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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Scroll to top of previous terminal command
I am using vim to compile my code using the command :w | !make.
If this output produces a lot of compiler errors (not uncommon lol), then I'd like to scroll to the top of the output, where the command ...
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Pasting via vim doesn't paste whole text and gets stuck in the insert paste mode
For a while now, I've been dealing with a problem where when pasting a large amount of text, such as the code in this gist, into a file via vim, only part of the copied text gets pasted, then stops ...
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How to elegantly return to text file after executing a `:terminal` command similar to `:!`?
I want to return to the open file after I executed command with :terminal <command>
First off, I am using neovim.
So to get to the situation, I want to improve: follow these steps :
create a ...
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How do I disable easymotion in terminal mode?
I'm using easymotion with all buffers and it works well but changing to terminal mode raises the issue.
Thus I want to disable it in terminal mode for convenient.
How can I do it? Thanks for your ...
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How to show the currently opened terminal sessions? [closed]
I am aware that I can open a terminal with :term. However, it may happen that I could <c-w>q and the terminal disappear. How to get it back in its current status? Or, more in general, how to see ...
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Leave terminal normal mode
Once I'm in 'terminal normal mode' (where VIM has control on the terminal display), i can't come back to simple 'terminal mode' (where i can write BASH or launch process).
How to leave the "...
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Vim inside vim-terminal treats Esc as Alt
I'm using gVim 9.0 on Windows. Here is the steps to reproduce the issue:
Open a vim-terminal with :term.
Open a vim inside the vim-terminal using command C:\Windows\vim.bat in vim-terminal.
Enter ...
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Does the filename store in ~/.vim/view have particular meaning?
I noticed that in my ~/.vim/view folder all the file have the following format:
'~=+Documents=+temp=+IADS_cwk2=+iads_cw2.tex=' '~=+tempdir=+temp=+web=+blog1.html=' '~=+t.tex='
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How to keep focus in the "normal" editing buffer while a terminal buffer is opened and running a command?
I am editing a DocBook XML file and want to validate it by running a custom command validate_cmd. In my plugin, I'm running the following:
let term_buff_no = term_start(validate_cmd, {'term_rows': 10})...
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Can I stylize the current closed-fold line? If yes, how?
I like to have the current line highlighted (in terminal vim), but not as a punch in my eye, so what I have is this in my ~/.vimrc:
au ColorScheme *
\ hi CursorLine ctermbg=NONE ctermfg=NONE cterm=...
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terminal and ssh-agent/ssh-key
I use ssh-keys to access the remote git server (e.g. github/gitlab). My ssh-key is protected by a password. Thus when I call a git command with the remote, it will require me to enter the password for ...
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Turning on vi in terminal after returning to terminal [closed]
So I have set -o vi set in my .bashrc file
When I open terminal it starts in INSERT mode.
How can I make it so that it starts in NORMAL mode?
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vim - why is the cursor different in different terminals
I have vim 8.2 installed on my Debian machine and when I open it in a gnome-terminal it has a solid non-blinking box as a cursor.
But when I open a "pure" terminal with ctrl+alt+F3 and open ...
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What factors control the color scheme in a terminal?
I am trying to use VIM through new "Windows Terminal" app on a Windows 10 operating system. The VIM app is installed inside a debian WSL app.
I can't wrap my head around how the entire color ...
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search for sentences that contains a few keywords (that is not in proper order)
Is there script or function for vim to do search of words that is not in proper location (sorry, i don't know how to put it in question) ?
Example:
This is a vim user who like the functionality which ...
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gVim ':terminal' accents don't work
I am using gVim in Xubuntu 20.04. My version is vim 8.2.4295.
If I use a regular terminal, like xterm, and open Vim and then type ':terminal', I can use accents, e.g., íàê, etc. while in the vim-...
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Disable/change colors in vim terminal (but not in open file)
I'm on Mac Neovim. When I type :term, I am greeted by this:
This poses some issues; For example when I run a command, it also colors the output; I don't want this to happen. Is there some way to ...
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How can I close vim's parent terminal from within vim?
I am trying to close the terminal window directly from vim.
The final purpose of this is to have a command (shortcut) that opens VSCode in the current directory from vim (when I need a GUI editor) and ...
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In nvim, can I map Tab without removing <C-i> as `jump forward`?
I've been mapping all my telescope commands to tab-<key>, which is quite convenient. However I've noticed that its broken the default shortcut for navigating forwards through the jump list, ...
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terminal bell from inside vim terminal
My terminal can and does sound a bell for different actions such as hitting tab or running >printf '\7'. My vim is configured to sound a bell for error scenarios such as the command ggk.
However, ...
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How can I continue executing commands on a splitted terminal window with Vim?
Let's say I run the following command on a node.js file inside Vim:
:terminal node %"
I'd like to continue executing commands on the newly opened window with a single command. But if I try ...
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How can I execute mjs files (node.js modules) inside Vim with the terminal command?
Let's say I have a pure node.js file.js as the following:
const fs = require('fs')
console.log("Hello World")
If I execute it inside Vim with :%terminal node it works perfectly fine. I see ...
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synchronizing vim-terminal pwd and vim pwd
I'm looking for a way to synchronize the vim-terminal pwd and vim pwd.
so for example
in normal terminal, navigate to directory a
>cd /a/
open vim terminal
> vim -c ":term ++curwin"
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vim terminal linewrap in normal mode
So suppose there's some text in vim terminal that is longer than the terminal width and it causes a wrap. Now suppose I go into normal mode in that terminal.
In normal mode, we have an addition of 4 ...
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How can I execute a non named file on terminal with NeoVIm?
Some time ago, I've made this question where I asked how to execute a file on the terminal with NeoVim... The solution I found was the following :terminal bash % . Knowing that, I made the following ...
