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I know I can start vim with a command by executing vim +"MyCommand", but if MyCommand takes a parameter it would be nice to start vim, as if I already typed :MyCommand but not actually ...

I recorded a macro, that has an enter in it ggd/{<CR>Gdd but of course is ^M. What I want to do is run this on a bunch of files from the commandline which I guess would be something like ex +&...

As title. I need to use this in a script to close the current floating window.

I have a bit of a head scratcher. Given a line of text like the following let FindTargetsByRegexp = { re -> {lnums -> s:_FindTargetsByRegexp(re, lnums) }} I want the expression \(\n\|[^A-Za-z]\)...

An article on key-mapping uses <Cmd> where I would expect : nnoremap [q <Cmd>cprev<CR> nnoremap ]q <Cmd>cnext<CR> nnoremap [t <Cmd>tprev<CR> nnoremap ]t <...

I'm trying set up text inside default fold markers to be treated as a distinct paragraph. To see, in a new buffer: :set foldmethod=marker This is a paragraph 1 {{{ Want text inside this fold treated ...

Context I'm evaluating https://github.com/tyru/open-browser.vim which looks really promising. I figured out how to set the default search engine and add a mapping " vim-openbrowser let g:...

I put this: noremap [ { noremap ] } in my .vimrc. However, since there are other keybindings starting with [ and ], vim waits for the next keybinding before executing my desired command. After ...

I've tried setting the highlight rules below but it does not work. Whatever color I choose, the color of the character stays the same. I'm using xfce4-terminal on Linux and Terminal.app on Mac OSX. ...

I tend to edit particular text files much more often than others. There might be 30 or 40 or so different files I tend to edit most often. Plus there are others that kind of rotate in and out as ...

I have a program that I run on a file and the output of the program is a line number. If I save this line number in a temporary file, can I get vim to automatically highlight or underline this word/...

I want to keep my acrylic powershell background while using neovim, which requires blocking my colorscheme's background (currently trying sainnhe/everforest). I've put hi Normal guibg=NONE ctermbg=...

Concerning indent in vimtex, it has some settings controlling indenting of delimiters, the option seems to be g:vimtex_indent_delims. However, I would like to not only indent the text between opening ...

I am a happy user of nvim-R, which enables to send R markdown chunks to an R console with <localleader>ca. R cells code blocks look like this in R markdown files: ```{r} head(faithful) ``` When ...

I set setlocal formatoptions+=tl textwidth=80 setlocal formatoptions-=c formatoptions-=r formatoptions-=o formatoptions-=q formatoptions+=n setlocal formatlistpat+=\\\|^\\s*[-*+]\\s\\+ in my ftplugin/...

I'm using neovim 0.6.0 and my config is written in Lua. My init.lua file requires files such as mappings and plugins. I use packer to manage plugins, and when calling the packer use command I can pass ...

Using visual block mode in vifm via Ctrl-v appears to do nothing. I've had this same result in several terminal emulators, including gnome-terminal, xterm, and alacritty. I am using the default vifmrc ...

I want to make a shortcut for compiling C++ file. I use :map <F5> :!g++ % -o app && ./app <CR>. How can I edit it to set output file's name, C++ file's name without .cpp instead of ...

tldr: The title pretty much summarizes the entirety of the question I am trying to make my configuration more adaptable to different machines so that I can use git to keep them in sync between my ...

Neovim will load configuration from ~/.config/nvim/, and it also loads configuration found in ~/.local/share/nvim/site/ . In contrast, Vim loads configuration from ~/.vimrc and ~/.vim/ , it doesn't ...

I would like to install a package in Neovim (nvim), but I don't want to use a package manager like vim-plug. I want to keep my configuration as minimal as possible, which is why I want to avoid a ...

Vim's TermDebug is brilliant. A real game changer for my development workflow. My only problem with it is that I often have multiple separate gvim windows running, with different sources in each (...

I have this in my .vimrc as global for gf: map gf :edit <cfile><cr> from the help on gf, but I want to remap gf in markdown files for a plugin command with the following: autocmd FileType ...

I have several syntax match patterns, that logically belong together. Currently I match them like this: syntax match FOO /\v<(foo1|foo2|foo3)>/ What I actually want to match is .foo1, .foo2 and ....

