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I can use the mouse to highlight, copy and paste text in VIM. So clearly VIM is aware of the mouse. As such it must be possible to get it to put the cursor where the mouse pointer is. Does anybody ...
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I open vim with three files: vim a.txt b.txt c.txt. Then:
edit a.txt, save it by :w, switch to b.txt by :n.
edit b.txt, save it by :w, switch to c.txt by :n.
edit c.txt, save it by :w, and quit vim ...
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I want to show the git status in the vim statusline, but I can't find any advice on how to do that.
The output of git status -s would be fine, or alternatively a single field readout indicating ...
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In a custom java syntax file (${HOME}/.vim/syntax/java.vim) I wrote
syntax match CommonVar /ret/
highlight CommonVar cterm=bold
with the intention display the word ret in bold.
I tested it with this ...
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For the following code there is an error in the gutter, but I don't know how to view the actual message for it.
Similarly here:
In the bottom right of the editor are warnings and errors:
But I ...
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i have ALE installed with vundle, but none of the linters seem to be executing, neither automatically nor on demand.
vim starts with an error from my .vimrc:
E121: Undefined variable: ...
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I am playing around with asm, which uses ATT syntax. For the filetype asm, vim is using the comment char ;, though it should be #. How/where can I change the comment char per file type? Note that I am ...
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How do I select all the content of a file in Vim and VsVim? Like in other editors ctrl+A does the job for select all.
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One way to select a buffer in vim could be to browse the buffers list, using standard commands as :ls, or with some external plugin / vimscript code to browse a list in a window.
Let's say I want to ...
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I didn't put color xxx in my .vimrc. So I see this when I first open my .vimrc.
:color gives me default here.
Then I type :color darcula. And it changes to this.
:color gives me darcula here ...
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I have a problem in Vim, and I think it may be in my vimrc file (or have been told it could be my vimrc file).
How do I verify this? If it is my vimrc file, how do I know where exactly the problem ...
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I'd like to open a file from another branch in the current git repository. I have seen this SO question, but the suggestions for combining it with Vim are cumbersome (pipe to Vim, open stdin, set ...
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Vim 8 was released today and the release notes mentions a new "package" feature. What is it and how should I use it?
Most importantly, does it replace the good old plugin managers?
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I use vim for bash scripting, and sometimes I write a one-time script. Usually, I don't want to create a new file, make it executable, execute it and then remove it.
For instance I open vim and type ...
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I'm trying to have python files format on save using black and neovim, with coc.
Coc config
I have the following coc config:
{
"coc.preferences.useQuickfixForLocations": true,
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After reading :help :rewind
:rew[ind] [++opt] [+cmd]
Start editing the first file in the argument list.
This fails when changes have been made and Vim does
not want to |abandon| the ...
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When coc prompts with information about what a class / function does there's help to the right, but if I want to scroll down within this help I have to use the mouse. I'm wondering if there's a nicer ...
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