Questions tagged [load]
questions regarding finding and opening (loading) files
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Does Vim (NeoVim) remove mappings when sourcing vimrc?
I was editing my vimrc, and decided to remove a mapping based on some information I found on <cr>. So I deleted the mapping and called my :SourceVimrc command (command SourceVimrc source $...
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open file with a particular regex search
Can one associate a regex query with a particular file, so that whenever that file is opened, the query (e.g., /text) is run, causing all instances of text to be highlighted? I considered using ...
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Run `checktime` only if buffer contents are different to the file contents
Sometimes a checktime causes a prompt to reload, even if the reloading would not change the buffer.
This can be demonstrated (neovim 0.5):
Open file in vim1 (terminal 1)
Open the same file in vim2 (...
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How to change in gvim GTK file browser the default file mask wildcard (glob)?
In gvim the command :browse confirm e launches a GTK file browser. The default file mask in this window depends on the filetype from which the browse window is invoked. I would like to change that ...
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`a` append to buffer commands
Similar question, yet not duplicate of: How can I reload all buffers at once?
If :wa writes all, would not :ea be expected to reload all?
How could one script :ea to behave this way?
What are the ...
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What is the significance of "Incomplete last line" when opening a file?
I occasionally open a file with vim and see something like this:
"<file name>" [Incomplete last line][dos format] 71 lines, 2912 characters
I understand all of that information except ...
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Selectively enable a subset of vim plugins for specific category of workflows (plugin virtualenv for vim projects)
I use vim for many different categories of projects, typically:
Writing code (3 languages, python, Matlab and C)
Writing documentation ( .rst, .html)
Writing reports (.tex)
Readme file (.md)
As a ...
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Why cannot I source vimrc for the current file being editing?
And I add this in the vimrc file:
autocmd FileType markdown iabbrev mkdc <!--i--><left><left><left>
What I want to do is source the vimrc and make the abbreviation effective ...
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Using '-c' when calling vim from terminal
My issue is with using the -c while calling vim from terminal like
$ vim -c jk
I want to be able to open the last session before quitting on typing viml in terminal
For this I made a map to save ...
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Function that opens file for editing
Is there a function that can be called to open a file for editing? I know how to open and edit files in Vim, and I know I can use :e filename, but is there a built in function I can call that does ...
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How do I exclude the → from file name characters?
I have several files that prefix file names with a → character, for example
In →path/to/some/file, there is
a foo, in →path/to/other/file, there
is a bar. etc.
When the cursor is over such a path, I'...
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How do I open multiple files from find each in a separate tab in vim?
I would like to find multiple files and open them all in tabs within the same vim instance.
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How to set the opening file as the tags in vim?
I have lots of files named by file.tags, ncl.tags, flod.tags, ... , fortran.tags. when opening file.tags, I want to set tags=file.tags.And when opening ncl.tags, I want to set tags=ncl.tags,and so ...
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Vim is displaying some info and "Press ENTER ..." when I open a file
From time to time I see something like in the status bar when I open a file:
"Gemfile" 112L, 2941C
"Gemfile" 112 lines --62%--
Press ENTER or type command to continue
Where is it ...
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How to access recently used files by choosing from a list?
I would like to have a keystroke to show a list of recently used files to choose one to edit.
What do I need to provide that?
And related,
How do I manage the history of recently used files ...
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How do I make vim look in a set of directories for a file, if it doesn't exist in the current directory?
When I want to edit my zshrc, I just type:
vim .zshrc
Without specifying the full path (~/.zshrc), if I am in a different directory, this will instead start a new file. This is very annoying, since ...
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Can the path include negative entries (exceptions to a wildcard)?
Is there a way to exclude specific files and directories from Vim's path?
I was hoping a syntax like this would work:
set path+=./**,!./ignoredirectory,!./ignoredirectory2,!./ignorefile.txt
I would ...
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Tab to complete filenames with :find at an arbitrary depth
Notes:
I have set path=$PWD/** in my .vimrc
I am using Vim 7.3
Often times, I am sitting with Vim open at the root of my project and I enter :find somef<Tab> to find and open a file at an ...
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Prevent NERDTree from switching tabs when opening a file node?
In NERDTree, if I select a file node and hit o, it opens the file in a window in the current tab. However, if that particular file is already open in another tab, NERDTree switches to that tab. I find ...
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Is it possible to easily work with .odt, .doc, .docx, .rtf, and other non-plain-text formats in Vim?
Occasionally someone sends me a .odt, .doc, and .docx file; opening them in OpenOffice is always a pain because, well, OpenOffice.
Right now I use a variety of commandline tools (such as odt2txt) to ...
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Navigating multiple files
If I open vim with multiple files on the command line, for example vim debug.log* which loads debug.log, debug.log.1 and debug.log.2, can I navigate between them, assign them to multiple windows (:...
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How can I reload all buffers at once?
When working on a feature branch in git, I frequently need to stash my changes to commit a bug fix to the main branch. When I'm done working on the changes, I git stash pop, which updates the ...
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How do I reload the current file?
Quite often I am working with files that are version controlled, so it is possible for changes to be made to them outside of Vim.
What is a quick way to reload the file without having to close and ...
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