn't exit, bu... | [
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] | Situation: I've typed this:
```
vim foo.js
:terminal
```
Now I have one split, a file editing buffer and a terminal.
The good: I can quit by closing the terminal first, then the file buffer.
The bad: But if I close the file buffer, and then the terminal, vim doesn't exit, but instead creates a new buffer editing t... | Thanks to @Matt I now know that if I close the terminal buffer myself instead of having the `'term_finish':'close'` argument of `term_start()` do it, then it doesn't do the weird behavior of sometimes opening a different file.
So I've `'term_finish':'close'` that with an `exit_cb` that closes the buffer.
Here's what ... |
21,090 | <p>Every now and then I update my ViM configuration, and I would like to have a way to reload everything.</p>
<p>I know that I could use</p>
<pre><code>:source ~/.vimrc
</code></pre>
<p>and I could run it similarly for all the modified files. But as vim loads e.g. the system-wide configuration and the content of the... | [
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I know that I could use
```
:source ~/.vimrc
```
and I could run it similarly for all the modified files. But as vim loads e.g. the system-wide configuration and the content of the `~/.vim/` directory, it can be s... | 3 options
1. Restart vim (using sessions, e.g., with tpope’s obsession plugin, this isn’t really too bad)
2. Source only your vimrc (if it changed)—you have this
3. Load files with `runtime` (I use `Runtime` from tpope’s scriptease plugin). |
21,105 | <p>Sometimes when there are a lot of buffers, it becomes hard to see which buffers have been modified using <code>:ls</code>.</p>
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:ls +
```
See [`:help :ls`](https://vimhelp.org/windows.txt.html#%3Als), you'll see it takes an optional "flags" argument, one of which is:
>
> `[flags]` can be a combination of the following characters, which restrict the buffers to be listed:
>
>
> * `+`: modified buffers
>
>
> |
21,110 | <p>Considering the following regex pattern:</p>
<pre><code>/\s*<<.\{-}>>/
</code></pre>
<p>I want to match those patterns <em>only when the cursor is somewhere on this pattern</em>.</p>
<p>So, if have the line (the character enclosed in [] is the cusor position):</p>
<pre><code>This is <<on[e]>... | [
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```
/\s*<<.\{-}>>/
```
I want to match those patterns *only when the cursor is somewhere on this pattern*.
So, if have the line (the character enclosed in [] is the cusor position):
```
This is <<on[e]>> and this is <<another one>>.
```
I want to only match `<<one>>`, not... | One solution is to use a lookahead before the regex and a lookbehind after the regex. That ensures the cursor is *after* the start of the match, and *before* the end of the match.
One issue with the regex you're using is `.\{-}` which is a non-greedy operator. If you add anchors for the cursor position, this will end ... |
21,113 | <p>I'm writing a Vim plugin which will need to surround the word directly under your cursor with a quotes. I have tried using simple solutions which use commands like "b" and "e" executed in normal mode, in combination with other cursor position commands, though those felt clunky and non-robust. </p>
<p>I wondered if ... | [
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I wondered if there was ... | You can surround the word currently under the cursor in quotes with the following normal mode commands:
`c``i``w``"``"``Esc``P`
Replace `iw` with any other Vim motion/text object to surround other things with quotes\*. Or `""` with any other pair of characters to surround the object with different things.
\* Or use ... |
21,127 | <p>Here's how I restart vim:</p>
<pre><code>$ vim
:q
$ vim
</code></pre>
<p>Is there a way to restart vim so that there is no need to type the second <code>vim</code> in the shell?</p>
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] | Here's how I restart vim:
```
$ vim
:q
$ vim
```
Is there a way to restart vim so that there is no need to type the second `vim` in the shell? | Add this in your vimrc:
```
nno <space>R :<c-u>call <sid>vim_quit_and_restart()<cr>
fu! s:vim_quit_and_restart() abort
if has('gui_running') | echo 'not available in GUI' | return | endif
sil! update
sil call system('kill -USR1 $(ps -p '.getpid().' -o ppid=)')
qa!
