Questions tagged [plugin-vimwiki]
Questions about the Vimwiki plugin which allows a personal wiki to be created within vim. The wiki content comes from interlinked text files written in a wiki syntax.
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Vimwiki bullet point wrapping creates a new line
When I use vimwiki and I write past the text width, the bullet point will wrap. This is what I expect. However, the wrap will be a new line:
1. something to say .....
a second line wrapped after ...
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VimWiki - How to create a link to a code file, and open that file with vim
I am new to VimWiki.
I am currently taking my class notes with VimWiki, and love the organization it provides.However I want to link my SQL & c code from class to one of my classes index's, but ...
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Vimwiki overriding normal md highlighting
I love the concept of Vimwiki, but have a problem with it overriding the default md syntax highlighting. The default works well, and I use it regularly to edit md documents to be used with pandoc. ...
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How do I modify a region's color in a fold?
I'm using the vimwiki plugin. I can successfully change the header colors with something like this:
hi VimwikiHeader1 ctermfg=black
hi VimwikiHeader2 ctermfg=darkblue
hi VimwikiHeader3 ctermfg=cyan
hi ...
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Remove one level of all Vimwiki headers in a selection
In Vimwiki, a header level can be decreased, by pressing -.
Is there a native Vimwiki command to remove a level from all headers within a visual selection?
Keep in mind that Vimwiki supports a number ...
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Folding lists in vimwiki with custom folding enabled
vimwiki's help docs, and this answer, both explain how
setting g:vimwiki_folding='list' in my vimrc enables list folding for vimwiki files. This lets me use vim's native folding methods on vimwiki ...
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Backward search in current line with search() and z option
I am trying to write a couple of simple functions to find the next and previous links in Vimwiki and move to them. Links in Vimwiki are indicated with the syntax [[link to something]]. Since I only ...
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vim-wiki mapping <leader>ww causing delay in another mapping
I'm using Neovim and my init.vim has a quick save mapping as below
nmap <leader>w :w!<cr>
Since i installed vim-wiki, there's a noticeable delay in the execution of w because of vim-wiki ...
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VimWiki - create a "smart" index page for subdir/section of wiki?
I'm using VimWiki for a writing project and for certain sections (like "chapters", contained in sub-directories) I want to create indexes that work similarly to the way VimWiki's diary index ...
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how to loop through list of files?
I can do :echo globpath('~/path/to/dir', 'string*') to get a list like:
/home/alec/path/to/dir/string_xyz123.mkd
/home/alec/path/to/dir/string_xyz456.mkd
/home/alec/path/to/dir/string_xyz789.mkd
but ...
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Is it possible to put "|" character in a vimwiki table cell?
vimwiki tables are auto-formattable.
This is very convenient but I'm in trouble when I'm trying to make this kind of table.
| | Composites |
| `xy` | `x` followed by `y` |
| `x|...
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Conditional mapping for two plugins (UltiSnips and Vimwiki)
Vimwiki table default mappings include <tab> for moving to the next table column in insert mode.
Also UltiSnips default mappings include <tab> for expanding snippets in insert mode.
Here ...
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How do you highlight text surrounded by double equals
I'm using vimwiki plugin with markdown. I'd like to highlight text using double equals, which isn't standard, but is quite useful. Ideally, this should replace background (for instance, yellow) and ...
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Vimwiki/Markdown blockquote syntax highlight
AFAIK vimwiki's markdown syntax doesn't emphasize in any way blockquotes. I mean:
> This is a quote
is presented instead as simple text. For reading notes it can be confusing. So, how do you ...
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How do you :tag: every word of a line using substitution?
How do you substitute every word of a line, so that it becomes a useful vimwiki tag?
Provided the following line:
Word Compund_Word
I want:
:Word: :Compund_Word:
I guess it involves some use of ...
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Open or create a specific Vimwiki page from a command prompt
For opening the index page of my Vimwiki instance, I have the following alias in my ~/.bashrc:
alias vimwiki='vim -c VimwikiIndex'
But how to open a specific Vimwiki page right from a command prompt?
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anyone know how to improve how filepaths are handled in vimwiki?
In VimiWiki plugin, using markdown syntax we can hyperlink to other files... it's great but the problem is how file paths are interpretted.
Linking to a file in the current directory is simple and ...
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embed one text file in another and edit the embedded file from the file it's embedded in
Is there any existing plugin or gist somewhere that would allow you to embed one text file inside another? Ideally it'd also allow editing the embedded file from the file in which it is embedded.
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How can I backup VimWiki on Git
I'll start by saying that I never wrote any VimScript or done any advanced configuration in my .vimrc. I'm a super noob 😅. Bear with me.
I've been trying to backup my VimWiki on Git. I want to add ...
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VimWiki linking to files in other directories with special characters
With vimwiki we can create a link to another file, [[DelmeDirectory/delme.md|File]]. I have some directories which have the form Notes_0-0-0 and aren't recognized. i.e. pressing Enter with the cursor ...
