Questions tagged [default-settings]
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Advice to add `set nocompatible` as first line of .vimrc
I recall (perhaps in the early 2000's) having set nocompatible as the first line of my vimrc and most Vim guides and tutorials recommending that practice.
Some examples I could easily find online:
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How to forget specific file settings and treat it like a new file
Suppose I had tabstop set to 4 in ~/.vimrc. When I edit a file, I set the tabstop to 5 with :set tabstop=5. After that, I close vim and restarted the terminal. When I open the file again, the tabstop ...
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Saving setting to buffer
Is there a way to save the value of a setting to a buffer or a file? For example, when I type
:set guifont
It displays the setting I want to use but as soon as I start typing in the buffer it ...
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How to keep defaults yet make customization? [duplicate]
I have no vi customizations at all and really like the default behavior where on a search using / the cursor immediately jumps to the match without having to hit enter
Problem is once I create file ...
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Meaning of `@` in `&isprint`
As far as I'm concerned "printable characters" are the set of characters that occupies a printing position on a display. You can print a subset of (not all) printable characters by executing :echo &...
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Vim bell limited to once per half a second
Since Vim 8, I've noticed that the bell can sound at most once per half a second. This annoys me. I have this solved by recompiling, but am still looking for a way to do it without.
I've searched the ...
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Is there an `edefault` in the spirit of `gdefault` for setting the appropriate flags in vim's substitution commands?
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 ...
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NeoVim: Single-Line Comments Also Format the Next Line [duplicate]
So, I started using NeoVim a little while ago and discovered a rather annoying quirk when using C++-style single-line comments // in source code of any language.
Specifically, when you create a new ...
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Last line on screen not showing state
I'm going through the vimtutor, and in Lesson 2.1 I read
NOTE: The letter d will appear on the last line of the screen
as you type
it. Vim is waiting for you to type w .
On my ...
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Setting default gVim font via `vimrc`, conditional on the operating system
I can place the following code into my _vimrc file on Windows 7/10 and the font will default to 'Consolas - size 11' when I launch gVim.
if has("gui_running")
if has("gui_gtk2")
set guifont=...
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Vim on Debian, configuration issues
I have been working with a stock vim configuration for a long time. I want to modify just a couple of settings. I don't want to lose the rest of the default configuration.
If I create a new .vimrc I ...
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How to disable defaults.vim?
On my system vim has a "defaults.vim" file that is getting sourced. For example, if I do vim --version, I see the following:
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
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