Questions tagged [terminal]
A terminal emulator (or terminal, for short) displays characters, colours, and the cursor on the screen. Vi & Vim are run inside of a terminal, gVim is not.
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How can I emulate :shell command in Neovim?
There is no :shell command in neovim.
:terminal opens a shell without previous output, while :shell contains all the output of the parent shell and all previous shells. Is there any way to emulate :...
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How do I make vim's terminal use my emulator's cursor shape?
I am using ibeam a.k.a vertical bar cursor right now. When I switch to terminal mode in vim, it changes the cursor shape to block - but doesn't restore it after I quit the terminal.
I tried changing ...
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Is it possible to change the default terminal of Vim?
I'd like to change the default terminal of Vim from cmd to cmder. By using :help :terminal I have read the terminal.txt but it seems that there is no setting instruction in that help file.
So is it ...
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Ex command to put value of variable into terminal emulator?
Using a terminal emulator (with :term), I would like to insert the value of a variable at the terminal cursor.
In a normal text buffer, I could use put =g:my_variable or exec ("normal! i" . g:...
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neovim key remap specific to terminal buffer
I have been using nvim terminal mode to learn python and I want to have Ctrl-C break the python script from the terminal window even when I am not in insert mode. However, I also want Ctrl-C in my ...
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How to map Alt key with M J K L U I O to make a numpad?
I would like to have the keys M, J, K, L, U, I, O to be mapped to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (combine with the keys 7, 8, 9 already being on top of those keys) to be a total numpad when I hold a modifier key,...
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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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How to hide terminal buffer without closing it?
I want to make toggleable window with terminal buffer similar to every IDE terminal feature.
Currently i have mapped:
noremap <F4> :botright 8split term://bash<CR>
tnoremap <F4> &...
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Neovim with split integrated terminal / REPL
Other editors and IDEs, such as VSCode and RStudio, have an integrated console/terminal/REPL with the following characteristics:
They open in a split window. The file we’re working on is visible at ...
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How to test for :terminal support?
I have neovim 0.3.4 installed which means I can run the :terminal command, however, doing :echo has('terminal') shows 0.
So, I wonder if there is any other way I can test for its support because all ...
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Why does terminal vim enter replace mode with my vimrc file?
I mostly use MacVim, but sometimes I'm in the terminal and use the CLI vim.
I recently decided to clean up my vimrc file, retaining only what I knew I wanted. It works fine with MacVim, but when I ...
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Remove transparency in VIM when terminal is transparent?
I want to keep the terminal background somewhat transparent, but when I open vim
vim filename.txt
it opens it in terminal (as I want) but the background of the vim is somewhat transparent too. Can I ...
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Using an iTerm color scheme inside a Vim :terminal window
My normal terminal color scheme is set via a color preset in iTerm. When I open a terminal window in Vim (:terminal) that color scheme doesn't get applied, presumably because Vim has no knowledge of ...
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How to set group of tabs and 1 single terminal in Vim 8?
I am a Vim beginner. I know you can do :tabnew file1 file2 to have Vim open up a bunch of files name file1, file2 spread across as tabs. I know you can move forward and backward between tabs. My ...
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How to use fzf :Buffers/:Files commands from vim terminal buffer
When in (Vim) terminal mode, I can use and then :e! fileName to open a file. Note that without the !, the following error message is displayed "E948: Job still running (add ! to end the job)".
How ...
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How can I change delay between bells?
When I hold some key that causes error (eg. Esc in Normal), my terminal beeps with quite long delay between two beeps. I use very short beep (7 ms).
How can I decrease time between beeps?
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Change Vim command :terminal so instead of CMD there will open Bash terminal [duplicate]
I am used working on Vim on Linux, where I use tmux + vim to switch between terminal and vim edit quickly. Now I am trying to setup the same on windows 10.
I try to use gVim on Windows 10, but I like ...
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Terminal-mode not working with Ctrl-W
I am trying to work more with the built-in terminal for vim 8.1 and reading through the docs noticed it has two keybindings for entering the normal Terminal-mode. CTRL+\ CTRL+N as well as CTRL+W CTRL+...
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Retrieving results from variations of system('top') returns errors
Directly on the Ubuntu terminal, I can extract the results from top regarding a specific PID with:
top -p <pid> -n1 | awk '/<pid>/'
Where <pid> should be substituted with a PID ...
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Prevent a window from resizing [duplicate]
I nearly always have a terminal window open when I'm doing extensive editing in Vim. I've used tnoremap to set mappings for the three heights I want the terminal window to be able to take.
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Terminal Vim displaying unknown character at the bottom
Here is a picture of my vim, which is run in OSX terminal: https://imgur.com/gallery/shZkIng
If you look at the bottom of each file, where it lists the name of the file and how far down the file I am ...
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Not displaying ErrorMsg for long lines only with tex, md and calendar buffers
I use and love the plugin calendar.vim. Those days, I decided to add the following to my vimrc:
autocmd BufEnter *.tex,*.md call matchdelete(4)
autocmd BufLeave *.tex,*.md call matchadd("ErrorMsg", "\...
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In Vim 8.1, “:term ipython” gives a different version of IPython than typing “ipython” on an already open terminal
When I open a Gnome terminal in my Ubuntu 18 and execute the command ipython, I start an Anaconda IPython terminal version 5.8.0. Within Vim 8.1, that is what I also get if I first open a Vim terminal ...
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Making Numpad numerical keys work in Vim using Ubuntu 18's terminal
In my current machine, I use Vim 8.1 in a Ubuntu 18's default terminal (Vim is running with TERM=xterm256-color, which is a requirement for me). Everything works perfectly, with the exception of the ...
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How to know which highlighting group is used for the background of a word?
