Questions tagged [variables]
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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 workding directory ...
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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....
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How to open a file with variable in the path?
gf runs fine with absolute or relative path.
Is it possible to open a file with variable in the path?
For example, in a tcl file:
...
set FILE_ROOT /user/abc
...
read_file ${FILE_ROOT}/some/path/...
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How to correctly use a local script variable
Suppose I have the following code:
let s:user_config=fnamemodify('user.vim', ':p')
echom 'file found: ' . s:user_config
if filereadable(s:user_config)
source s:user_config
else
echom s:...
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passing local script variables to viml functions
If I run this code:
let s:user_config=fnamemodify('user.vim', ':p')
echom s:user_config
if filereadable("s:user_config")
echom 'this is true'
else
echom 'this is false'
endif
the result will be: ...
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How do I find out the value of an option? [duplicate]
How do I find out the value of an option? I tried:
:echo ignorecase
:echo g:ignorecase
:echo v:ignorecase
None of these work.
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How do you use variables in a search?
I'd like to pull out a variable something like this to save repeating the same thing
let s:twoLinesStartingWithWords = '^\w\+.*\n\w\+.*'
"next/previous definition
nnoremap <Leader>n /\=s:...
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why is b:changedtick never zero?
As the Title states b:changedtick is never zero.
No plugin or special setting seems to be involved.
Even :
vim -u NONE -U NONE
:echo b:changedtick
returns a value != 0
The same happens if I start ...
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Invoking a command with a defined variable results in “undefined variable”
I'm trying to integrate opam-user-setup's output with vim-plug. I've produced the following:
let s:opam_share_dir = system("opam config var share")
let s:opam_share_dir = substitute(s:opam_share_dir, ...
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What is the difference between let mapleader =”,”, and let g:mapleader=”,”
In one of the most popular vimrc’s available (Aimx’s vimrc), there is a line which maps both leader and g:leader to “,”. https://github.com/amix/vimrc/blob/master/vimrcs/basic.vim#L58
What is the ...
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variable names prefixed with &
It seems that & followed by an option name is an variable containing the option value, such as &diff. What is &l:diff. I assume it is the local value for diff option, but I cannot find the ...
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the scope of variable in vim
I believe the following script in vimrc, which try to set spellfile, has something to do with the scope of vim variable. Especially the difference of $var and g:var:
I can't figure out what's wrong ...
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shortcut of the current directory path when vsplit/split
I very often need to open files through vsplit/split. Very often I want to open files in the same directory. Still, I must pass their paths to vsplit/split.
:vsplit @/siblingfile.txt
@ is an alias ...
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Find value of variable when it is not set (timeoutlen)
How can I find out the default value of a variable if it is not set? For example, the default timeout for the leader key is controlled by the timeoutlen variable, but if I do:
:echo timeoutlen
I get ...
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redirect exmode command to variable
This is perhaps a beginner question, but I'm unable to (intuitively) figure out how to redirect the output of an ex command to a variable for further processing.
Some background: I'm trying to create ...
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Are the internal g:, b:, w:, etc dictionaries documented?
I knew you could scope a variable by prefixing it with g: b:, etc. but I only just discoverred that the prefix itself references a dictionary containing all the scoped variables. For example,
:echo b:...
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Can't reassign local variable value from register?
Given the following block of text:
title,tags
Run-ons - Comma Splices - Fused Sentences
Rule 1 - Run-ons - Comma Splices - Fused Sentences
Rule 2 - Run-ons - Comma Splices - Fused Sentences
Example ...
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vim cannot access variable in autocmd
I am trying to configure prettier-eslint and prettier-standard as the js formatter with neoformat:
" neoformat should try formatprg where available
let g:neoformat_try_formatprg = 1
augroup vimrc
" ...
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iskeyword for latex
Context
Currently, when I set ft=tex, my set isk? reads
iskeyword=@,48-57,_,192-255
that is, the default for vim.
My "issue"
Currently, in a LaTeX string such as
$\abcde_\fgh$
the w jump would ...
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Copy the values from a variable?
I set a variable b:aaa which has the value that I can see via echo b:aaa, how can I copy that to text? I know I can do it by
set @a = b:aaa
"ap
to get it. But can I copy it to the an open file ...
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How to open a GPG encrypted file without having to choose the GPG recipient with the gnupg plugin?
I want to edit a GPG encrypted file file.asc without having to split the window to enter the recipient.
The recipient can be set in the vimrc.
:let g:GPGDefaultRecipients='<key ID>'
How would ...
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Tell Vim's put to print a string at a position given by the value of a variable
I would like to add a new line in a certain line in a buffer. So far my starting position is as follows:
let newl = "\n"
" set cursor to beginning of buffer
call cursor(1,1)
" search up to 10 lines ...
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`set` option with variables
I am trying to rewrite adding a string to option with variable. The original string is
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
The following is the working let way:
let MYVIMDIR='/home/loom/foo'
let &...
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how can i assign the content of a function variable to an option?
this is what i wanted to do:
function! Spell(lang)
if a:lang == "off"
set nospell
else
set spell
set spelllang=a:lang
endif
endfunction
unfortunately this does not work ;( this ...
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Substitute variable into match
This highlights the parts of the lines that are over 80 columns long:
augroup over_length
autocmd!
autocmd BufEnter * highlight OverLength ctermbg=darkgrey
autocmd BufEnter * match ...
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How can I use a register with :find?
I'm trying to improve my vim-abilities. I'm writing a command and a function to find the current Word under the cursor. What I want to be able to do is type :FindFile and have the word under the ...
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Ask a list of all percent-prefixed variables
In reading other's .vimrc, I find many percent signs.
For instance in the portion concerning the status line, I know %F%m%r%h must stands for something like the current filename being edited.
But ...
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Use variable for mapping inside vimrc
I'm testing NeoVim and would like to put in my vimrc universal mapping for either vim and nvim.
I've sketch sth like below so far, but it doesn't work and it's very rough.
function! Meta(key) " ...
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How to use a variable value in a colorscheme
I'm trying to make a colorscheme configurable where I define the style in a variable defined in my .vimrc.
let g:plugin_style='<vim-highlighting-style>'
Then in the colorscheme I'm doing:
...
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Use variables in colorscheme [duplicate]
I had to notice that this doesn't work:
let test=128
highlight Normal ctermbg=test
Is it possible to use variables in colorschemes?
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Execute curl command with variable interpolation
I'm trying to adapt this known-working snippet for installing vim-plug:
if empty(glob('~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim'))
silent !curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs
\ https://raw....
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Sharing variables between different files in a plugin
Supposing I have two scripts that share variables. What is the preferred way to do this, supposing I wanted to keep the variables only in one place? Is there a way to keep them script-local and not ...
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Talking to vim from outside
Can I change a variable in an instance of vim from another shell (without sending keys through tmux)?
I ask because I would like to use latexmk's compiling_cmd, success_cmd, and failure_cmd options ...
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How to handle a nested dictionary with mixed key/values?
I would like to create a dictionary variable for a vimL script. That dictionary will hold information related to a folder structure. However, I have a bit of hard time designing this variable and also ...
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Append to global variable and completion
I would like to create a global (configuration) variable that ideally would work as a comma separated list but that we could also append to it. The idea is to have the same behavior as when using += ...
