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After upgrading to Windows 10 1903 (18362.175), in Window Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Ubuntu 18.04, the background color is always set to black when scrolling backward in vi, vim, man and maybe some ...

When I need to cut some lines from one file to another file, I always do the following steps: Select the lines in file-1 :w >> file-2 Re-select the lines d This is super annoying if you need ...

I just did a system update, which updated Vim as well. I tried to use Vim today, and an error popped up. E220: Missing }. Press ENTER or type command to continue As far as I can tell, Vim works fine ...

I'm trying to map ctrl+click event to generic navigation for java types using YouCompleteMe plugin. There's plugin command to do that: :YcmCompleter GoTo it navigates to "most sensible" place for type ...

I want to map Ctrl + mouse click to a command: nnoremap <C-???> :YcmCompleter GoTo<CR> Is it possible to do that using nnoremap? What symbol should I use for that?

in my project I have different kinds of files. For every filetype I created a ~/.vim/syntax/[type].vim file for e.g. highlighting and key mappings. In every filetype I have a footer line with # vim:...

I recently discovered that vim can fold code. It works quite good with zc but when I move down with j then the code unfolds. How how can I prevent it from unfolding when I move with the cursor? Is ...

While writing in latex I often want to copy a math equation's right hand side or left hand side. For example I have something like this \begin{gather*} 5 \cdot \left( A A 3 \right) + 50 \cdot \...

When I pass the names of multiple files to vim on the command line (e.g. vim foo.txt bar.txt), I almost always want to add the -o option, because I would like them to be visible side-by-side in ...

1) To underline misspelled words, I can execute the following in an open buffer: :hi clear SpellBad :hi SpellBad cterm=underline :set spell 2) However, if I write in my .vimrc the first two lines, ...

When starting nvim, my :messages contains: Error detected while processing function LoadRope[4]..provider#python#Call: line 18: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, ...

Here is a Python list that I'm trying to assign to some Vim variable. lines = ['"""Something foo\'s thing."""', '', 'foo = "asdfasdf" \\', 'bar'] command = 'let l:corrected_lines = {lines}'.format(...

Trying to do something with job output in exit_cb or close_cb, but it's all buffered, how to flush it. e.g.: function! s:exit_cb(job, status) echom getbufline(s:bufnr, '$') endfunction function! s:...

Well, there is ; to repeat the last move in some cases. There is the . to repeat last change. But if I just did za or @a, is there a way to repeat it? I guess such a mechanism should ignore plain ...

I was trying see if I can integrate fzf with nvi, but couldn't find a way to do something like :Edit <shell command's output> which would solve my problem. I tried :source nvi.ex -- it works ...

Does anyone know if the Windows versions (pre 8.1.1365) of VIM (https://www.vim.org/download.php#pc) are vulnerable, per CVE-2019-12735? Everything I have read always mentions LINUX, and many LINUX ...

I was seeing how the different default colorschemes look like in vim. To do that I typed :colo, then space and tab. But then when I want to set the next one, I have to press tab a lot of times to get ...

Like many, I like to browse using :Lexplore. However, as indicated by the manual, By default, :Lexplore will change an uninitialized |g:netrw_chgwin| ...

I'm using an intellij editor (Rider/Clion) with the vim plugin on mac osx and am attempting to intelligently select words in my editor, which I accomplish via an 'extend selection'/'shrink selection' ...

Let's consider that I have the following bash script called time.bash: #!/bin/bash date -d @$1 This script converts the epoch timestamp to its corresponding date as the following: $ ./time.bash ...

Let me briefly explain what I am trying to do. I work on an air gap network. Anything not native to Red hat, or that I do not write is out of the question. The most popular two IDE's are VIM/GVIM ...

Using gvim on a file with 30K lines, I want to use ex mode to delete from column 130 to end of line, making each record no longer than 130 characters. I want to do this for the entire file. My macro ...

I don't know what changed recently but my NerdTree keeps opening up super wide and pushing my existing window to the right. Here's a picture: Before opening NerdTree: After: I tried adding this ...

I want to know if there is a way to setup vim (internal feature, plugin) in such a way that it would raise an alarm (bell, flashing screen, anything) if there were NO changes to the find within a ...

To perform a buffer-wide substitution on all occurrences of foo (and not just the 1st one in a line), we can do %s/foo/bar/g The g flag may be omitted by setting this in the vimrc as set ...

