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How can I check whether the user has defined a highlight group before Vim 8.2.3917
With this question I've learned of the existence of hlget and hlID, which I use in a plugin of mine like this:
if empty(hlget('SoftWrapHighlightGroup'))
" do stuff
endif
However, those ...
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What is 'dnd' or 'DnD'?
:version shows -dnd. :help dnd reads:
*+dnd* Support for DnD into the "~ register |quote_~|.
What does 'dnd' or 'DnD' stand for?
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When was getcharstr() introduced? And how could I have found the answer my self from :help?
Yesterday I made a change to my plugin which essentially consisted in using getcharstr() instead of nr2char(getchar()).
That was Vim 8.2.4106.
Today at work I updated my plugin and got an error, ...
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Does vim-easymotion only work in neovim?
I was wondering if the easymotion-overwin was compatible with vim, or does it only works in neovim?
I have my .vimrc's keymaps setup like this for easy-motion
"----- Easy-Motion -----
map <...
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Unknown function: strptime on Linux Mint [closed]
I was having trouble to make the following function to work on Linux machines, where +eval feature is found upon calling :version. The error message reads:
E117: Unknown function: strptime
The ...
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Suddenly running :colorscheme breaks lightline
Suddenly, after a Vim update, I guess, when I run :colo some_color_scheme, the coloring of my lightline status bar is black and white, as you can see in the following screencast:
Since I version my ...
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YouCompleteMe unavailable: unable to load Python [duplicate]
I have done PlugInstall but it gives:
YouCompleteMe unavailable: unable to load Python.
The same error happens while loading UltiSnips:
E370: Could not load python36.dll
My vimrc:
set rnu
set nu
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What is a pop_up windows? [closed]
Vim 8.2 has been released a couple of days ago and as I was reading I see that you can display somehow functions prototype, I am pretty exciting about this I hope documentations come pretty soon, ...
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Vim 6.4 broke after adding plugin file to runtimepath
I am working on a group server and using Vim 6.4 there. And because admin there doesn't let us install new software or having any plugin-manager, I have to manually add those plugin files to ...
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Version conflict between vi and vim
I installed some plugins which is supported above vi version 7.4. When i open files with vi command its will show the plugin not supported with version 7.3. After that i was opened with vim command ...
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Why is the version of Vim displayed by 'apt' different from the one displayed in Vim?
These the output of the commands to check which version of Vim I am using on Devain Jessie and Debian Sid
I have checked my systems -
Output of debian jessie
:python import sys; print(sys.version)...
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How can I get more features?
My vim version is "huge" without GUI. Nevertheless, it is missing a lot of features like clipboard and python.
How can I get a more full-featured version? I read that there is a version vim-nox which ...
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Vim compilation requirements for Nvim-R
I use Vim 7.4.521 under Kubuntu 14.04.4. I downloaded and installed Nvim-R 0.9.5 (for Vim >= 7.4.1829) via :so %. Doing the following:
$ vim somefile.R
on a file containing R code results in Vim ...
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Gundo plugin requires python 2.4 when version 2.7 is installed
I have Python 2.7.9 installed. And now I get the message that the Gundo plugin requires 2.4. Is there a workaround?
Here is my vimrc file:
set nocompatible " be iMproved, required
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Make vim version 7 edit xml files
I'm using old Debian linux an vim version 7.1.314. I would like to edit eclipse .cproject file that build using XML syntax. Currently vim shows not colored information. I found vim plugin that I hope ...
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How can I automate checking for new Vim releases on Windows?
Following up my earlier question (How can I install 64-bit Vim on Windows?), I'd like to automate updating Vim. On Linux, I let the package manager and its frontends take care of checking for updates ...
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Problems with paths that includes swedish characters
Update
I've now also tried this on my Arch setup and everything works fine there.
vim --version on that machine says:
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Sep 28 2015 08:49:36)
Included ...
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How can I check if Vim is 32 bit or 64 bit? (On Linux!)
How can I find out if the vim I'm using is 32 or 64 bit? I'm using Ubuntu so this doesn't apply to me, I think. Also I checked
:version
and got this output:
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, ...
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How do I tell if Vi or Vim is installed on my Linux distribution?
I use Kubuntu 14.04 with its default installation (bash, Konsole). I want to learn a powerful, all-keyboard, text editor, and settled on one of these: Vi, Vim, Emacs, (and I'll learn Nano since it's ...
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How to check whether Vim is built as a 32-bit or 64-bit application?
How do I check if Vim is compiled as 64-bit or 32-bit from within vimscript? Specifically on Windows.
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Did Vim ever use a different versioning scheme?
In Debian packaging, a version number looks like: x:y~z, where x is called the epoch. According to the Debian policy:
It is provided to allow mistakes in the version numbers of older versions of a ...
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How do I know the patch version of my vim?
I have vim 7.4 installed, but I'm not sure what patch level it was at when I installed it. How do I check?
vim --version
Gives
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Oct 15 2014 16:18:44)
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