endfu
```
And this in your bashrc:
... |
21,130 | <p>I have the given file</p>
<pre><code>4 apples
2 bananas
6 peaches
3 grapes
1 pineapple
5 pears
3 tomatoes
</code></pre>
<p>What I want to do is to receive the following result instead:</p>
<pre><code>apple apple apple apple
banana banana
peach peach peach peach peach peach
grape grape grape
pineapple
pear pear pear ... | [
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] | I have the given file
```
4 apples
2 bananas
6 peaches
3 grapes
1 pineapple
5 pears
3 tomatoes
```
What I want to do is to receive the following result instead:
```
apple apple apple apple
banana banana
peach peach peach peach peach peach
grape grape grape
pineapple
pear pear pear pear pear
tomato tomato tomato
``... | This is not exactly what you want, but you could visually select your lines, then run this global command:
```
g/^/exe 'norm! "adiwD' | exe 'norm! '.@a.'p'
├───┘│ ├────┘
│ │ └ paste unnamed register as many times as the number in register `a`
... |
21,146 | <p>Let's say I have a folder located on <code>~/question</code> with 4 files:</p>
<pre><code>$ ls
_file1 _file2 _file3 _file4
</code></pre>
<p>I've realized that it's possible to open folders with Vim and it'll list the file names of all the files that are inside this folder. For example, on Linux if I try to ope... | [
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] | Let's say I have a folder located on `~/question` with 4 files:
```
$ ls
_file1 _file2 _file3 _file4
```
I've realized that it's possible to open folders with Vim and it'll list the file names of all the files that are inside this folder. For example, on Linux if I try to open Vim with `vim ~/question` I'll have... | There are a [number](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) [of](https://www.nongnu.org/renameutils/) [tools](https://github.com/qpkorr/vim-renamer) that allow you to rename files in a Vim buffer in this way. [mvi is the one that I use](https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=852545).
It takes the paths of the files that you ... |
21,169 | <p>A vim newbie here. </p>
<p>Would like to know an efficient way of converting</p>
<pre><code>self.mat = material
self.epsilon=epsilon
self.x = x
</code></pre>
<p>to </p>
<pre><code>self.mat, self.epsilon, self.x = material, epsilon, x
</code></pre>
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Would like to know an efficient way of converting
```
self.mat = material
self.epsilon=epsilon
self.x = x
```
to
```
self.mat, self.epsilon, self.x = material, epsilon, x
``` | I'm not sure this is what you want, but you could try these global commands:
```
g/^self\./,/^\(self\.\)\@!/-j
g/^self\./let l=[]|s/\s*=\s*\(\w*\)/\=add(l,submatch(1))[-1][-1]/g|s/\s/, /g|s/$/\=' = '.join(l,', ')
```
The first command should turn this block:
```
self.mat = material
self.epsilon=epsilon
self.x = x
... |
21,187 | <p>I have the following code in my <code>vimrc</code></p>
<pre><code>if exists(":Goyo")
augroup LatexGoyo
autocmd!
autocmd BufReadPost,BufNewFile *.tex Goyo
augroup END
else
augroup LatexColumnSet
autocmd FileType tex setlocal columns=100
augroup END
endif
</code></pre>
<p>The ... | [
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] | I have the following code in my `vimrc`
```
if exists(":Goyo")
augroup LatexGoyo
autocmd!
autocmd BufReadPost,BufNewFile *.tex Goyo
augroup END
else
augroup LatexColumnSet
autocmd FileType tex setlocal columns=100
augroup END
endif
```
The idea is to check for the presence of ... | The problem is, your vimrc file is executed before any plugins are loaded. You can check the order of what source files are loaded by issueing the `:scriptnames` command.
The usual way to fix this *problem* is to execute the test inside a `VimEnter` autocommand, something like this:
```
function s:init()
" do your... |
21,193 | <p>I often nest one programming language within another (e.g. HTML inside python). This can be done per-language, and written items in <code>~/.vim/after/syntax/</code> for that purpose, but I don't have the patience to implement it for every combination I use. This means I press <kbd>:</kbd><kbd>s</kbd><kbd>e</kbd><kb... | [
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One way to script this woul... | >
> Searching the web for this sort of thing merely turns up tricks for searching the command history manually (without vimscript).
>
>
>
I believe you're overthinking something. In Vim "key macros" are the "first-class citizens". They are stable and repeatable (if written well). There's no need to turn them into ... |
21,227 | <p>I'm trying to configure the <code>highlight</code> to highlight keywords of my C++ project.</p>
<p>Here is the content of <code>~/.vim/syntax/cpp.vim</code>:</p>
<pre><code>syn match cCustomParen "?=(" contains=cParen,cCppParen
syn match cCustomFunc "\w\+\s*(\@=" contains=cCustomParen
hi CustomFunc g... | [
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Here is the content of `~/.vim/syntax/cpp.vim`:
```
syn match cCustomParen "?=(" contains=cParen,cCppParen
syn match cCustomFunc "\w\+\s*(\@=" contains=cCustomParen
hi CustomFunc guifg=NONE guibg=NONE guisp=NONE gui=bold ct... | Vim currently supports assigning sign priorities (<https://vimhelp.org/sign.txt.html#sign-priority>). The plugins placing the signs need to use the newer sign APIs. |
21,246 | <p>As example, my current buffer contains below lines</p>
<pre><code>di=01;34
ln=01;36
mh=00
pi=40;33
</code></pre>
<p>I want to join all lines with <code>:</code>, and set entire buffer to the joined string.</p>
<p>How to achieve that, using <code>:python</code> command.</p>
<p>I tried below</p>
<pre><code>py3 vi... | [
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```
di=01;34
ln=01;36
mh=00
pi=40;33
```
I want to join all lines with `:`, and set entire buffer to the joined string.