Background and problem I've just discovered how to make the cursor a vertical line in insert mode. This works well with cursorline; even with the thinner cursor, I can still easily find my position. ...

I've been using Vim with vim-plug, yiang-miao/auto-pairs and youcompleteme for a time now, and I really love it; but a friend recently recommended me NeoVim, and it seems it's more polished since it's ...

My Problem Going from: To: I'm doing some editing (interactive rebase on a git repo, but the problem is generally relevant). The cursor is on a word (pick), and I would like to delete it , ...

I'd like to be able to define my own functions that add certain kinds of line to the quickfix list, or set it to those in its entirety, without having to go via the filesystem with a made-up errorfile ...

I frequently find myself going through the quick fix list, making my quick fix, with :cn and then quitting :q when I've finished ... and then :q again to also close the quickfix list. Is there a way ...

So I am curious about one thing: when I am between two brackets ({) in vim (or nvim), and I press Enter I go from this (where the pipe sign is the cursor): getUsers(){|} to this: getUsers(){ |} ...

Saving a file with :w takes several seconds for me, and I can't figure out the culprit. This is my .vimrc " Specify a directory for plugins " - For Neovim: ~/.local/share/nvim/plugged " - Avoid using ...

I'd like to go directly into ex mode from insert mode, enter a single command (say :r !date which inserts the date) and then go immediately back into insert mode. Basically something similar to the ...

Currently I installed vim addons for python. http://fisadev.github.io/fisa-vim-config/ However, I don't like the +/-/! on the margin. Does anyone know how to disable all of them? Thanks,

I have some text selected in select mode. I want to delete it and start insert-mode completion. When I type these keystrokes into Vim it works perfectly: gvc<C-X><C-U> gv switches to ...

What is the correct way to have spell check for Latex files using the vimtex plugin? Spell check works for other filetypes but doesn't seem to work for .tex file extensions. I have read about using "...

my question is simillar to this: How do I surround a quoted string without including leading whitespace? But not exactly. I am using vim-surround. I have a string print he^llo_and_welcome where ...

for my fortran code, I have defined: au FileType fortran let maplocalleader = "`" # i have tried \` as well. For fortran filetype in vim, :echo maplocalleader is showing ` as expected. But, then,...

For testing purposes I set the setuid to my vim binary. Now when I open for example /etc/passwd, modify the file and execute :w, then I get the E45: 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override) error ...

I stumbled recently upon a mapping in the Vim Tips Wiki that uses an expr-quote: nnoremap <silent> <Space> @=(foldlevel('.')?'za':"\<Space>")<CR> and realized it still worked ...

I normally write my functions this way public void test() {} to continue, I need to insert a new line from within the brackets, so the final output is this: public void test(){ // cursor is ...

I have a neovim session saved using :mks which by default saves to a subdirectory in my project ~/project/subdir/Session.vim. I want it to save to ~/project/Session.vim, which I can do by running :cd ...

I, I'm trying to to install vim to use as a Python IDE on arch. I was using this tutorial to do it, but ran into some troubles. When I tried to open vim I got the following error messages: https://...

When I create a curly braces and press enter inside it I get this behavious {|} -> enter key { |} Now how do I get vim to do this {|} -> enter key { | } my vimrc brief filetype plugin ...

I use two spaces in my indentation of codes. What are the possible ways to indent or unindent a block of code?

Suppose I have a snippet: snippet prg !This is file : `!v expand('%:t:r')` ! Author= `!v expand($USER)` ! Started at: `date +%d.%m.%y` ! Last Modified : Sun 16 Jun 2019 12:30:58 IST ...

It seems like I need to use a lot of shortcut tokens to do what I need in vimscript - which is making my code unreadable, so are there regular function calls for that? For example, I need to write ...

I have a simple custom operator, it echoes v:register, it's mapped to ,f. After reading this, i creat it like this : function! s:foo(type,...) echo v:register endfunction function! s:setupOpfunc(...

I often want to edit text in say line 200 of a file, but while doing this I need to look at say line 100, so I scroll to line 100. Is there a way to quickly jump back to line 200 after scrolling? Is ...

In (g)vim on Windows I can use :source \Program\ Files\ (x86)\Vim\vim81\msvim.vim to source the script for the Windows settings. Vim suggested the syntax with leading backslash when I found it in some ...