Say I have a phrase is later found at and what to delete a phrase later found, then what I do would be In the normal mode, I put a cursor on l, and press vww. This will select from l to a of at. This ...

I was trying map a function to key "0". This is the code I used in vimrc nmap 0 :exec "nohlsearch"<CR> This mapping will allow me to non highlight the word under search But ...

Imagine my cursor is where the ^ is in this document: { "first": [ { "second": { "third": [ "fourth" ] } }, {...

I'm working on a server, that I can only SSH into via a browser. In there, I have to edit some files. The problem is, that let's say I go to INSERT MODE and write some text. If I then want to go back ...

I have a vim configuration with COC installed where I can gd to jump to a definition. How can I config it, so it will, upon hovering on the word (with cursor, not mouse), will do the following: if is ...

Vim has a ~/.vim/view/ directory for storing file-specific settings, such as saved cursor position and any command manually ran while viewing a file. Sometime, when I would update and source my vimrc, ...

I'm planning to write a simple pop-up for myself and I found a nice beginning point for this in this question, but I want to make the code compatible with nvim as well. I can't seem to find a similar &...

I'm trying to delete self closing html tags, like the img tag below. <div><img src='http://mypic.com/1.jpg' /></div> I've tried dit, dat, the tpope/vim-surround plugin, and other ...

Is it possible to start insertion in the beginning of a word when standing in the middle of it with a single keystroke? Currently I am using bi or Bi, but it does not allow me to use . to repeat the ...

I'm trying to optimize for my needs the syntax highlighting offered automatically by Vim for Latex. For example by changing colors to my liking or link colors to new commands/environemnts. After a ...

I am using neovim (0.6) and its built-in LSP with clangd-12 for C++. When reformatting a file that uses DOS-style line endings, it for some reason uses a double carriage return, resulting in one ^M ...

I would like to map a function key to turn on a specific keyboard layout, like set keymap=x, and toggle it on second keypress as in CTRL+Shift+^. How to achieve this?

I am attempting to use Vim via a serial console and every time I launch it, vim sends ESC= and instructs the console to enable Application Keypad Mode and my numpad stops working. How do I stop it ...

I would like write a script that automatically fetches the latest Neovim Appimage from the releases page, I was trying to see if I can use wget to access the latest appimage, but that would require me ...

As title. I want to check that if current tab is the last (rightmost) tab, how?

Is it possible to start insertion in the end of word with a single keystroke? Currently I am using ea, but it does not allow me to use . to repeat the same action. I really love A and I which operate ...

As title. I want to check that a buffer is not shown in any tabs. How to do so?

As title. Is it possible to change the current buffer by vimscript to the (only) [No Name] buffer? I need these tools: an API to return all (loaded) buffers loop through each of them if the buffer ...

I want vim to launch rails console(it's like relp) within terminal windows when vim is launched on my project directory. To launch rails console, I need to run three commands like below and it's ...

I am wondering about the behavior of the buffer that appears in the bottom of the terminal when running a shell command in neovim. How can I make it appear the right side instead? How can I make the ...

Many of the IDEs I've tested throughout the years feature a sort of startup dialog, showing beginner to intermediate tips to become more proficient at it. While ways to customize Vim startup screen ...

Is there a command to exit insert mode and perform :w or :wq in the same command? I am tired of pressing esc + :w every time I need to write to a file after making edits. Alternatively, is there an ...

According to the Debian documentation about vim, a Debian package (Ubuntu, really, in my case) is expected to place <name>.vim files under: /usr/share/vim/addons/... Syntax files go under a sub-...

So I have a skeleton file for leetcode/hackerank stuffs, with the extension .cpp, achieved with the following: :autocmd BufNewFile *.cpp 0r ~/.config/nvim/skeleton/cp.cpp but I would also like a ...

How can I change the style of the cursor in :terminal under Win32 gvim? Using a clean config my cursor in Terminal mode (typing to shell) looks too much like my cursor in Terminal-Normal mode. gvim --...

I have nvim 0.4.4. I tried to install a csv plugin from there, but now, when I open a csv file there is some (unwanted) highlighting as follows: I can I remove the highlighting? Here is my vimrc file:...