How to achieve that, using `:python` command.
I tried below
```
py3 vim.current.buffer[:] = ':'.join(vim.current.buffer)
py3 vim.current.buffer... | `vim.current.buffer` refers to a buffer object.
`vim.current.buffer[:]` on the other hand, is a list of strings containing the content of the buffer.
You can manipulate the lines of the buffer by retrieving and assigning to this list:
```
py3 vim.current.buffer[:] = [ ':'.join(vim.current.buffer[:]) ]
``` |
21,256 | <p>I want to create a basic Vim script that simply deletes n lines, skips 1 line and repeats until the end of the document. I don't care about specific matches, I just want to delete the line. For example;
So I want to repeat the command <code>3ddj</code> for the entire document. </p>
<pre><code>Text I want to keep. ... | [
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So I want to repeat the command `3ddj` for the entire document.
```
Text I want to keep.
Text I want to delete. ... | Very simple approach:
1. Move to the first line you want to delete.
2. Record a macro: `qa3ddjq`
3. Repeat it with a high number: 1000@a
Step three will repeat the macro a thousand times or until an error is encountered.
Hitting end of file (hence no lines to delete) produces an error and repetition of the macro is ... |
21,260 | <p>I have a terminal buffer with 10000 lines of previously executed output. In order to search for the particular sequence of words I have to go through all 10000 lines before getting to my last executed command's output. Which makes me so annoyed. Is the a way of clearing a terminal buffer without quiting the terminal... | [
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```
nmap <c-w><c-l> :set scrollback=1 \| sleep 100m \| set scrollback=10000<cr>
tmap <c-w><c-l... |
21,266 | <p>One example would be in the List docs:</p>
<pre><code>:unlet list[3] "idem
</code></pre>
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"text": "<p>It's <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idem\" rel=\"noreferrer\">a latin term meaning \"the same\"</a>. In the quoted c... | 2019/09/23 | [
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```
:unlet list[3] "idem
``` | It's [a latin term meaning "the same"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idem). In the quoted context, it just means the listed command does the same thing as the previously listed command, i.e. `remove item 3`:
```
:let i = remove(list, 3) " remove item 3
:unlet list[3] " idem
``` |
21,271 | <p>I am using the plugin vimtex. It offers the functionality (from the introduction of its documentation)</p>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>Text objects
<ul>
<li><code>ic</code> <code>ac</code> Commands</li>
<li><code>id</code> <code>ad</code> Delimiters</li>
<li><code>ie</code> <code>ae</code> LaTeX environmen... | [
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>
> * Text objects
> + `ic` `ac` Commands
> + `id` `ad` Delimiters
> + `ie` `ae` LaTeX environments
> + `i$` `a$` Inline math structures
> + `iP` `aP` Sections
>
>
>
This means that with `ci$` I can delete ... | Since `i$` is a mapping itself (defined by the vimtex plug-in), you need a *recursive* mapping to be able to use `i$` as part of the expansion of your mapping.
So this should work:
```
nmap cim ci$
```
But you can also create an operator-pending mode mapping for `im`, in which case that would work with other operat... |
21,272 | <p>I do a lot of plain text file editing, and many times I need to mark a section of text as 'DO NOT FORMAT' as it is pre-formatted, or even contains ascii art.</p>
<p>Many years ago I did this by marking the block as a comment, and telling vim NOT to format such blocks.</p>
<p>Example text...</p>
<pre><code>Looking... | [
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Many years ago I did this by marking the block as a comment, and telling vim NOT to format such blocks.
Example text...
```
Looking across the road, I could se... | Since `i$` is a mapping itself (defined by the vimtex plug-in), you need a *recursive* mapping to be able to use `i$` as part of the expansion of your mapping.
