Questions tagged [plugin-system]
Vim's plugin system. NOT for questions about a specific plugin (use the appropriate plugin-* tag) or questions that may require a plugin.
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Override a plugin to restore movement key?
I'm using the pencil plugin which remaps the jk movement buttons to go up/down by row (text is soft wrapped) rather than line, which is usually helpful. But at times I want to have the normal behavior ...
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How do plugins work when providing several custom keys in a plugin-specific window?
I'm referring to plugins like gundo and nerdtree, which offer a whole lot of key bindings only when the cursor is their window.
Therefore, I was wandering if there's a common or preferred way to ...
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How to write a function to set nobreakindent when using the Pencil plugin?
I'm trying to get the Pencil plugin to run with the noautoindent and nobreakindent settings. This is what I've tried in my init.vim:
+ 201 function! s:pencil_enter()
+ 202 set nobreakindent
+ 203 ...
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how i set floatterm plugin in neovim , that shortcut F5 compile javascript and how i do for other languages?
i plugged float-term plugin , that open terminal window in neovim.
when i compile javascript with node in float term i did like :FloatermNew node % then it compiles fine and show me the output in ...
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Adding python directory
After following some advice my vimrc contains:
set rnu
set nu
set autoindent
set pythonthreedll=C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim82\autoload\python37.dll
set pythonthreehome=C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\...
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What does mean pi_ prefix?
I've found that some plugins have the prefix "pi_", for example:
/usr/share/nvim/runtime/doc/pi_spec.txt
/usr/share/nvim/runtime/doc/pi_tar.txt
/usr/share/nvim/runtime/doc/pi_msgpack.txt
/...
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Unreadable characters in command section and Quickfix window [duplicate]
Good day!
Do yo have any idea how to fix this issue? Please refer to the screenshot.
I don't have the slightest clue why these characters are appearing. My vim-fugitive plugin was working fine before....
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Vim plugin installation saying that I have to check my access rights
I'm using a plugin manager Vim Plug and I'm trying to install YouCompleteMe but I keep on getting this error and I don't know what to do with this. I use VIm8
x YouCompleteMe:
Cloning into '/home/...
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How to autoload multiple rc-style files in Vim 8+
I want to split up my .vimrc into multiple files by language or toolchain, use case, etc.
In fact, my end goal is to be able to provide instructions to students in the format of "If you want the ...
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Color themes listed as available in Vim not changing upon :colo [themename] command
I am trying to install themes using V8+ Vim (8.2) on a Windows 10 OS. I first tried following the standard instructions listed on the Dracula theme site here. Unfortunately, the naming conventions for ...
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Update a Vim Session file's loaded plugins without losing window positioning
I have a Vim Session file I created by doing:
:mksession
Then I quit Vim. I then downloaded a plugin to:
${HOME}/.vim/pack/vendor/start/vim-markdown-folding
and then I fired up Vim with the session ...
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Organize plugins and .vimrc settings for different filetypes using ftplugins?
I'm new to vim (8.2) and have been learning how to set it up on my computer (Ubuntu 18) for the past few days.
I'd like to configure VIM so that when I open code in different programming languages, ...
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Why do plugins have to check if they are already loaded?
I noticed that most of the plugins I use have a line at the start that checks if the plugin has already been loaded. It often looks similar to this:
if exists("g:loaded_commentary")
...
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Starting vimtex plugin from within a vim session
I use Vimtex to edit LaTeX documents in Vim. If I open an existing .tex file, the Vimtex plugin will be initiated automatically. However, if I create a new .tex file, there's no way to initiate the ...
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vim hangs when I open a typescript file
I have a vim 8.2 on a Gentoo Linux running on a more or less 8 years old PC.
I almost never have a performance issue with vim, unless you open a one-line huge xml
oder json file, but those are vary ...
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Convert VIM doc (vim help) to Markdown or vice versa [duplicate]
Suppose you are writing a vim plugin hosted on Github (which seems to be a standard for now). You don't want to maintain two help files: README.md (Markdown) and doc/your_plugin.txt (vim help) with ...
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How to customize colorschemes without editing their source files?
Similarly to plug-ins, color schemes are commonly distributed as clone-able Git repositories, which make it less desirable to directly edit their source files (as sometimes suggested) when wanting to ...
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Is it possible to make some animation in vim
This issue may be a kind of nonsense but I still want to know if it is possible to make some dynamic stuff in vim 7 or vim 8.
For example, load a file and make if move from left to right (just like ...
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Order in runtimepath of Vim packages or similar plug-in managers
Vim packages work by updating 'runtimepath' to include the top directories of the plug-ins in each package (and also the after/ directory), but the Vim documentation on packages isn't absolutely clear ...
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Is it possible to have a “quick edit” (inline-editing of another file, nested buffers) feature through plugins?
I wanted to know if it's possible through plugin mechanism to insert another "pane" in the middle of the buffer I'm editing. The ultimate feature that I want is inlining piece code which exists in ...
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Vim plugin for epub editing
Is there a plugin for epub editing? Vim-EPUB plugin has python2 dependency (at least Debian ships Vim with python3).
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vim 8: C++ syntax highlighting has some minor fault
I'm using vim 8 to code C++11.
I've installed the vim plugins: YCM, ALE, vim-code-dark and vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight, however, it seems that there is some error on syntax highlighting.
As you see, ...
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Can you use plugins inside of your vimrc?
I recently learned the very hard way that vim-plug will only load plugins AFTER the vimrc is completely sourced: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21322520/why-wont-vim-recognise-a-plugin-command-in-...
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Can I set breakpoint in a vim plugin script written in python?
When a vim plugin is developed in a mixed script of vim script and python, can we set breakpoints and debug the python script. I tried to use PDB module, but vim is dead when it go to the pdb....
