Questions tagged [buffers]
The representation of a file loaded into memory. Edits are performed on buffers.
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Vim - mapping a text string to specific buffer
I like to know how I can connect/map a specific string to a desired buffer.
Let's say I have the following text files:
file1:
Dog
Cat
file2:
Milk
Now, the 2 files are located at different dirs, and ...
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Way to open the list of buffers to easily prune (delete) many buffers at once?
:files is nice, but I want to delete a bunch of buffers at once. I know about :bd n1 n2 ... and :m,nbd, but it'd be nice to manipulate the list (e.g. to delete buffers) in a 'regular' window.
Is there ...
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argdo vs bufdo for project-wide search and replace in specific folders
I have the following structure:
myproject
----src
file1.cpp, ..., file10.cpp
----include
incl1.h, ..., incl10.h
----data
data1.txt, ..., data10.txt
I would like to ...
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VI - Insert buffer before
I've recently begun using buffers, rather than tabs, to sort files in vi. My question is, can I create a buffer such that, instead of getting this:
[:enew]
[:ls]
1 main.c
2 foo.txt
3 [No Name]
I got ...
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Sort quickfix entries by most relevant files?
I have a project that has a lot of warnings. I'm wondering (until I fix all the errors) how I can make my quickfix results more relevant?
My compiler script uses %t so it can differentiate errors from ...
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GoToDefinition used to show result in a split window, but now uses buffer
I have this mapping in my .vimrc:
nnoremap gd :YcmCompleter GoToDefinitionElseDeclaration
nnoremap gf :tab split \| YcmCompleter GoToDefinition<CR>
When I press gd, it writes the command :...
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Can I open a file using the index shown by ":scriptnames"?
I am wondering how to open a file or load it into a buffer using the index shown by :scriptnames?
23: /usr/share/vim/vim80/plugin/tarPlugin.vim
24: /usr/share/vim/vim80/plugin/tohtml.vim
25: /usr/...
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Character level buffer modification
It is possible to modify buffer at the line granularity. E.g. :py3 vim.current.buffer[0] = "abc". But it deletes the attached marks even if a single character is replaced. Is it possible to ...
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How can I track the event of opening a file in netrw in an autocommand?
I'm trying to solve this problem by creating an autocommand which will track when a new buffer is opened through netrw, and will then immediately close netrw once the buffer is closed.
How can I track ...
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Vim splits the window horizontally whenever i switch between buffers if i didn't get the data written to the disk first
I currently use ctrlp to navigate between buffers in vim ,
but whenever i try to switch to another buffer it automatically splits the current window horizontally into the two windows .
In order to ...
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How to sort the list of buffers
How to sort the list of buffers Vim displays on entering :b <Tab> by most recent?
I'm used to the Spacemacs ordering, which displays buffer filenames in separate rows (vertically) in the order ...
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Automatically save deleted lines to a new file?
I have a to do list that I manage in vim. I want to keep track of things I remove from the list.
After I type dd to delete a line, I want to write this line to a different file.
I only want this ...
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Display all the buffers in all the open vim Windows?
There's this really great feature in Firefox, where you can search all the open tabs by typing % and then typing what open tab you are searching for.
Is it possible to do something similar to this ...
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Making functions react to keypress
Im very new to vim scripting.
I have the following script in my .vimrc:
If there is no user input aka I press <CR> => go to recent buffer
If input is 'd' => delete all buffers except for ...
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What's the best way to auto hide a custom bufferline when there is only one buffer listed?
this is gonna be a lengthy question.
I'm developing a neovim bufferline plugin which shows a list of all the buffers in the tabline. I'm trying to implement a auto-hide feature, where the bufferline ...
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Open buffer without loading ftplugins
I have huge file and quite slow plugin (loaded by vim-plug) for corresponding filetype. I want following:
Plugin is loaded by default
Option to fast open this file without loading plugin. Something ...
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Measurement/ tracking the time for editing a file (overall and statistics)
I use vim for coding and also for writing scientific articles and book chapters.
It would be very interesting to know the time I spent on a file. For example how many hours or minutes the buffer was ...
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Select buffer from list of buffers filtered by a partial name match?
Let's say I entered a folder with many files and I opened them with vim *. I know that if I want to list all the files inside the buffer I can use the command :ls, and then I can navigate those files ...
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Why does Vim load buffers from old session when new one is started?
The situation is this:
I have 2 sessions: s1.vim and s2.vim.
First one was saved with files A, B, C in buffers list.
Second one was saved with file A.
Next I start vim: vim -S s1.vim. :ls shows A, B, ...
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Is there any way of editing multiple files in a buffer at once?
Let's say I have 10 files inside a folder and I open them all with vim *. All those files will be opened in the buffer. Many times when I want to edit all of them at once, I create a small macro that ...
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How to avoid :bnext cycling back to the first buffer? [duplicate]
I like using Vim for presentations, and I use :bnext and :bprev to switch between buffers, where each buffer contains the data for a slide.
One annoyance however is that :bnext on the last buffer (...
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Where are buffer level variables stored in Vim? And how to get their RAM / storage usage?
Where does Vim store b: buffer level variables / dictionaries? RAM or some kind of file on a disk?
If it stores it in RAM, how to get an estimate of RAM / storage used by a particular variable / ...
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Can you turn a popup into a regular buffer?
I have a popup / floating window open which is normally used for temporary jobs, like searching the code or opening a quick REPL. Is it possible to turn that into a regular buffer? While I have it ...
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Useful script to manage buffer and window?
Given the scenario:
I want to create a vertical split from current buffer for reference another file/the same file. After I've done with this split I don't want to see this buffer-for-reference in ...