So this should work:
```
nmap cim ci$
```
But you can also create an operator-pending mode mapping for `im`, in which case that would work with other operat... |
21,286 | <p>I find myself wanting to use vim one-handed now and again. Practicality aside, I want to define a function along the lines of:</p>
<pre><code>function! GetControlKey()
echo "Control? "
let key = nr2char(getchar())
execute "normal! " . key
endfunction
</code></pre>
<p>that I can map to another key comb... | [
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```
function! GetControlKey()
echo "Control? "
let key = nr2char(getchar())
execute "normal! " . key
endfunction
```
that I can map to another key combination `<Leader>,` maybe,... | My recommendation would be to build a `"\<C-...>"` string and then use [`eval()`](https://vimhelp.org/eval.txt.html#eval%28%29) to have Vim evaluate it as a key sequence.
For example:
```
function! GetControlKey()
let key = getchar()
let keyname = nr2char(key)
return eval('"\<C-'.escape(keyname,'\').'>"')... |
21,290 | <p>Suppose I have a string as follows:</p>
<pre><code>RESULT=100
</code></pre>
<p>How would I replace everything following 'RESULT=' so that the string reads:</p>
<pre><code>RESULT=200
</code></pre>
<p>The closest I've gotten so far is to use:</p>
<pre><code>:%s/\(RESULT=.*\)\@<=/200/g
</code></pre>
<p>But thi... | [
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```
RESULT=100
```
How would I replace everything following 'RESULT=' so that the string reads:
```
RESULT=200
```
The closest I've gotten so far is to use:
```
:%s/\(RESULT=.*\)\@<=/200/g
```
But this simply places the desired string after the existing one:
```
RESULT=1002... | One way to do this is by using [`\zs`](https://vimhelp.org/pattern.txt.html#%2F%5Czs) to set the "start" of the match, so that everything before `\zs` is untouched by the replacement:
```
:%s/RESULT=\zs.*/200/g
```
Your original attempt using a lookbehind was also on the right track: you just put the `.*` part in th... |
21,295 | <p>I'd like to know if there is an analogue to <code>verbose map <key></code> (which shows the location that the map was assigned) for functions. For example I have a few Git plugins and I'd like to know what plugin defines the <code>:GitFiles</code> function, if Vim knows this info. </p>
<p>The fallback (which'... | [
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The fallback (which'll certainly work) is to search my fil... | From [`:h :function-verbose`](http://vimhelp.appspot.com/eval.txt.html#%3Afunction-verbose):
```
When 'verbose' is non-zero, listing a function will also display where it was
last defined. Example: >
:verbose function SetFileTypeSH
function SetFileTypeSH(name)
Last set from /usr/share/vim/vim-7.0/file... |
21,300 | <p>Question reposted <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58145963/two-consecutive-identical-calls-to-echo-have-different-output-in-vim-function">on StackOverflow</a>, where it's receiving more attention.</p>
<p>Given the following function in the <code>.vimrc</code> file,</p>
<pre><code>fu! MyFun(count)
ec... | [
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Given the following function in the `.vimrc` file,
```
fu! MyFun(count)
echo a:count
echo a:count
if a:count > 0
... | From [`:h :function-verbose`](http://vimhelp.appspot.com/eval.txt.html#%3Afunction-verbose):
```
When 'verbose' is non-zero, listing a function will also display where it was
last defined. Example: >
:verbose function SetFileTypeSH
function SetFileTypeSH(name)
Last set from /usr/share/vim/vim-7.0/file... |
21,307 | <p>I'm just getting into Vim, and, as one might expect, I'm constantly adding things to my <code>.vimrc</code>. At the moment i'm using <code>:tabe ~/.vimrc</code> and I was just curious if there was a quicker command for getting to the<code>.vimrc</code> that was used when Vim launched.</p>
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>
> The $MYVIMRC environment variable is set to the file that was first found,
> unless $MYVIMRC was already set and when using VIMINIT.
>
>
>
`$MYVIMRC` is also not set if you use the command line option `-u` to specify a different ini file.
I have two ma... |
21,327 | <p>I've traditionally used <code>vim</code> as a text editor and <code>tmux</code> as a terminal multiplexer, but I'm trying to see if I can drop tmux entirely and just use <code>vim</code> for everything (except session attach/detach, which will be handled by an external tool). So far, I have almost zero knowledge abo... | [
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>
> The $MYVIMRC environment variable is set to the file that was first found,
> unless $MYVIMRC was already set and when using VIMINIT.
>
>
>
`$MYVIMRC` is also not set if you use the command line option `-u` to specify a different ini file.
