Questions tagged [gvim]
gVim is the GUI version of Vim (opposed to Vim running in a terminal emulator). It behaves exactly the same, but has additional graphical features.
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How can we know if we can intall a plugin on both Vim and Neovim?
I find in noevimcraft a list of Neovim plugins
Can we install them inside Vim or gVim?
It seems that the plugins in vimawsome can be installed on Neovim but not always in Vim.
Is that correct?
How can ...
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Abort background process
Sometimes when a background process in Vim runs (in my case, compiling a poorly written LaTeX document) the background process stops which makes Vim unresponsive.
Terminating the process from terminal ...
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What is the arrow notation in the start of some lines in Vim?
I was training in my Vim (gVim on Windows) that suddenly I saw this arrow notation ( >> ) in the start of some lines. When I oppend a javascript file, these appears to me. Do you know what are ...
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How can I see a list of snippets in my Vim?
I installed vim-snippets, ultisnips and coc.nvim in my Vim (gVim on Windows).
How can I see a list of snippets that I can use in my current open file?
For example, when I'm editing a .js file, I want ...
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readonly in gvim windows
I don't know what causes it, but in Windows i use GVim (portable GVim), and need to open some file (that already exist, Vim didn't created it), but it opens it in readonly mode.
i need to use w! to ...
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How can I open MDN link in coc.css popup?
Sorry for my English. I installed coc-nvim plugin in my vim (gvim in windows) after that I insert CocInstall coc-css command for css snippets.
In this picture I highlighted MDN Reference.
How can I ...
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How can I set a shortcut for open popup in coc.nvim in two steps?
Sorry for my English. I installed coc-nvim plugin in my vim (gvim in windows) after that I insert CocInstall coc-css command for css snippets and it works correctly. When I start writing in vim both ...
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Move between buffers of a certain filetype
scenario: I have a bunch of programs that generate output, the programs and output are open in buffers and the programs are one filetype eg .r and the output is another filetype eg .txt
I want to ...
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I am using Vim 7.4. I do not have admin privilege to update it. I want to use plugins as I cannot use plugin manager
I download Vim-plug but I am unable to use it.
I have downloaded NERDTree in ~/.vim/pack/vendor/start/nerdtree.
But when I give command :NERDTree in gVim editor it gives an error:
Not an editor ...
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mapping two commands in one shortcut
I am using gvim 9.0.1047 on Windows 10
I added the following to my vimrc so I can run the sas program I am working on and open the log file without leaving vim:
map <F12> :!"C:\Program ...
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How do I disable access keys in gVim
I'm looking for a way to disable the access keys in gVim.
For example, when I press alt+f, the "File" menu pops up.
This is behavior that I want to remove, so I can use these keybinds for ...
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How to select all text and delete in vi?
Is it possible to select all the text and delete it it in vi other than hitting backspace?
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Some Normal mode mappings not working in vim9 anymore
I have the following in my configuration:
nnoremap µ iii
nnoremap ° ioo
I'm using gvim, on Windows 10, using an azerty keyboard (so µ is <S-*> and ° is <S-)).
The mappings work in vim8, but ...
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Vim does not see single quotes
I want to use Vim (MacVim) to remove all single quotes from a file. I tried the following:
:%s/'//g
:%s/\'//g
but in both cases, Vim returns:
E486: Pattern not found:
I get the same error when I ...
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How can customize the emmet-vim expansion?
It is simple to customize some html expansion in html.snippets:
snippet fscript "HTML <script src...>" w
<script src="$1" charset="utf-8" type="text/...
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How can I make 'quickfixtextfunc' work with cfilter using a vim9's "def" function?
On Windows 10, using gvim, when editing a file like the following example:
foo
foobar
baz
As long as I use a function and not a def, I can do the following and Cfilter will work as expected:
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cannot paste highlighted status line text
I recently switched from gvim 9.0 compiled with motif to gvim 9.0 compiled
with gtk in a VDI using xfce4.
With gvim 9.0 motif:
If I highlight text from the file being edited in gvim and I push ...