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How to pre-render a terminal buffer before displaying it in a popup
I am currently trying to write my first plugin. So this is my first attempt at vimscript. I want to display the output of a shell command in a popup window.
This can easily achieved with:
command Cat ...
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Vim only colours background of area with text in it [duplicate]
If I'm using kitty terminal the $TERM environment variable is xterm-kitty, which supports truecolour. I have set termguicolors in my .vimrc.
When the terminal is in dark mode, and I enter set ...
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vim search result minimap and vim minimap bug
I have installed minimap on my vim 8.2, it is quite good, but i found bug in it.
Is there a "minimap" that can display search result on it too ? something like kate, when i do a search on ...
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:terminal, change prompt color or background color
When I run :terminal, I have a combination of blue color of the prompt over a grey background and I can barely read what is written, see attached image.
What options can I add to :ter in such a way I ...
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Is there a way to run current script in a split window (mimicing VSCode for example)?
When editing a script in vim, I can run it with :! bash % or :! python % for python scripts. When running the script, vim kinda goes back to the terminal, runs there, and then, after "ENTER" ...
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Vim execute script on write
Ok i used " :term perl" in vim and it opened a horizontal split window (embedded terminal) with my perl code in the other split window. I like now to execute the perl code by simply saving ...
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Toggle Vim Terminal with Mapping like VS Code
I am trying to implement toggling of the Vim terminal like VS Code by doing <C-~>. But am not sure how to go about it. I find executing :term to open and to close tedious. I figured having a ...
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Strange code sequence <80>ýa <80>ý` recorded with -w
I was noticing when I exit Insert Mode using ctrl+[, and very quickly press ctrl+w q wanting to quit, every time I will end with ctrl+w dropped for unknown reason and a pending q.
I tried starting vim ...
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Temporarily enclose visual mode selection in parenthesis before executing command
I'm using neovim for working with Elixir, with the neoterm plugin which gives me REPL functionality.
A well known challenge is that the fact that the terminal evaluates and executes code line by line, ...
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How to change foreground color of character underneath cursor?
I've tried setting the highlight rules below but it does not work. Whatever color I choose, the color of the character stays the same.
I'm using xfce4-terminal on Linux and Terminal.app on Mac OSX.
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Prevent Vim setting Application Keypad Mode on my VT520
I am attempting to use Vim via a serial console and every time I launch it, vim sends ESC= and instructs the console to enable Application Keypad Mode and my numpad stops working.
How do I stop it ...
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Why do <S-Left> and some other keys not work in vim under tmux?
I know at least about <S-Left>, <S-Right>, <C-Left>, <C-Rigth>. But I guess there are others.
I'm mostly interested in the why. Because knowing a reason often makes finding a ...
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Mouse highlight lines issue, root cause of data deletion / messed up
[https://gofile.io/d/zA8QPs]video of vim highlight issue1
I like vim a lot, the stability is wonderful.. However there is 1 protection feature that i need to have most.
I am used to use vim with both ...
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How to robustly use D- mappings in terminal nvim?
I'm using kitty to run terminal nvim on macOS. I want to use D- (command-key) mappings inside nvim. Because terminals, for reasons I don't understand, don't simply pass command-key chords through to ...
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Pasting from vim to an ipython terminal
I have an open ipython terminal open, and I'd like to paste the visual selection to it, with prepending "%cpaste" and appending "--"
This is what I came up with
function! ...
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Vim Plug installment error on MacOS: Error creating directory /Users/api/.vim/autoload
I just migrated today from VSCode to Vim, and I need a little bit of help regarding the installation of Vim Plug.
I installed Vim with Homebrew, and now I want to install Vim Airline. The tutorial I ...
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Remapping Ctrl+backspace in insert mode to delete one word back
I want to bind Control+Backspace in insert mode to delete a word. I'm able to bind Control+Del in both insert and normal modes, but I can only seem to bind Control+Del in normal mode.
I've checked ...
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error: there was a problem with the editor "vi" -- while trying to change deployment file
Facing this error error: there was a problem with the editor "vi" when trying to change a deployment file in the Kubernetes cluster (AKS)
kubectl edit deploy xxxxx -o yaml
upon exiting the ...
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Is it possible to execute a vimscript from the command line?
I don't know very well how to work with vimscript... Because of that, I'd like to find a way where I can easily test what I'm trying to accomplish on my vimrc file, with some prints like on other ...
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Using a vim syntax file, I would like some Keywords, such as ??, to be colored
I have been trying to get through the syntax file documentation on vim help,
https://vimhelp.org/syntax.txt.html#%3Asyn-files
but it's quite the read and I figured someone here may know how to go ...
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Is there a way to have specific settings activated when using the term feature?
I often have neovim in a horizontal split mode with two buffers. The top buffer is the text file that I'm editing, and the bottom buffer is running a terminal using the term feature. I typically use ...
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Vim /usr/bin/bash: /s: No such file or directory
Repost from Stackoverflow; I read a comment which directed me here saying it would be more helpful.
Just set up nvim; unfortunately, the following error is plaguing the setup. Whenever I try to ...
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Shell script runs multiple times, I want it to run only once
I use vim pretty extensively for latex compiling. I've a function which automatically compiles the current tex file. I use pdflatex as a compiler, which creates a bunch of different files that it ...
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vim in xterm not redrawing properly
Since this problem exists only when using vim in an xterm (neither gvim nor vim in aterm demonstrate this on my computer) this is likely not a vim problem, but because it is sooooo annoying when using ...
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How does "set mouse=a" actually work?
Could somebody explain, what is the reason to use set mouse=a? People say that thus I will be able, for example, to resize split windows (:sp, :vsp) by dragging separators, but I already can do it if ...
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