I have two ma... |
21,329 | <p>I have string lets say</p>
<pre><code>count number of elecment when tra(XYixe0/en_in/old)='mid/2' rise='corse/2'
</code></pre>
<p>I want to replace / from (XYixe0/en_in/old) to .</p>
<p>My output string should look like</p>
<pre><code>count number of elecment when tra(XYixe0.en_in.old)='mid/2' rise='corse/2'
</c... | [
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```
count number of elecment when tra(XYixe0/en_in/old)='mid/2' rise='corse/2'
```
I want to replace / from (XYixe0/en\_in/old) to .
My output string should look like
```
count number of elecment when tra(XYixe0.en_in.old)='mid/2' rise='corse/2'
```
In summary, I want vim search / only on ... | Another way is to use a sub-replace-expression, `\=`:
```
:%s/([^)]*)/\=substitute(submatch(0),'\/','.','g')/
```
The `:s/([^)]*)/{replacement}/` will match a pair of parens, `([^)]*)`. The `{replacement}` is `\={expr}`. Where `{expr}` will be a vimscript expression to be evaluated. In this case a substitution over ... |
21,337 | <p>Here's what I'd like to do, and I'm open to using any tool (not just fzf):</p>
<p>I want to be able to open a new file quickly (with a horizontal split :sp) in a specific directory that I find using fzf. Say we're working with this structure</p>
<pre><code>foo/
bar/
file.js
poop/
</code></pre>
<p>While I ... | [
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I want to be able to open a new file quickly (with a horizontal split :sp) in a specific directory that I find using fzf. Say we're working with this structure
```
foo/
bar/
file.js
poop/
```
While I have file.js open in my buffer, I... | I ended up using this command in my vimrc with fzf.vim, specifically filtering directories in my current git repo.
```
function! s:append_dir_with_fzf(line)
call fzf#run(fzf#wrap({
\ 'options': ['--prompt', a:line.'> '],
\ 'source': 'git ls-files $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) | xargs -n 1 dirname | uniq',... |
21,340 | <p>In bash you can easily search the current history entries by hitting <code><C-r></code> or <code><C-s></code>. This search feature is incremental, and once you hit return, you get a bash prompt auto-filled with the closest match in your history. I know if I want to search for a vim command I can hit <cod... | [
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If you previously executed:
```
:%s/This/That/g
```
and you want to get this command again, you do
```
:%s/T<up>
```
This will get only commands that start with `%s/T` from the history... |
21,355 | <p>I'm a vim beginner. I want to handle multiple programming languages. I find great resources for how to perfect vim for one programming language by putting ton of stuff in one vimrc file. This is annoying. </p>
<p>I found about filetype plugin, but it's confusing. All I need is to put a vimrc file that runs for this... | [
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I found about filetype plugin, but it's confusing. All I need is to put a vimrc file that runs for this specific ... | To enable filetype detection and plugins, add the following command to your `vimrc`:
```
filetype plugin on
```
Then, for each filetype you want settings for, create a Vimscript file in the following location:
```
~/.vim/after/ftplugin/
```
Name the file with the filetype you want it to apply to, so for e.g. a Py... |
21,365 | <p>I'm dealing with a cryptic issue in my environment which is annoying and I have no idea where to start debugging. Random characters on that aren't actually in the document appear on screen after YCM auto complete menu goes away.</p>
<p>Pictures are worth a thousand words so here's a demo:</p>
<h2>Step 1 - Type a v... | [
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Pictures are worth a thousand words so here's a demo:
Step 1 - Type a variable name
-----... | To enable filetype detection and plugins, add the following command to your `vimrc`:
```
filetype plugin on
```
Then, for each filetype you want settings for, create a Vimscript file in the following location:
```
~/.vim/after/ftplugin/
```
Name the file with the filetype you want it to apply to, so for e.g. a Py... |
21,388 | <h2>Scenario</h2>
<p>I would like to perform the following,</p>
<ol>
<li>Visually select some text that spans multiple lines and occurs multiple times in the file: <code>V</code></li>
<li>Yank to buffer: <code>y</code></li>
<li>Perform substitute with text from buffer: (<code>:%s,<Ctrl-r> 0,new text,g</code>)</... | [
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--------
I would like to perform the following,
1. Visually select some text that spans multiple lines and occurs multiple times in the file: `V`
2. Yank to buffer: `y`
3. Perform substitute with text from buffer: (`:%s,<Ctrl-r> 0,new text,g`)
Example
-------
Given the following example:
```
metadata:
n... | You can use `vim-visual-multi`. Use multi line mode with `\\M`. Select all occurrences with `\\A` and do c to change.
Other people will tell you the vim way.