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^@ added when calling system in cmd.exe [duplicate]
Here is an excerpt of my vimrc
let g:conda_activate = 'myenv'
function Condaenv(env)
return trim(system("conda activate ". a:env. " && call echo %CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV%"))
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Cannot set guifont or guifontwide to installed font
OS and desktop environment info:
uname -a
Linux debian 5.10.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.140-1 (2022-09-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
sudo dpkg -s lxde | grep Version
Version: 11
sudo dpkg -s lxappearance | ...
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gVim 9.0 32-bit on Windows 10 not accepting High DPI settings
This is for gvim.exe 9.0.0.0 32-bit on Windows 10 Enterprise 21H2 on an HP ZBook 15 G6 with high DPI display running 3840x2160. It's what's shipping nowadays for developer laptops. Makes every app an ...
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Key mapping across different Tabs
I have mapped F10 key to execute different programs (pdflatex, python) depending on the
file extension.
autocmd Filetype tex map <F10> :lcd %:p:h<CR> :bel ter pdflatex % <CR>
autocmd ...
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directly copying from `vim` to `mariadb` shell causing error
I have a file https://0x0.st/oYoB.com_5zfu
After opening it with vim I tried to copy some portion of code and paste it in the mariadb shell. But it looked like mariadb was giving error.
MariaDB [...
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How to solve vim editing data files on multiple locations (eg: different devices)?
Sorry for my lousy title, feel free to improve it because i am not good at describing my issue.
I don't know how to use 1 sentence to describe my problem, hence lengthy text below. sorry.
I uses vim ...
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Set fallback font in gvim
gVim provides an option, :h guifont, to set the font of the gui window. Although it accepts a comma-separated list of fonts, it selects the first available font. If a symbol doesn't exist in the ...
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Does gvimfullscreen.dll working with gVim 9.0 on Windows?
I used to use gvimfullscreen.dll to toggle a full screen window state on gvim for Windows. It made gvim full screen, not maximised, with no titlebar.
I have not used gvim on Windows for some time ...
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Pre-Migration Risk Assessment - Vim to Neovim (5of8) [closed]
(Shared preamble)
With my pending adoption of Ubuntu MATE 22.04, I am looking primarily at Neovim, with possible adaptation as SpaceVim/LunarVim. I am comfortable with Vim, but am looking for a ...
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Pre-Migration Risk Assessment - Vim to Neovim (2of8) [duplicate]
(Shared preamble)
With my pending adoption of Ubuntu MATE 22.04, I am looking primarily at neovim, with possible adaptation as spacevim/lunarvim. I am very comfortable with Vim, but am looking for a ...
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How can I install fzf in vim without using a plugin manager? [duplicate]
I have fzf installed in manjaro (/usr/bin/fzf, /usr/share/fzf), but I can't seems to figure out how to install fzf for vim. I'm having trouble following these instructions: https://github.com/junegunn/...
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Gvim Python loading issue (despite being correctly installed)
I found a lot of questions about it, some problem was about 32 or 64 bit, other was about python support compiled in vim, etc.
None was my case.
Preamble: Software installed
I installed Python on ...
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What is 'dnd' or 'DnD'?
:version shows -dnd. :help dnd reads:
*+dnd* Support for DnD into the "~ register |quote_~|.
What does 'dnd' or 'DnD' stand for?
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Detect line endings in current buffer, substitute all line endings depending on result
In GVIM, I'd like to save the current file with either \r\n or \n line endings. Depending on the opened file, the appropriate line endings should be chosen automatically. I had a look at https://unix....
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How to change Vim's unsaved change symbol + to *?
By default, the unsaved change symbol is + shown ahead of the file name on tab-bar or on title-bar.
Is it possible to change this symbol?
For example, to *.
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Replace all the backticks with tildas by using GUI
To replace
```
code blocks fenced with backticks
```
with
~~~
code blocks fenced with tildas
~~~
I can use :%s/```/\~\~\~/g and this works.
However, when I try to replace them with GUI (Edit > ...
