Questions tagged [variables]
For questions about vimscript variables, their scopes, and usages.
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How to `source` a path stored in a variable in Vimscript
tldr: The title pretty much summarizes the entirety of the question
I am trying to make my configuration more adaptable to different machines so that I can use git to keep them in sync between my ...
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Global variable not setting correctly when starting neovim
I'm trying to setup separate configs for my WSL, Windows, and MSYS2 environments in the same init.vim with simple if-else statements. So, I'll need to know what environment I'm in. To know that I ...
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Get value of $MYVIMRC from Lua
I am trying to retrieve the value of $MYVIMRC in my init.lua but I am coming up short because I don't understand what $MYVIMRC actually is.
It is not a global variable, is it?
None of these work:
vim....
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Why is `let foo = $HOME/bar` invalid?
Why is let foo = $HOME valid and let foo = $HOME/bar invalid in vimscript?
I have tried let foo = "$HOME/bar" but it is the equivalent of foo = '$HOME/bar' in shell script, $HOME is not ...
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Save and restore a variable across launches
I wanna save the state of a variable (say, background) such that the state is restored next time I start vim.
More in detail, it should work like this:
I set background to either dark or light.
I ...
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How can I get the list of variables I defined?
For convenience, I'd like to define some variables. But I worry that I may forget their names. How can I get a list of them?
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How to assign fileencoding's value to a variable?
In ex mode,i get the value for set fileencoding.
set fileencoding?
fileencoding=utf-8
How can assign str with the value utf-8 and print it?
let str=`set fileencoding?` #it is a wrong statement,i ...
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Can I use a variable in autocmd pat?
I have 3 languages and any can be a source or target so I need some flexibility.
I am successfully loading a language translation specific setup with this:
let g:tr_source = 'dyu'
let g:tr_target =...
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Insert output of function with variable into buffer
I'm trying to make a vim function that takes a variable and uses that as part of a shell command and buts it into the current buffer.
I tried using read but that just interprets the var as a string.
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Inside a mapping check if a variable is empty in vim
So i'm new to vim, and specially new to vimscript, and messing around i made the following code to get the name for a file and then create said file in a new buffer. I want a way to check if FileName_ ...
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What is {what} supposed to mean in the official documentation?
I keep seeing mention of {what} here and there, mainly in eval.txt, popup.txt, terminal.txt, syntax.txt, and channel.txt.
From :h popup_create()
popup_create({what}, {options})
Open a popup window ...
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Global options as function local variables
I'm asking about this code snippet:
:function TextwidthIsTooWide()
: if &l:textwidth ># 80
: return 1
: endif
:endfunction
This is what vim-help says on the l (local) prefix:
Inside ...
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Use variable in vim mapping async task [duplicate]
I am trying to use a variable in this mapping:
let board_ip = "192.168.100.18" │
nnoremap <F6> :AsyncRun echo . ...
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add python option in vimrc
For my fortran ft I use
au BufWritePre <buffer> :silent %!fprettify --silent
in my ftplugin.
The fprettify is a python script with many command line options, using argparse.
Now, my question is,...
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How to store state (e.g. variables) between user actions?
The main question is in the title, that is, I have a function, which is invoked by the user and it should 'remember' necessary stuff between invocations, so the next time the user calls it (like, ...
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How to provide shared variables for plugins?
I've written some Vimscript code* in which it's convenient to have a set of shared color names. To use the names, so far I've had to rely on code like this:
execute 'source ' . expand('<sfile>:...
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How to store a region of text into a variable?
Suppose I have \label{some text} somewhere in my file and I want to store some text into a variable.
Right now what I am doing to achieve this is to first visually select some text and then store it ...
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Is there a 'let' equivalent for setting an option only local to a buffer/window?
When working with options that often have complex or calculated string values (e.g. formatprg, which might have additional parameters, separated by whitespace), it's often easier to use let to set ...
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Possible to set vimrc variables based on the current vim 'incantation'?
I wasn't sure how to word this properly in the title..
what I'm looking to do is set variables one way or another depending on how vim is invoked.
Specifically I have just discovered the Man plugin, ...
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How do I put the List returned from a 'heredoc' (:h Let-HereDocs) into a Dictionary in Vim? How do I also make this work in Neovim?
In :help let-heredoc it explains that one can set a variable to a 'heredoc' where each line of the heredoc becomes an entry in a list as follows:
let text =<< trim END
if ok
echo 'done'
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Customizing Latex-Suite star environments
The documentation of Latex-Suite says I can customize the generated environment boilerplates by defining g:Tex_Env_... variables. This works for me. Nevertheless, it goes on to say that for ...
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switch current directory between a base directory and current file directory
Goal:
To achieve filename/path completion relative to current file directory using omni completion CTRL-X CTRL-F.
I open all my files contained in a base directory such that :pwd in some_file outputs ...
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How can I access buffer variables from BufUnload/BufDelete?
vimdoc says:
BufUnload
Before unloading a buffer.
...
NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the
current buffer "%" may be different from the
buffer being unloaded "<afile>".
Don't change ...