You can also use `%s/pattern\n nextline/something/` (or `^v<enter>` instead of \n - would surely work ). |
21,411 | <p>Short Question: </p>
<p>What is netrw function for up one level, how can I call it in my own function?</p>
<p>Context:</p>
<p>After installing a new ruby I had to reinstall vim to get it working again. But now netrw has some issue where if I press <code>-</code> to go up one level, it goes up a level and then sta... | [
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What is netrw function for up one level, how can I call it in my own function?
Context:
After installing a new ruby I had to reinstall vim to get it working again. But now netrw has some issue where if I press `-` to go up one level, it goes up a level and then starts visual mode such that I can't j... | Ignoring the context, the answer to your "short question" is that you can't (easily) call it from your own function.
You can find out what function `-` invokes in netrw by entering the following command in a netrw buffer:
```
:verbose nmap -
```
For me, the output contains this function call:
```
call <SNR>68_Netr... |
21,430 | <p>I tried creating the following macro:</p>
<ol>
<li>search an empty line above my location</li>
<li>go down one line</li>
<li><kbd>shift</kbd>-<kbd>v</kbd></li>
<li>find an empty line down</li>
<li>go up one line</li>
<li><code>:sort</code></li>
</ol>
<p>This should sort the entire section I'm pointing at...</p>
<... | [
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1. search an empty line above my location
2. go down one line
3. `shift`-`v`
4. find an empty line down
5. go up one line
6. `:sort`
This should sort the entire section I'm pointing at...
Here is my attempt:
```
let @q = '\/^$ N j <S-V> \/^$ n k :sort'
```
However, when tryin... | As simple as that:
```
nnoremap <Leader>s Vip:sort<CR>
```
`ip` is an "inner paragraph" object, i.e. a piece of text between two empty lines. |
21,439 | <p>As far as I know, neovim enables running a command async, without blocking the user. This is also enabled in vim8 I was told.</p>
<p>But I couldn't find examples of how to run a command asyncly. Suppose that I want to run the command :make. How would I run this command in neovim without blocking?</p>
<p>Is there a... | [
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But I couldn't find examples of how to run a command asyncly. Suppose that I want to run the command :make. How would I run this command in neovim without blocking?
Is there an example I can f... | ### [vim-dispatch](https://github.com/tpope/vim-dispatch) `:Make` instead of `:make`
You *cannot* run the built-in command `:make` asynchronously in Vim8 or NeoVim.
You have to take the value of `'makeprg'` and insert it into vim8 `job_start()` or neovim `jobstart()`.
I personally like the convenience of plugins whi... |
21,446 | <p>Often while editing (say, a post on this network), I find myself wanting to copy something, edit it, and paste it back.</p>
<p>At other times, I have some text in my clipboard, but isn't perfect. I would like a quick way to edit it and place it back in the clipboard for pasting.</p>
<p>What can I do?</p>
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"text": "<p>There are currently two great plugins I found that can run commands asynchronously: <a href=\"https://github.com/tpope/... | 2019/10/08 | [
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At other times, I have some text in my clipboard, but isn't perfect. I would like a quick way to edit it and place it back in the clipboard for pasting.
What can I do? | ### [vim-dispatch](https://github.com/tpope/vim-dispatch) `:Make` instead of `:make`
You *cannot* run the built-in command `:make` asynchronously in Vim8 or NeoVim.
You have to take the value of `'makeprg'` and insert it into vim8 `job_start()` or neovim `jobstart()`.
I personally like the convenience of plugins whi... |
21,449 | <p>I want to map a keyboard shortcut to execute the last command in a terminal buffer that I have open. </p>
<p>I've made some progress: I am storing the buffer's channel id correctly but when I try to send keys to the terminal (up arrow and enter) they always appear as literal characters in the terminal rather than a... | [
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I've made some progress: I am storing the buffer's channel id correctly but when I try to send keys to the terminal (up arrow and enter) they always appear as literal characters in the terminal rather than actually go... | I couldn't get the up arrow key working, it seems tricky and I don't think it's the best way. But thanks to @thunderbeef's answer I got the enter key working, and a solution I'm happy with:
```
call chansend(g:last_terminal_chan_id, "!!\<cr>")
``` |
21,457 | <p>I am trying to remap this functionality:
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/O9Y8t.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/O9Y8t.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
to Ctrl+Space, by using this line in <code>.vimrc</code></p>
<pre><code>inoremap <C-Space> <C-n>
</code>... | [
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[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/O9Y8t.png)
to Ctrl+Space, by using this line in `.vimrc`
```
inoremap <C-Space> <C-n>
```
However, I can not seem to get it to work.