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How to import library in my template python script? (not working like in vim like in the repl)
I have a python script for generating templates that's being invoked by this line in my vimrc file:
autocmd BufNewFile ~/Documents/wiki/diary/*.mkd :silent 0r !vimwiki-diary-template.py
That works. ...
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How to make VimWiki open file directly in vim instead of VSCode
While using VimWiki, I linked to a file on my computer using
[[file:/path/to/file.py]]
And when I hit enter, it opens the file with VSCode.
I already when to the file in Finder, clicked 'Get Info' ...
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Vimwiki: Setting up mathjax
I'm trying to set up MathJax to work with vimwiki. According to the manual:
using the MathJax server for rendering (needs an internet connection). Add to your HTML template the following line:
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How do I jump to tags instead of lines?
I'm using vim as note-taking software. My notes grow to thousands of lines across 7 different files.
If I was writing code, I would be able to jump to a function definition in a different file ...
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Folding in VimWiki like in org mode?
I moved from org mode to VimWiki. I used to write "logs" like this
* 2020-02-04
FeatureA
- progress
Feature B
- progress
The file can get pretty long as you can imagine.
Now with ...
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Move lines with tildes to a certain section of a file
I use vim to write my to-do list in markdown format.
To mark a certain task "done" I just make it strikethrough with two tildes(~).
Is there a way to automatically move all strikethrough text to a ...
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Appending file format while turning text into link (by pressing Enter) in Vimwiki
When using the vimwiki plugin, when you want to convert any text into a link you can press enter on the selection. Then you follow the link, create the file and work with it.
The problem:
When you ...
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Vimwiki open specific diary on vim startup with bash alias
I am trying to figure out how to open a specific vimwiki diary on opening vim.
With one wiki I use an alias like
alias todo='vim -c VimwikiDiaryIndex'
which works perfectly.
But now I want an ...
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UltiSnips not working with VimWiki
I have been trying to make UltiSnips work with VimWiki to no avail, as they share mappings for expand snippet/next link (on <tab>).
I tried setting VimWiki's bindings to something else by using ...
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Search through entire vimwiki
Is there a (built-in) way to search all vimwiki files for a certain pattern? I don't mean searching tags, but something akin to using grep on all the wiki files in the vimwiki directory.
If there is ...
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Can't make vimwiki honor setting passed via command line
I am trying to write a wrapper shell script that is supposed to launch vim with a vimwiki in current directory:
#!/bin/bash
gvim -c "let g:vimwiki_list = [{'path': '$PWD/'}] | normal ,ww"
The ...
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Mardown files always have vimwiki filetype (vimwiki plugin)
Here is the relevant content of my .vimrc
let g:vimwiki_global_ext=0
let g:vimwiki_list = [{'path': 'C:\Users\<USER>\vimwiki',
\ 'syntax': 'markdown', 'ext': '.md'}]
The ...
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No italics in vim
I am using vimwiki on nvim 0.1.7 on Konsole 16.12.3 on Plasma 5.9.5 on Kubuntu 17.04.
Wiki text appears bold when it is between two stars. But when between two underscores, it does not appear in ...
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How to make linebreak play along with conceal
I am using vimwiki with and conceal the long URLs as links like this:
[[http://a-really-long-long-url|Link]] rest of text
Under my configuration (conceallevel=2 concealcursor=nc linebreak) it should ...
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Can vimwiki be made to treat list indentation the way vim-notes does?
I've looked through the vimwiki documentation and a few questions here on SO, but don't see how I can manage this. In vim-notes, hitting TAB within a list indents the entire list item. In vimwiki, ...
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How to place multiple lines of text in one single table cell in vimwiki?
I want to have multiple lines of text appear in one cell (one row and one column).
In Vimwiki it looks adequate. However, when I convert Vimwiki to HTML, each sentence gets its own row. So I know ...
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How to search multiple occurences of a vimwiki tag?
I'm using the vimwiki plugin and trying to figure out tagging with vimwiki-syntax-tags.
I can add a tag :tag-example: to a vimwiki .wiki file.
I can search :VimwikiSearchTags tag-example and it ...
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How do I get multiple vimwikis to show under "Vimwiki / Open Index" in the gvim menu?
I want to work between two vimwiki directories: a private vimwiki and a public vimwiki.
How do I get multiple vimwikis in the gvim Vimwiki > Open index > menu?
In my ~/.vimrc I have the two ...
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Poor syntax highlighting in vimwiki (command prompt)
Is there any way to change the syntax highlighting in vimwiki in windows.
I could not properly see the line enclosed between [[some word]].
The same works well in Linux.
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Vimwiki: can't fold list items
With vimwiki you can fold headers and lists as following:
Example for headers and list folding:
= My current task =
* [ ] Do stuff 1
* [ ] Do substuff 1.1
* [ ] Do substuff 1.2
* [ ] ...
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Altering HTML templates in vimwiki
The vimwiki plugin offers a great feature of converting whole Wiki to HTML: :VimwikiAll2HTML. But it bothers me that there are no back links to the main page, and the only way to navigate back to the ...
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