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Sort output of let or set
How to sort the output of let or get? E.g., I want to sort all global variables containing "python":
:filter python let g:
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function variable scoping and arg types problems
I'm trying to make a small extension/bug fix to a plugin I rely on (referenced as Plugin in the code snips), therefore I'm constrained by its existing API.
I've got the functionality I want somewhat ...
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VimL/Vimscript: how to access local variable of outer function from its inner function?
I posted this question on stackoverflow already, but realized afterwards that it's probably better to ask here.
So I have a function of the following form:
function! s:my_function(dict_arg)
let ...
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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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Get file name and directory in .vimrc file
I have mapped my F5 key in vimrc file to run the code using the following command:
map <F5> :!sh -xc 'cd "/home/hashir/vscode/" && g++ test.cpp && ./a.out
It is working well. ...
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How to delete a line from a variable?
Inside a function, saved multiple lines of external command output to a variable.
How to delete a line from the variable? Like first line.
I can run let tmp = split(variable, "\n") to assign the ...
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How to get dynamic hex format variable width with leading zeros?
strlen(var) can return length without leading zeros.
How to include leading zeros?
Example let var=0x00001234, width shall be 8 instead of 4.
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Gvim - Change window position horizontally
I want to create a command that will place my gvim window to a different "x" location on my screen while maintaining the "y" position.
I do this in my _gvimrc by calling
winpos 319 16
I want to ...
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How to use variables in a user defined command? [duplicate]
I have this user defined command:
command! PS silent! w | PlugSnapshot! ~/.vim/plugins/plugins.lock
How could I change it to take the filepath from a variable, something like this:
let ...
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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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How to get the current mode in vim?
I'm writting scripts for vim, and I want to let the script do different things in different mode. I know that the statusline will show the current mode, but I don't know how to get the exact current ...
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How to generate a string by concatenating another string with an environment variable
I need to create a variable with a fool folder direct which need to concatenate from a environment variable and the end notes
function! MyFoo(arg)
let repo=$Project + "/cfora" #Q1 ...
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How to use variables? [duplicate]
I'm trying to use indent size as variable, but it doesn't work.
let indent=4
set tabstop=&indent
set softtabstop=&indent
set shiftwidth=&indent
set expandtab
I tried both &indent and ...
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How to define a varialbe and refer to it later
I need to define variables who can hold number or strings. Those variables would be used later in the key mapping
for example
let bookMark=Lib7 //:echo boomMark do give out Lib7
nmap gb :<c-u>...
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How can I use the return value of a function in a :set command?
I want to set an option to a string containing full path of current working directory. For example
set tags=getcwd()."\tags" " retrieve the full path of the tags file in current ...
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Is there a way to get a tab-local variable for a tabpage that is not currently activated
I want to retrieve a t:varible for a different tabpage that is not the current tabpage. How can I do it without switching to that tabpage? I know its tabpagenr.
How about window local variables w: ...
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How to edit variable's content?
For example, I've used redir command to redirect command output to register a.
Register a contains several lines of text.
How to remove a line from register a or substitute a string from it?
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Give variable to makeprg
I'm trying to put the output of a command into a QuickFix list when a particular key is pressed. That command takes as its argument the word under the cursor, so my function looks basically like this (...
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How to dynamically define variables?
Want to read variable definitions from a tcl file, then dynamically define vim global variables.
set PATH_A /full/path/a
set PATH_B /full/path/b
other_tcl_commands
Read one line, split by space ...
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Why gf is not working with variable?
If there is no variable in path, gf can open the file.
Added sfname+={,} to .vimrc to support ${VARIABLE}.
:!echo ${VAR}/test/file can correctly print full path with ${VAR} expanded.
But if run 'gf' ...
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How to analyse file and get variable definition?
For example, a tcl file, how to analyse the file and get each variable's value?
It can be done by reading each line, check if there is "set XXX ...", then get variable name and its value.
After ...
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Statusline – update variables on file change
I'm currently learning Vimscript, but I'm stuck at a particular problem.
I'm creating a statusline which shows the full path (~) of the file currently displayed in the buffer. Instead of just using %...
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How to quickly edit vim variable content?
In vim I sometimes want to quickly change the content of a variable using its current content as template using vim editing capabilities.
For example I want to append the word "bar" to the existing ...
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How can I use a string variables for filepath in vimscript map command?
I have multiple lines like the once below in .vimrc file.
nnoremap \html :-1read $HOME/.vim/snippets/html_basic.snippet<CR>
nnoremap \bs :-1read $HOME/.vim/snippets/bootstrap.snippet<CR>...
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How to match pattern with buffer-scoped variable
Goal: write code to do block commenting/uncommenting while keeping the current indentation level. This has been solved, see here for my code
Current problem: use s/// to match a line that begins with ...
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How does Vim sets 'shell'?
I have an issue with Vim in NixOS.
The problem is that Vim sets to shell the path to not desired bash (non-interactive bash).
So I want to know how Vim finds a shell and sets its path to shell to ...
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Vim not using variable value when changing a setting
I have the following vimscript:
let g:base_path="~/.config/nvim/"
let g:plugins_path=base_path."plugins/"
let g:repos_path=plugins_path."repos/github.com/"
set runtimepath+=g:repos_path."Shougo/dein....
