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runtime settings that modify the behavior of the editor
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What is the proper way to allow the user of a plugin to modify settings?
So I have a plugin that I am writing which should allow the user to set whether they want to enable a feature. I want the feature to be disabled by default, and allow the user to change it by adding ...
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How do I use a variable or return value in option, command, or mapping?
I have a variable foo with let foo='value', and a function F like
function F()
return 'value'
endfunction
and I want to use them
in an option: :set option=foo, :set option=F(); or
in a command: :...
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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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How to find all scripts which modified a certain vim setting?
I can figure out which script changed a vim setting the last time with
:verbose set errorformat?
However, sometimes a setting is modified/appended several times and I want to see all scripts who ...
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how does t_AB and t_Sb option difference in vim?
I see three sets of options for terminal colors on the vim documentation.
The first set of options:
t_AB set background color (ANSI) *t_AB* *'t_AB'*
t_AF set foreground color (ANSI) ...
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vi -u doesn't seem to work?
As system administrator I have to work under several user IDs, some of which are shared with others. We all have different tastes in what we like in terms of settings for our vi, so I am looking at ...
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Can I define something in .vimrc to speed up pasting of large amounts of data?
Occasionally, I paste large amounts of data into vim, using Ctrl+v in my terminal emulator (in Linux). This takes several seconds before vim is responsive again. I have tried two other methods, which ...
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Is there a way to customize the characters used in fold column?
Seems to me that fillchars option doesn't include these characters.
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how could I use different `.vimrc` with `-u` option
I have configured my .vimrc to make my vim work, and then I renamed my .vimrc to be .vimrc2. After that my vim can run as clean mode, but when I run my vim with vim -u .vimrc2, there are errors like ...
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Option set in vimrc is overwritten - nvim
I'm trying to disable autochdir in nvim by adding the following in init.vim:
set autochdir!
but when I start nvim, I check the value of this option by echo &autochdir and find it equals to 1.
I ...
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showcmd on first line instead of last line
From the help file for showcmd:
Show (partial) command in the last line of the screen
Is it possible to have the commands displayed on the first line instead? I can't find anything in the help or ...
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Saving .swp/.un~ files to subdirectories
Is there any way to save these files to automatically created subdirs? Google gave me no answers.
The reason is simple- I work on several computers which I keep synced via git, so having these files ...
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“-u {vimrc}” not working as expected
I am trying to set up vim so I can get different functions in with different files (i.e. x.lisp and x.scm) and in the manual it says starting with the option "-u ufile" uses "ufile" as the vimrc
My ...
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Why are my bulleted lines automatically joining?
I use the a formatoption to make my text hard wrap, and the n formatoption to recognize numbered lists. The help says that the n option should use the formatlistpat regex to determine which lines not ...
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Showing read-only or non-modifiable status in status line
I am building my statusline. Previously I used functions to return information, but recently I learnt that these can be done in one line. For example:
set statusline+=%{&modified?'\ \ [+]':''}
...
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What is the default “effective” titlestring?
Is the effective default value for titlestring documented somewhere? By effective, I mean the one that displays $(basename) ($(dirname)) (m of n) - GVIM1 or ... ((m) of n), even though titlestring is ...
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Having a modified relativenumber
In my experience with vim I found relative numbers pretty useful. But I would like to know if is there an argument I could give to the my neovim configuration file so I could configure it in such way ...
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Prevent saving buffer with new name
I am developing a command line application that uses VIM to edit an existing file - think visudo or crontab -e
When I launch VIM, I'm passing it the path of an existing file. I want the user to be ...
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Can I disable running shell commands in Vim?
I am developing a command line application that uses Vim to edit an existing file. Think visudo or crontab -e.
Is there any command line option that I can pass to Vim to disable shell commands?
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Does each indention option override the previous one?
From :h indent.txt:
...each one overrides the previous if it is enabled...
Now if I set 'cin' after 'ai', Does 'cin' disable the effect of 'ai'?.
If no, so what is the purpose of "override" ...
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Differences between local & global
From :h 'ar':
...If this option has a local value, use this command to switch back to
using the global value:
:set autoread<
What do local & global value exactly mean?
I ...
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Differences between indention options
I have read 'ai', 'si', 'cin', 'ci' help pages in Vim but I still cannot realize that what indention option is good for me.
Yes, I can read that :help pages again and set whatever I need in my vimrc ...
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Why are tabs adjacent to concealed tabs displayed wider than a single tabstop?
I just wrote the following code in an answer to another question:
syntax match HideTwoIndents /\v^\t(\t)?/ conceal
set conceallevel=2
This works great if 'list' is set and if 'listchars' does not ...
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Can I set multiple 'options' with a single `:set` command spread over multiple lines?
Is there any way to set options typed on multiple lines with a single :set command?
Here is a part of my vimrc:
se nu
se sm
se hls
And as you see, I have se on every line in which I set an option. ...
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Differ between 'softtabstop' and 'expandtab' options in function
If you use of softtabstop and expandtab options in vary ways and try to test them, these options are opposite in function (at least as I think).
et option will produce the appropriate number of space ...
