Questions tagged [folding]
A feature which lets visually hide (and toggle) regions of a text file, by replacing its contents with a single outline line.
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Re-sync _folds_ from start
Vim has a handy feature in :syntax sync fromstart which allows me to fix syntax highlighting when it gets confused during an extended editing session. I map it to <leader>ss (reSync from Start) ...
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separating folds with constant amount of newlines
Is there a succinct way to separate folds, open or closed, by the same number of newlines throughout the buffer? I'm using fold by indent. The goal is two visible blank lines between each fold (...
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Expand all folds created by vim-latex when opening a LaTeX file
I want all my folds to be expanded when I open a LaTeX file. As per web search I added the following at the end of .vimrc
set nofoldenable
set foldlevelstart=99
set foldlevel=99
But even now its ...
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Fold on second line of a region possible?
I have the following snippet of lines output from a test program:
[FATAL] No member name supplied Org::Members: 144
Org::Members::...
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Add comment-like support to vim markdown files
My requirement is that I would like to augment the standard markdown behaviour as found in Vim 8.0.
I typically edit files whose contents are like the following. Each line of text can vary in length ...
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How to prevent Vim to collapse a fold with foldmethod=indent on a text paste?
I have the foldmethod=indent setting, the problem with it is that when I'm pasting a line or lines before the first line of a fold and all of these lines have the same or a greater level of ...
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formatlistpat — unexpected regex behaviour
Here is a corrected version. The formatlistpat now works. The regex behaves as expected. I leave this question open, because during my tests I came across a warning saying I had too many brackets (I ...
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Recursively open all folds in current open fold?
If I am in an open fold containing closed folds, how do I recursively open all those closed folds?
I kind of thought this would be the use-case for zO, but it seems zO only works when the fold is ...
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Keep current line in same position when toggling folds (zi)?
When toggling folds with zi, any folds expanding above the current line cause the current line to disorientingly jump to a different place on the screen.
How can I keep the current line fixed in the ...
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Extra fold of docstring when using foldmethod=indent
I am using foldmethod=indent when working on Python files. This is generally ok. However when I unfold a function, I would like the docstring to stay folded even though it is at the same indent level ...
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Folding RSpec content not depth
Trying to fold content so the 'method definition' / 'explanatory' lines are all showing regardless of depth, and the content between them is folded.
Folding examples on the wikis and in tutorials all ...
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How do I list all (closed) folds?
I want to know which lines are currently visible, excluding lines that are hidden because they are in a closed fold.
However, in the docs I couldn't find a function to list all folds for the current ...
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use of foldcolumns in vim
I never thought of the use of foldcolumns in vim. There are - and + signs to indicate foldable or folded parts of the code, that I understand. But what about the numbers inside the cosecutive - signs? ...
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How to select/delete/yank the contents of only the current fold?
When using foldmethod=marker, how do you select or reference exactly the contents of the current fold? I want to swap the order of two folds. If they were paragraphs, I would do dap { p. However, I ...
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Fold special comments
I want to fold all special documentation comments, and only all special documentation comments.
To do that I created a new syntax, doxygenComment and added highlighting (in red, just to test it).
The ...
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Make zC close only current and nested folds
How can I make zC fold only the current fold and the ones underneath? now it closes all outer folds.
For example, something like this will result in all brackets closing, while I would like to have ...
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How to view files like this? (Don't display comments or blank lines)
This somehow happened when I clicked back into iTerm.
As you can see, the blank lines and comments are not displayed and functioning lines are.
Is there a way to do this on purpose? Thanks!
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How to change the fold title in vim
In vim I need to glance over a folded json text and see the value of a key as the folds title?
Looking through the help I saw how to fold by reqular expression though not how to change the folds ...
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How to fold lines above the current unless it has less indentation than the current
My intention is to facilitate investigation of deeply buried code.
For example, an error is thrown with message "ABC Error" and if | is where the cursor is:
function handleRequest(req) {
let param ...
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Vim highlights closed folds
Vim has this odd behaviour: when I launch it in a terminal emulator under X,
it highlights closed folds, but when I launch it in console, closed folds'
representation is more sensible: they are just ...
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Vim template/skeleton with folding
I currently have a skeleton file so that whenever I create a new .cpp file, it copies the c++_template.cpp to the new file. I'm using this line in my .vimrc:
autocmd BufNewFile *.cpp 0r ~/workspace_c+...
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Can I swap the foldcolumn and signcolumn?
I'd prefer to have the foldcolumn between the signcolumn and the line number column. Is this possible?
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No folding of markdown files
Running neovim 0.1.7.
When I open a markdown file, it does not fold - even when I try zM zR zc, etc.
:set tells me ft=markdown and foldmethod=syntax
How do I get the folding?
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How to make jump to line automatically unfold
When I jump to line (:76) I end up on a fold, but it doesn't open.
I can quickly unfold the fold and it gets to the right line, but I want to have the fold unfold automatically to save keystrokes.
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Strange Fold Info Showing in Gutter
It's only happening in one of my .py files when opened with vim, I am getting some kind of fold info in the gutter that shouldn't be there - made up of the characters '2', '-' and '|'.
I disabled ...
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Count number of visible lines in document with folding?