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Get Gvim window width in X-window without xdotool?
I have a long-term goal of writing VimScript functions to dock my Gvim window as a thin window abutted to the left or right edge of my desktop. I am using Windows 10, but with Cygwin's X-Window and ...
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Search multiple keywords in a sentence that are not in the right order as in the search pattern
I often need to find several keywords in a sentence.
For example:
This is just a sentence of word1 word3 word4 word2 text in my huge Vim data file.
I can't remember the exact pattern of search, hence ...
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Building gvim inside WSL 2 Ubuntu
Details of what already exists inside WSL 2 Ubuntu 20.04 inside Microsot Windows 11:
$ vi --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.1 (2018 May 18, compiled Feb 01 2022 09:16:32)
Included patches: 1-2269, 3612, ...
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I am developing my own python package, but Omnicomplete won't recognize it
I have my package in a local folder (say C:/Users/Myself/PythonStuff/MyPackage).
Next, I created a new file in C:/Users/Myself/PythonStuff where I import my package, i.e. on top of my new file I have
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gvim menus are too big
Many compiler, install module, gyrations later, I was finally able to get vim with the gui to compile and execute.
However, the menus, both at the top of the main screen, and the pull down menus are ...
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How to find the desktop size from within GVim?
I flip between different laptops and desktops a lot, some using external monitors. Maintaining different vimrc files is unmanageable. They become fragmented, and customizations that I come to rely ...
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Inserting digraphs but unintentionally holding down CTRL key
In insert mode, I insert digraphs using CTRL-k. For example, I get é by pressing CTRL-k ' e.
However, when typing fast, I am often still holding down the CTRL key when I hit the ' key which cause Vim ...
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Why is nvim updating the clipboard on start?
I use set clipboard=unnamed in my configuration. When I open nvim with nvim, the clipboard is left unchanged but if I open with nvim . the latest entry of the clipboard is always something unexpected.
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font size for specific file type
this guy explains how to make a slide presentation in vim: "Giving a Text Based Slide Presentation in Vim without Plugins" https://invidious.osi.kr/watch?v=7fIR55kkTwc
he defines file type ....
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Can vim/gvim save settings (e.g. spell check on/off) for individual files?
Is there a way to set (and have vim remember) settings that are specific to an individual file? Specifically, I would like to turn spell checking on or off for specific files and have vim remember ...
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Windows 11 update & GVIM menu disappearing
I haven't seen this issue from any searches - am I the only one with this problem?
I just installed the latest Windows 11 update - & suddenly, all gvim menus have "kind of" disappeared......
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!v command UNIX - relation to Vi or vim [closed]
Whenever I type !v command in the UNIX terminal, in a particular directory, my vim editor opens with the file "hello.txt" which I have never created in that same directory or anywhere.
What ...
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gVim HiDPI Problems on Icons (not font). Properties:Scaling Override : SYstem(enhanced) doesn't work
New PC with high DPI monitor.
Entire VIM window came out very tiny.
I was able to fix the tiny fonts via set guifont command in _gvimrc
However the icons are still microscopic.
I tried gvim.exe -> ...
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Error detected while processing BufRead Autocommands
I'm a new user and I have just installed GVim on my linux. I just have ~/.vimrc file and no .vim folder may be because I did not install any plugins.
When I try to refresh (by :e) or reopen the ...
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gVim ':terminal' accents don't work
I am using gVim in Xubuntu 20.04. My version is vim 8.2.4295.
If I use a regular terminal, like xterm, and open Vim and then type ':terminal', I can use accents, e.g., íàê, etc. while in the vim-...
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Can't compile gvim on Kubuntu 22.04
I'm trying to build the vim sources on the new Kubuntu 22.04 release. However Ubuntu has moved from X11 to Wayland, and if I include the --with-x flag I get the error could not configure X. If I ...
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minlines in gvimrc
I notice when I work with larger Mardown files, the syntax highlighting is
broken if I skip around the page. This seems to fix the issue:
syntax sync minlines=999
but if I put it into my _gvimrc, it ...
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