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Auto back-indent word 'else' in if/else statement in Vim
There is this feature or module in Vim which auto back-indents words during writing if/else statements. For example:
if a == 1:
xx <-- here when I press enter cursor goes right below end of ...
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Error detected while processing grammarous.vim: E117: Unknown function
I am trying to install the vim-grammarous plugin for Vim 8.0.1453. I have cloned the repo into my .vim/plugin directory.
Now every time I open Vim I get an error message which also occurs when I try ...
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How do I download Vim-Plug?
I'm trying to download Vim-Plug from here: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/wiki/tutorial
It says that I should "download a single VimScript file" and links to this https://raw.githubusercontent....
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Howto enable only one plugin to test?
I need to test a vim plugin. The problem: I already have my vim setup in current env, so ~/.vimrc is occupied.
I want to issue a command like vim -u <blah..blah> that maybe specifies the plugin ...
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Plugin management on Windows?
I am really new to vim and have been trying to use it more over the past months. Issue is I cannot get the plugins to work, I have followed the steps on vim plug github and some other sites.
I am on ...
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Multiple plugin managers [duplicate]
I found out that a plugin I really like doesn't support the plugin manager I like, So the question is, can I use multiple plugin managers at the same time with vim?
If so, I think I can use another ...
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Why are inclusion guards used in vim plugins?
I see the following common pattern in the beginning of vim plugins (where NAME is a placeholder for some plugin identifier):
if exists("g:loaded_NAME")
finish
endif
let g:loaded_NAME = 1
For ...
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Installing NeoBundle packages with Plug
I have a plugin that only has install instructions for NeoBundle. I primarily use Plug, however. I tried copying the GitHub path from the NeoBundle instructions to a Plug command considering the two ...
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How to profile save time
Sometimes it takes a really long time to save a file out. Saving the same file after various changes takes various amounts of time. It does not seem to be related to file size.
I've disabled any ...
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What does <SID>some_function() . '_' mean? in particular, . '_' part
While I was studying Tpope's vim-commentary, I was struck by a line that contains the topic of this question.
I am referring to one of the lines in Tpope's vim-commentary:
https://github.com/tpope/vim-...
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Hierarchical auto-populated menu
I'm aware of vim menu and plugins such as vim-venu and quickmenu, but they need to be manually configured.
Is there a way to populate vim menus with all commands available organized in a ...
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Can you recognise this debugging system? How can I switch it off?
New to vim, and learning python. After I run code I get debugging comments like you can see in this screenshot on the left (S> and >>):
When I move to a line marked S> I can see below in my status ...
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VIM How to enable .ts .tsx .js (for front-end) code highlight?
I have .vimrc plugins
" set the runtime path to include Vundle and initialize
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()
Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'
Plugin 'nanotech/jellybeans.vim'
" ...
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Is it possibile to get out of brackets automatically after just one word?
I'm currently using pear-tree as an automatic brackets closing plugin. So when I type, for example:
print(
I get
print(|)
The functionality I'm looking for is to get the cursor out of the brackets ...
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Setting up fzf and integrating it with vim
I am trying to setup fzf and use it with vim, tried to follow the instructions in the git repo but could not get things to work.
I was successfully able to install fzf and use the :FZF command in vim....
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Plugins working in vi but not gvim
I am using a Windows 10, 64 bit machine, with gvim 8.1.1 installed (See screenshots below). I am using Vi version 8.1 which was installed as part of my git bash - version 4.4.23.
I have never ...
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Unable to conditionally test for presence of a plugin command & invoke it
I have the following code in my vimrc
if exists(":Goyo")
augroup LatexGoyo
autocmd!
autocmd BufReadPost,BufNewFile *.tex Goyo
augroup END
else
augroup LatexColumnSet
...
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Find the location of a directory at runtime to provide a default directory
I want to move some scripts that I have made to some sort of standalone plugin. The content would look like
myplug/
plugin/
mydefaultdir/
For the scripts, I require a set of files which could ...
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matchparen made a wrong match on angle brackets
I used the MatchParen to match the parenthesis while coding C++ projects.
Here is my config in .vimrc:
hi MatchParen cterm=underline ctermbg=NONE ctermfg=DarkCyan
set matchpairs+=<:>
However, ...
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how to load vim8 optional packages in vimrc?
I am trying to load my optional language packages based on filetype.
I am using vim8 native package feature.
In vim I can load them with :packadd vim-javascript. However, I read in :help packadd - (...
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How can I hide *.extension~ files by using auto hide plugin?
I have successfully hidden undo files by using this auto hide plugin, but I could not hide any *.extension~ files.
suppose I created a.txt
Now there are two files shown in windows explorer
a.txt
a....
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Best way to avoid clobbering other vim plugins with global commands
I'm developing a vim plugin. There will be some global-level functionality that's not specific to a particular filetype.
Is there some kind of registry of commands being used by vim packages?
How ...
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Vim Jedi Plugin — Add .sage filetype
,g$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P. OS: Debian 9.9 stretch
,g$$P"" """Y$$.". Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.19.0-0.bpo.4-amd64
,$$P' `$$$. Uptime: 3h 17m
',$$P ,ggs. `$$...
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Why are helptags not shipped with plugins?
Part of the job performed by virtually all plugin managers in Vim is to create helptags, which will index the help files shipped with the plugins and will allow searching for commands and mappings ...
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How to access any given vim plugin documentation?
I am new to vim and I've been asking a bunch of questions on here, most of which has to do with plugins. What is the correct way to access the documentation for plugin? As an example, I am using the ...
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How can I Install vim plugin offline? [duplicate]
I am currently using gvim. I want to know is it possible to install a vim plugin offline?
I have the project files already downloaded from github, and I want to put them in the right locations for ...