I'd like to write a plugin that automatically sets the foldlevel of a newly opened document so that as much of the document fits on the screen as possible. (In other words, I'd like to make sure short ...
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Autoclose only high-level folds
When foldmethod is set to syntax and foldclose is set, all folds are closed when you enter a buffer. It is possible to close all folds but the several outermost ones with the foldlevel option.
I want ...
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oneliner map to fold all / unfold all
I'm trying to optimize this solution I came up with.
The code bellow do works fine. So feel free to use it as a valid solution to this question.
nnoremap <F2> :call ToogleFold()<CR>
...
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how to delete a paragraph respecting the folds?
I have a file (filetype=javascript), this is how it looks without folds:
and with folds:
I can move with the { and } motions skipping the empty lines inside the folds (thanks to these question and ...
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Manual fold issue on both Mac & Ubuntu
When I set foldmethod=manual and then I'm typing <zc>
E490: No fold found
is raising.
Same story with set foldmethod=marker.
The behavior is the same on Mac Sierra and Ubuntu 16.04. I ...
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vim-orgmode: unfold everything on file open by default
Currently when I open files in org mode all the top level bullet points are folded. I can see why this is an OK default for a lot of people, but I prefer all text unfolded initially. Is there a ...
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How can I open all folds but the last one?
I would like to open all folds in a buffer recursively apart from folds which contain just text and no further folds.
I know that zO opens all folds in a buffer but as explained this is different ...
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cnoremap <CR> <CR> breaks search fold opening
In order to switch between relative and absolute line numbering upon entering command-line, I noremap <expr> <CR> to "someStuff".
Unfortunately this breaks the foldopen-ing feature for ...
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Syntax highlighting depending on whether whole line is commented
Is it possible to have vim highlight folds differently depending on whether every line in a fold is only comments or whitespace? In that case, how?
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How to prevent folding when Vim is launched? [duplicate]
I added set foldmethod=syntax to my .vimrc, but it automatically folds whenever a new file is opened. Is there a way to prevent auto-folding and just use za to toggle?
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Why is folding partial disabled in .snippets filetypes?
Something I commonly do in files is add a modeline that says use this {{{...}}} pattern to delimit regions to be folded:
# vim: foldmethod=marker
When vim first opens the file, the text inside the {{...
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Highlighting after a line limit
I'd like to highlight sections of a document which are too long (measured in lines) so they will all print on a physical page. Sections are separated with ===. I tried to do it with this code:
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Set folding method for c and cpp files, but not h and hpp
I am in the process of customizing my vim setup, and since I write a lot in C, I have a whole function dedicated just for those files, which I call with autocmd filetype c,cpp,h,hpp call C_syntax().
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Brace { } navigation without opening folds
I use {/} a lot for navigating around, but when I do this I never intend to open a fold and jump to blank lines within the fold.
How can I nremap { and } to skip over folds?
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Folding doesn't work for C/C++
I've been having a ridiculously hard time getting C/C++ code folding to work with set foldmethod=syntax. To debug my issue I've stripped down my vimrc to only this:
set foldmethod=syntax
syntax on ...
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How to start Vimdiff without equal sections folded?
I'd like vimdiff to start with all the folded sections opened.
So far I have tried the following:
vimdiff -c "set nofoldenable" -R <(tree -d directory1) <(tree -d directory2)
with the -c "set ...
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Folding - open all, close one
There are a few commands to use folding (amongst all):
za When on a closed fold: open it. [...]
When on an open fold: close it [...]
zA When on a closed fold: open it recursively.
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How to show a list of SCSS rules in vim?
Is there any good outliner for SCSS files in Vim?
Or alternatively, is it possible to fold SCSS classes such that the inner classes would be visible as well?
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Hide fold column whenever `foldenable` becomes false?
In default vim, whenever foldenable is set to false, the left-hand fold column becomes blank but continues to take up valuable screen real estate.
It would be better instead if the fold column ...
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no folding while typing
I'm programming mostly in Python/Cython and use foldmethod=syntax (and foldclose=). Overall, this works fairly well, i.e. functions/classes/methods are folded mostly reliably. However, I have one ...
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Nested syntax folding
Assume I have a syntax as exemplified below and that I want to create a syntax folding definition for the nested begin..end pairs.
begin : label
a = 0;
begin
b = 1;
end
c = 2;
begin
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How should I fold a shell script in vim? Is there an existing script or function for this?
I'm working on some shell scripts with a lot of:
# Parameter: images.0.created_at
if [ -z "$images.0.created_at" ]
then
echo "images.0.created_at is empty"
else
woostring="$woostring""...
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How to unfold a fold the cursor is in using modeline?
I've got automatic folding enabled in my file with the following modeline:
" vim:foldmethod=marker:foldlevel=0
I also have an autocmd like this to place the cursor where I left it:
if has("autocmd")...
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Comment out characters for zf
I use foldmethod=marker in vim with default {{{ and }}} markers and zfcommand to fold/unfold visually selected blocks.
It works fine in most file types, for example:
/*{{{*/
console.log("this is a ...
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How to fold text in a JSON file?
I have a large JSON file. It is not easy to work on all file at a time.
I want to fold some content so that I can work on a section of JSON file.
E.g.:
{
obj: {+}, // folded section
obj:{
...