If I press Ctrl+Space after starting up, I get... | Your terminal send `^@` as `<c-space>` to vim, `^@` is `ctrl-@`, it's equivalent
to `<Nul>` in vim, check [:h keycodes](https://vimhelp.org/intro.txt.html#keycodes) if you have doubts.
You get `E29: No inserted text yet` error message because [:h i\_CTRL-@](https://vimhelp.org/insert.txt.html#i_CTRL-%40) is trying to ... |
21,465 | <p>I often find myself operating in the vim terminal needing to edit a few files. In this case I might type <code>vim *.h</code>. This opens a new vim instance nested inside my vim terminal. Is there a way to make a command that instead triggers the parent vim instance to load the files in buffers?</p>
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to `<Nul>` in vim, check [:h keycodes](https://vimhelp.org/intro.txt.html#keycodes) if you have doubts.
You get `E29: No inserted text yet` error message because [:h i\_CTRL-@](https://vimhelp.org/insert.txt.html#i_CTRL-%40) is trying to ... |
21,483 | <p>I tried with <code>Flygrep *.kl</code> but it didn't work, I searched how to use <code>--include \*.kl</code> as in a grep search but I didn't find anything</p>
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"text": "<p>Flygrep is a plugin for searching text. it do not for searching file path. if you want to searching file path, I r... | 2019/10/10 | [
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```
:args `find . -iname '*.kl'`
```
Substitute the `find` command for any command that can generate the list of files.
Then you can use `:next` and `:prev` for navigating (bound conveniently to `]a` and `[a` in tpope/unimpaired).
Further refinement:
```
:vimgrep /pattern/ ##
```
This s... |
21,498 | <p>I was looking at the documentation for the 'complete' option, and I found it a bit confusing:</p>
<pre><code>. scan the current buffer ('wrapscan' is ignored)
w scan buffers from other windows
b scan other loaded buffers that are in the buffer list
u scan the unloaded buffers that are in the buffer list
U ... | [
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```
. scan the current buffer ('wrapscan' is ignored)
w scan buffers from other windows
b scan other loaded buffers that are in the buffer list
u scan the unloaded buffers that are in the buffer list
U scan the buff... | After Upgrading to Mac OS Catalina, I had the same issue with the same MacVim version. Updating MacVim, currently to 8.1.2234, solved the issue.
I simply used "Check for Updates..." in the menu. |
21,542 | <p>So I have a plugin that I am writing which should allow the user to set whether they want to enable a feature. I want the feature to be disabled by default, and allow the user to change it by adding something like this to their .vimrc <code>let g:myplugin_enable_feature = 1</code>, though when the user doesn't set t... | [
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```
if get(g:, 'myplugin_enable_feature', defaultvalue)
do whatever you want
endif
```
Now when I need to check a setting in more than one place, I usually prefer to have a dedicated getter in my plugin to be sure I have the same default value everywhere
```
function! s:enable_feature() abort
... |
21,546 | <p>Is it possible to automatically create a highlight which is the reverse of an existing highlight? Example <code>highlight Search guifg=Black guibg=Yellow</code>, becomes <code>highlight CustomHighlight guifg=Yellow guibg=Black</code>.</p>
<p>I would want to use this to highlight certain text so that it would look l... | [
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I would want to use this to highlight certain text so that it would look like the inverse of whatever the ... | This is certainly possible, but it requires a bit of VimScript. The following function does the basic thing:
```
func SwapHiGroup(group)
let id = synIDtrans(hlID(a:group))
for mode in ['cterm', 'gui']
for g in ['fg', 'bg']
exe 'let '. mode.g. "= synIDattr(id, '".
\ ... |
21,554 | <p>If I have a pair of quotes on a line by themselves:</p>
<pre><code>''
</code></pre>
<p>...and a short paragraph of text, say three lines of text:</p>
<pre><code>some text
that I'd like
to move
</code></pre>
<p>Now if I want to move the text into the quotes, I can place the caret at the line above the first line... | [
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```
''
```
...and a short paragraph of text, say three lines of text:
```
some text
that I'd like
to move
```
Now if I want to move the text into the quotes, I can place the caret at the line above the first line of text and press `3`, `d``d` to select and dele... | When you paste the contents of a register in insert mode, you don't have the initial newline.
For instance, we have this text:
```
''
some text
that I'd like
to move
```
Place your caret on the beginning of the second line in normal mode and type `3``d``d``a``Ctrl+R``"``Backspace`:
* `3``d``d`: cut the three follo... |
21,566 | <p>I'm trying to use <code>git grep</code> as my <code>grepprg</code>, but I keep getting spurious files such as <code>~/fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git</code>. Is there a way to configure vim to correctly ignore diagnostic messages? I'm okay with general solutions for configuring <... | [
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1. I mostly use `:vimgrep /pattern/ ##` to search my argument list.