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Prevent cycling / wrapping to first buffer after last
I have opened multiple buffers and I cycle between them using :bnext and :bprevious. How can I prevent vim from cycling to the first buffer when using :bnext on the last buffer / cycling to the last ...
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Limit `:bufdo` to only visible/active buffers
Working on a larger project, I tend to switch from topic to topic using git. Some times I want to run a command on all the buffers that are related to the topic at hand.
I can do a :bufdo, but this ...
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Search multiple buffers without replacing
Opening all 49 files in my working folder in separate buffers, I wanted to see if there were any em dashes.
I typed :bufdo /— and vim immediately went to work, processing a page of buffers at a time. ...
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Vimtex: `latexmk` compiler gives "no file name specified" error even after a new buffer is written to a file
When I open a new instance of vim without any 'filename' argument and write some LaTeX code, I cannot just compile it to pdf with latexmk, because it needs a file to compile from. However, even after ...
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How to implement an autocommand that deletes a buffer when it's being hidden and when it hasn't been modified in the last N seconds?
I'm trying to implement a simple autocommand, which deletes a buffer when it's hidden, with a condition that the file hasn't been modified in the last N seconds. I have the following code in ~/.vim/...
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Buffers that are neither active nor hidden
Both :ls and :buffers display a list with buffer information, giving indicators for each buffer. For example, # means the alternate buffer, and % means the current buffer. The meaning of each ...
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Forcing integrated terminal to scroll down after relayed command
I have a plugin which integrates a terminal that I can send commands through using a custom command I made. The only issue I'm having is that sometimes after the terminal gets clogged, it tends not to ...
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Automatically resize window based on filetype
I have a nifty autocommand in my vimrc that automatically maximizes any :help window:
augroup LargeHelpWindow
autocmd!
autocmd BufWinEnter * if &l:buftype ==# 'help' | wincmd _ | endif
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Append a line after matched multiline pattern
i want to run this global command :
/3)\(.*\n\?.*\)\{1,10\};;/
which matches multlines. I want to append a line after the matched block(of lines) across multiple buffers. I don't know where to begin ...
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Reloading buffers silently after an executed script changes the underlying files directly
I'm wrapping a command line script in a function and then in a command, which supplies this script with 2 arguments:
nnoremap <leader>G :BxSedRi 'src/', 's/\<<C-r><C-w>\>
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Call range argument to execute in python terminal embeded in vim
Initial window:
My expectation: to copy whole or a part of python code in the right window into the left window's python terminal and execute.
My .vimrc setting:
function! CopyPasteBuffer()
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Copy lines and execute in terminal window
Edit a python file with vim adddf.py, and type vert term and python3, there are two windows in vim.
cat adddf.py
def add_df(df,number):
import re
new_df = pd.DataFrame()
nrow = df.shape[0]
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Options readonly vs nowrite
Apologies if this is duplicate. I have searched and haven't found any related questions.
What is the difference between the options readonly and nowrite? The reference manual says:
readonly: If on, ...
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W11: File has changed since editing started
When a file is changed (e.g. by checking out another git branch), and i reload it with :bufdo e, I get the message
W11: Warning: File "foo.bar" has changed since editing started
See ":...
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Mapping specific for diff mode and vimdiff
My idea is that whenever &diff is true for a buffer, I would like some mappings to be active when that buffer is the current buffer.
The following attempt works for when I open a session in diff ...
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Periodic W11 "File has changed" warnings when reading file
I'm on Archlinux with vim 8.2.2380. Since running updates yesterday, I'm getting W11 warnings periodically just by having a file open in a buffer which has changed on the FS (e.g. when opening log ...
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Print command output on terminal on vim exit
I am trying to run shellcheck upon exiting vim, however I do not get the output of the command I run.
I've tested running something like touch foo instead, and I managed to see the file being created, ...
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Delete buffer only when a specific buffer is deleted
I've configured Vim to look like this:
+------------------------------------+
| N | Code |
| E | |
| R | |
| D |...
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When opening an existing session and an existing file at the same time, the focus goes to the last opened file in the session
When doing this:
vim -S Session.vim OTHER_FILE
The shown buffer contains the last opened file in the Session.vim and not the file OTHER_FILE. I find this behavior a bit disturbing, I would have ...
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vim command line option to quit buffer if empty?
I have a few shell scripts where I find files and open them in vim, with the filenames being stored in shell variables that are passed to vim. Since I don't want to start a vim session unless at least ...
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How to navigate vim buffers using quickfix list?
I am trying to come up with a way to populate the vim quickfix window with the output from :ls
I tried some variants like cexpr ":execute ls" but it doesn't work.
Can someone please help me ...
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Get first and last visible line from other buffer than current
I know that I can get the first and last visible lines in the current buffer by using line('w0') and line('w$'), but is there a way to do it for other buffers that are visible but not active as well?
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Save all changed and unchanged buffers then exit
The command :wqa does not work with new files. For example, if you create some empty files and save them with :wqa, you will not find these files after you quit vim. They are not saved at all.
The ...
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Unclosed expression sequence error when setting statusline?
I am trying to display the number of loaded buffers on my statusline using:
...
set statusline += %{len(getbufinfo({"buflisted":1}))}
...
The error I get is :
E540: Unclosed expression ...
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Buffer scope variable not exists when run autocmd BufUnload
Describe the issue
I use a vim plugin that when use Vim to open a ipynb (python notebook) file, will call system function to use jupytext create corresponding python file to enable use like, YCM to ...
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add buffer to vim from the shell command line
I am currently trying to externally add a new buffer to a vim instance from the command line.
That means I have already opened vim and I modify the files of interest to me.
Then I want to go back to ...