Vim highlights the background of certain words (e.g. when doing spellchecking) in a way that I would like to change (because the background and the word itself are almost of the same color, which ...
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terminal shell behaves differently from normal shell
I run this command in a common terminal:
$ ps aux | grep work | grep python | awk '{print $2}'
Then I have three different pids, however, in the vim-term window, the same line gave me two pids. ...
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Start a new terminal instance if window splitting was initiated from a terminal buffer
When I'm in the terminal and I press <C-w>s the screen is split vertically and the terminal buffer is shown twice. Then I have to do :terminal if I want a separate terminal instance.
Typing ...
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Function keys: won't work with macros (I tried a lot)
Specs:
Vim 8.0 patch 500
gnome-terminal 3.18.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 running Unity
Function keys in my vim slightly misbehave, however, in an annoying way: I can't completely use them in my macros. After ...
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updating running neovim's setting `background` using a terminal response
On my laptop, I frequently swap between a dark and a bright colorscheme for my terminal. I do this by symlinking its configuration file and asking it (termite) to read it without closing using killall ...
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Commands history for vim commandline and :terminal [closed]
I want a way in which we can access a history of commands in terminal mode (and Vim/NeoVim's internal command line), just like in a normal bash terminal; i.e. if I press the up key it will scroll ...
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Occupy the remaining space in terminal
When I open the vim in the xterm (ubuntu) there's always a space on the right and bottom part of terminal which is not fully occupied by the vim. What could be the reason behind it? And what are the ...
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Why doesn't undercurl use underline in my terminal?
:help undercurl states:
"undercurl" is a curly underline. When "undercurl" is not possible then "underline" is used. In general "undercurl" and "strikethrough" is only available in the GUI.
But if ...
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How to set a colorscheme that still shows spelling errors?
How to set a colorscheme that still shows spelling errors?
I am looking for two combined effects that I can acquire separately but not yet together.
Set Colorscheme alone: OK. If I want highlights ...
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Execute visual selection/current line in Vim terminal via keymap
How can I create a keymap to send the visual selection/current line to a vim terminal window?
I opened a normal vim window (containing only the line echo test) and a vim terminal window and tried ...
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Clear New Vim Terminal window
Vim's new :term feature is pretty neat, but when I run something like a rails server, I want to be able to clear logging output every now and then.
The usual methods in a non-vim term window don't ...
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(Solved-ish) neovim: Don't close :terminal buffer after process exit
In Vim, when I run, for example, :terminal python3, and, when I'm done, exit python, the terminal window stays open as a readonly buffer, which I can inspect freely.
In Neovim, I always get "[Process ...
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Unable to use the clipboard when inside terminal (:term) on macOS
Actually, I am unable to do so when I am using MacVim Application. But inside iterm using Vim (the same MacVim release), I am able to.
They also both use the same .vimrc .
Both versions compiled ...
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Unexpected characters injected when copying from clipboard to vim in terminal
I'm using OS X 10.14/Vim 8.0.1283 and iTerm2. Every time when I'm copying things from clipboard to terminal, in specific iTerm2, there will be some unexpected characters injected in.
Say I'm copying ...
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Visual Select highlighting not working anymore
The issue
My custom highlighting styles for Visual mode selection of text is not as it was. It use to be yellow background with black text. Now it is just underlined.
Environment
vim 8.0 term, not ...
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Why are Vim 8 :term colours with gvim different from those in plain vim :term or bash?
Vim 8 :term colours in gvim happen to be different from those seen in plain vim :term or bash.
How come? How does one obtain the same bash colours in gvim?
EDIT: I have been reading a bit more about ...
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How could I adjust terminal height
I like to use the vim embedded terminal, but I do not know how I could adjust its height. Sometimes, I need it to be lower so that I could concentrate on my editor how could I adjust it ?
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How could I turn off the terminal line number while keep the editor line number in vimrc
I want to show line number in the editor, thus I use set nu in my vimrc. But when I open the embedded terminal with :ter, there are also line numbers there which I feel not comfortable. How could I ...
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Opening :terminal window in new buffer
When I type :terminal to vim8.1, it splits the window and I use it split window. I want to open a new buffer and open the terminal inside it. Basically, like neovim's terminal emulator. Is there a way ...
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Does Vim in console/tty have same colors set as in terminal/xterm-256color?
When I setup vim for colors in terminal, I'd like it has the same as in console, so Does console support 256color? as I'm using xterm-256color in a terminal right now?
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Why gvim can't work with command: p4 client?
P4EDITOR is set to gvim in .p4enviro.
When run command p4 client in terminal, it will pop an empty tmp file.
But if change editor config to P4EDITOR=vim, it works fine.
How to fix this?
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disable cursor blinking in terminal-vim
I thought this would be a 10 second google search, but no. I found a bazillion sources how to disable cursor blinking in GVim. But I would like to disable it in terminal vim. My terminal cursor is set ...
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Neovim not showing correct background color
I'm running neovim from a uxterm on arch linux with the solarized color scheme.
The issue is that on scrolling only the characters which are non-whitespace are displaying the correct background.
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How could I create a terminal at the bottom
I could create a terminal with vim by running :term in the vim normal mode. However, this terminal is opened at the top of the window and I would like to open it in the bottom. How could I open it at ...
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Change color of character covered by cursor
I'm using xfce4-terminal and the cursor is green, which means that green text behind the cursor is not visible or is hard to see.
Is there a way to force the etext behind the cursor to be some ...
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Scrollback in Vim 8 Terminal
Been really loving the asynchronous terminal in Vim 8. Sometimes I have a large amount of output in the terminal, and when I enter normal mode in the terminal and use gg to go to the top, I see that ...