2. I mostly use `ack` to search at the command line, though `git-grep` is helpful. Combined with `:Ack`, I'm set.
3. This function makes it easy to pop open vim with the quickfix ready to go:
```
v... |
21,567 | <p>I upgraded MacVim to 8.1.2168 (159) tonight and now the vimwiki files in Markdown format do not highlight correctly when I enable spell check. </p>
<p>I run <code>set spell spelllang=en_ca</code> as I have before. It looks almost like the spell check is finding all of the first word <em>except the first character</... | [
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I run `set spell spelllang=en_ca` as I have before. It looks almost like the spell check is finding all of the first word *except the first character* in some (but not all!) o... | This is a [known bug](https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/5078), introduced by patch [v8.1.2153](https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.1.2153) that has since been fixed with patch [v8.1.2172](https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7751d1d1a3d447d0d48f57f34e0da9f7c6ac433d), so you'd need to update your MacVim to a new Ver... |
21,568 | <p>I would like to filter the output of vim commands with fzf. The idea is for example, if I use vim unimpaired plugin and I don't exactly remember which map was to navigate to the next git conflict but I do remember that it started with "[", to be able to do something like:</p>
<pre><code>:map [ | fzf
</code></pre>
... | [
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"text": "<pre><code>com -nargs=+ FF call fzf#run({'source' : split(execute(<q-args>), \"\\n\"), 'sink':'\"'})\n</code></pre>\... | 2019/10/19 | [
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```
:map [ | fzf
```
And then I can search f... | ```
com -nargs=+ FF call fzf#run({'source' : split(execute(<q-args>), "\n"), 'sink':'"'})
```
Examples:
```
FF map [
FF set termcap
FF buffers
FF oldfiles
```
[:h :quote](https://vimhelp.org/cmdline.txt.html#%3Aquote) is used as sink, it's ignored.
**update**
Filter blank lines, add `-bang` to support reverse or... |
21,570 | <p>I discovered vi/vim only yesterday<br>
on my ubuntu I didn't have vim installed, only vi<br>
I enjoyed its simplicity and minimalism</p>
<p>then I decided to try vim too, ran <code>sudo apt install vim</code>, played with it </p>
<p>Today I tried turning on simpler vi again, but it opens only vim</p>
<p>How do ... | [
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"text": "<p>In fact the \"simpler version\" on Ubuntu is also a Vim. Vim can be compiled with more or less features. The \"simple\" ... | 2019/10/19 | [
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on my ubuntu I didn't have vim installed, only vi
I enjoyed its simplicity and minimalism
then I decided to try vim too, ran `sudo apt install vim`, played with it
Today I tried turning on simpler vi again, but it opens only vim
How do I return back to simpler version withou... | In fact the "simpler version" on Ubuntu is also a Vim. Vim can be compiled with more or less features. The "simple" Vim is still available as `vi.tiny` (at least on Ubuntu 16.04).
I would recommend to just use the full-featured Vim (called "Huge version"). It has things like syntax highlighting and a lot more.
BTW:... |
21,575 | <p>Macros can be repeated for every line matching a pattern with the global command as explained <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/390174/in-vim-how-do-i-apply-a-macro-to-a-set-of-lines">in this answer</a>.</p>
<p>This applies to every single line, but is it possible to do it for every single match? so if I... | [
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"text": "<p>Search for your pattern using <code>/</code>, then play your macro <code>@@</code>—you can record a new macro f... | 2019/10/19 | [
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This applies to every single line, but is it possible to do it for every single match? so if I save in a macro `ysi... | Another way that also works across files is to use [:h :vimgrep](https://vimhelp.org/quickfix.txt.html#%3Avimgrep) with `g` flag:
```
Without the 'g' flag each line is added only once.
With 'g' every match is added.
```
The workflow is:
* Init your search pattern with `/your pattern`, record... |
21,582 | <p>I'd like to use vim's builtin indent fix feature on an entire file. I have looked up answers, but all I found were suggestions to type <code>gg=G</code>, the only problem being that it brings your cursor to the top of the file.</p>
<p>How could I easily indent a whole file without changing my cursor's position?</p>... | [
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How could I easily indent a whole file without changing my cursor's position? | All "long" jump commands, such as `gg`, automatically save the bookmark for the previous poisition (note that `G` here is a "motion", so it does not overwrite the bookmark again), so all you have to do is to go back by that bookmark with two backticks:
```
nnoremap <leader>= gg=G``
```
Or you can use `CTRL``O` and `... |