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A request for explain some options
I am writing my first vimrc and I already read help pages for hidden & nostartofline options and some other article (like that and others FAQ) But I still can't understand what the purpose of this ...
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There is no timeout on option
According to:
this wiki
&
:help timeout
in vim
when I set this option:
set notimeout ttimeout ttimeoutlen=200
It should set a keycode timeout in 200ms when I add this in my .vimrc file
But ...
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Vim prints options on quit
I've noticed that recently when I quit vim it prints the following text to the terminal:
--- Options ---
background=dark helplang=en relativenumber
cursorline number scroll=11
runtimepath=~/...
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set formatprg dynamically based on textwidth?
I've set formatprg in my vimrc to use the par text formatter when I type gq.
setg formatprg=par\ -w90
When I'm in a buffer whose textwidth has been set (e.g. the gitcommit filetype sets textwidth=72)...
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When to use the after/ directory?
I understand it's the place to put things that should have the final say and not be overridden by another source, but I'm unclear on how to decide when to put something in, say, ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/ ...
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Change the looks of the character limit ruler
I wonder if there is a way to have a ruler displayed between the 80th and the 81th character in vim. I know that one can highlight the 81th column, but that actually looks as ugly as something from ...
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How to apply a setting in all open tabs and windows?
Is there an option to apply a setting in all tabs and windows, e.g. apply :set number to all open tabs?
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In VIM, Change the number that relative lines numbers start from
I've turned on vim's relative line numbers, it starts from 0 but doing somthing like 10dd means I only get up to line 9, leaving the last one behind (becuase it's 10 including the current line). Yes, ...
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`set` option with variables
I am trying to rewrite adding a string to option with variable. The original string is
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
The following is the working let way:
let MYVIMDIR='/home/loom/foo'
let &...
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How to list the available options of a plugin?
I recently found out that YouCompleteMe has an g:ycm_autoclose_preview_window_after_insertion option that automatically hides the documentation preview window after exiting insert mode, and I also ...
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How to show trailing spaces, while leaving tabs as they are?
I like the ability to show trailing whitespaces, so I have this setting.
set list listchars=tab:\ \ ,trail:·
I never use tabs (although I don't think tabs are bad, it's just a convention), but ...
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I don't understand the purpose and behavior of options “local to a window”
I don't understand the purpose of options that are "local to a window", such as for example colorcolumn and how they behave.
This is a sequence to demonstrate what I mean:
I start gvim. An empty, ...
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Problem converting the string “0.5” to a number
I'm currently reading Learn Vimscript the Hard Way. I did the following experiments as an exercise in the book.
:let &wrap="1.5"
:let &wrap="0.5"
:let &wrap=str2nr("0.5",8)
The first one ...
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When I view local options (i.e. :setlocal) - what do the “odd” prefixes (i.e. '--') mean?
I'm working with CentOS 7, and Vim 7.4,
:setl
--- Local option values ---
autoindent define= include= path= softtabstop=4
--autoread ...
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How do I delete/unset a buffer local option (such as autoread)?
In a new buffer, the expression &l:autoread evaluates to the value -1, indicating that the local option autoread has not yet been set with :setl autoread or :setl noautoread.
When I set the local ...
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How to not display a certain error
My situation is, I have set nowrapscan, however now, when I hit the end of a file, it will display
E385: search hit BOTTOM without match for: \v^[^=]*(…
How can I avoid that from displaying? I used ...
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Is there some way to echo from terminal into new vim buffer [duplicate]
Let's say I do a simple shell command like ls. Is there some way to directly pipe the output into a new vim buffer, so that I could edit it in place or just have a look at it.
Basically like less + ...
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How to save and restore the result of the command 'set'?
From :h :set we
know that
:se[t] Show all options that differ from their default value.
In a vimscript I'd like to save all these options which have been modified by
the user, modify them and ...
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Sourcing vimrc changes vimrc's formatoptions
I do vim .vimrc and my vimrc opens with formatoptions=jcroql.
Then I do :source .vimrc and check the formatoptions again; they changed to tcq.
As far as I know there's nothing in my file that ...
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cpoptions and parenthesis text objects
Haskell has a literal syntax for anonymous functions of
\pattern0 pattern1 [...] patternN -> expression
which interacts oddly with vim's parenthesis text objects when pattern0 starts with a (.
...
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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 to disable extends/precedes charaters in nowrap
I want to view a big blob of text (ascii-graphics), but when I use :set nowrap some < and > symbols appears at the left and right borders of the buffer window.
They are kinda annoying and I ...
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How do I set an option only if there are multiple windows?
Sometimes when I load several buffers at once into multiple windows I might get confused with the position of the cursor, I get lost when I change from buffer to buffer.
Therefore I'd like to trigger ...
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Are spaces OK in set statements?
Is it OK to use spaces for better readability in a .vimrc? For example, right now I have:
set number| "show line numbers
set history=1000
Would it be OK to write instead:
set number | "show line ...
