Questions tagged [vimrc]
Vim reads initialization commands from a file called vimrc on startup. This can be used to set settings, define functions, execute autocommands, and more.
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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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Problem setting cursor colors in vimrc: suppress the `-ne` that is written to my xterm on exit
Following the vim manual and also some threads on this site, I can set the color of my cursor to orange in insert mode and red otherwise, with the following lines in my .vimrc file.
" use an ...
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Typescript add missing import on cursor?
I'm working on a TypeScript-React project using neovim, because I love it. I want a feature: when my cursor is on a name that has not been imported, I can press some key-combination to choose which ...
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Mouse navigation not working in VIM
I started using VIM today and I found out that we could use the mouse pointer to go to a line in vim using set mouse=a
But unfortunately, it is not working
here is the config file
https://pastebin.com/...
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Automatically launch debugging session if make succeeds, quickfix list otherwise
Currently, I have begun using vim for C++ projects. I use vimspector for debugging help. This offers a command :call vimspector#Launch() to debug the current successful build. To build the current ...
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Trouble with persistence of background setting via vimrc
I have a structure thus:
myproject/
.vim/
.vimrc
Contents of .vimrc are:
let g:usercolour = 0
if g:usercolour == 0
set background=dark
colorscheme default
endif
if g:usercolour == 1
set ...
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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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Why are so many underscore lines in my file when to open it with vim?
Everytime i opened a file with vim,so many underscore lines in it such as below:
How can remove all the underscore lines ?
:colorsheme is desert.
The highlight output:
The terminal is LXTerminal.
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To toggle statusline colors when switching modes. Problem with C-C
I use the following code to have different statusline colors for Normal and Insert modes:
highlight statusLine ctermfg=black ctermbg=red guifg=red guibg=black
autocmd ...
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Making Vim work with Unicode: what is the reason to use "setglobal fileencoding=utf-8"?
There is a tip on Vim Wiki about working with Unicode:
if has("multi_byte")
if &encoding !~? '^u'
if &termencoding == ""
let &termencoding = &encoding
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Difference between %f and %F (it's not that obvious!)
This might be a silly question, but what is the actual difference between %f and %F in status line?
From :h statusline:
f Path to the file in the buffer, as typed or relative to current directory.
F ...
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What is the reason to specify ':cANSI' (or another character set) for a font
I often see that fonts intended to be used on Windows are defined with :cANSI.
set guifont=Consolas:h11:cANSI
The help is, of course, provide some explanation, but I don't really understand it.
cXX -...
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How to get timezone using strftime command?
I have a custom command for stamping time in my log files. However, I would like that format to match the one of bash command date.
For example, I use this command:
:command InLog pu=strftime(\"\...
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choose template option for newfiles in vim
I have different templates in this directory ~/Documents/Library/
like: Template.cpp, normal.cpp, advanced.cpp
normally i use this
autocmd BufNewFile *.cpp 0r ~/Documents/Library/Template.cpp
I want ...
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jedi-vim prevents mapping [[ to * and ]] to #
jedi-vim appears to prevent mapping [[ to # and ]] to *
mapping does not alter behaviour produced by [[ or ]] in .py files when jedi-vim in bundle folder (and does alter behaviour in .py files ...
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Can you have relative numbers, but for characters/words in a line?
This is relativenumber. It shows the line numbers, relative to your cursor:
1 one line before your cursor
0 your cursor is here
1 first line after
2 second line
3 third line
4 and so on
It's super ...
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How can I detect the encoding of a file correctly?
Sometimes I download files in cp1251, cp866, and koi8r encodings, all of which are used to represent Cyrillic characters.
How should I specify them in set fileencodings=... so that when I open such a ...
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How does smarttab actually works?
Yes, I'm aware of what :h smarttab says, but I still cannot figure it out.
" My vimrc
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set tabstop=8 " I always keep this 8
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=-1 &...
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To reload vimrc on file save
I'm trying to make Vim reload its vimrc when I save a file. I have found different solutions, but none of them works for me for some reason.
Vim version: 8.2.2824, OS: Windows 7.
My vimrc:
" I ...
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How can I create a command alias for :Ex /path/to/directory
I'm trying to make my life easier by making a shortcut for the following command
:Ex /path/to/directory
I need to to be able to press :akeyword and execute the command above.
The directory needs to ...
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how to make a word turn into certain commands in vim command line?
I want :cup in vim command line to turn into :tabdo call MapRunCmd()<CR>
Hope that somebody can help me out
PS: I've tried this nnoremap :cup :tabdo call MapRunCmd()<CR> but didn't like ...
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How to escape a pipe (|) in my vimrc
I've seen
How to escape pipe character in `:make`, `:grep` and friends
How to escape pipe (|) in mapped substitution?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29596150/use-to-diplay-tabs-in-vim
But none ...
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Run `vim -c <command>` before loading vimrc?
I'm adding some setup to my .vimrc, and what I want to do is to be able to run a command using the command line before the vimrc is executed. I tried vim -c 'command' but it runs after the .vimrc.
The ...
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inserting non-printables in vi
After a near-crash, the assistence has installed LINUX 20.4 instead of 16.04. When
in vi I try to insert a ^C using ^V^C I insert [27;5;99~ Is someone able to tell me which initialization file ...
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Need help to make a by-default `:RunWithFile` of this toggle function
related to this post, How to make a toggle function in .vimrc that toggles multiple configs of almost same type?
@BLayer's code
func! MapRunCmd() abort
if exists("b:rwfcmd1") && ...
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Vim cannot find medical spell files
Problem specification
I would love to have a medical spell dictionary in vim.
Currently, I have a lot of medical terms in my own personal English dictionary right now. However, using an official ...
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How to move `n` number char <left> in vim command line?
My init.vim code
autocmd FileType cpp nnoremap <F4> :RunWithFile ~/Downloads/ > output.txt && cat output.txt
I want my cursor position to be exact 31 times <left> in command ...
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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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Is there a reason to include "set ruler" and "syntax on" in my vimrc?
Could somebody explain, why some people add
set ruler
syntax on
to their vimrcs? Aren't these settings are already enabled by default? Is there an objective reason for it?
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Youcompleteme: shortcut key to format selection
According to this documentation
:'<,'>YcmCompleter Format
will format the selected text. I am struggling to map this to shortcut key <S-F2>.
I have tried all of the following after having ...
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Why vim creates an extra last line when importing a template?
My init.vim code:
autocmd BufNewFile *.cpp 0r C:\Users\User\Desktop\cp\Template.cpp
When i create a .cpp file, Template.cpp code is imported in that cpp file.
upto this point, everything is fine.
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Difficulty mapping normal key strokes into .vimrc
I am trying to create a shortcut key that does the following steps in normal mode:
Go to stack trace window
Go to second line from top in this window
Press Enter
In step 2, the second line from top ...
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Line continuation and commenting out
This is a part in my .vimrc that is used to change appearance of tabs to → (arrow right) and spaces to · (dot).
set list
set listchars=
\tab:→\ ,
\space:·,
\nbsp:·,
\extends:›,
\precedes:‹
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project-based config: how to load plugins/colors from custom subdir of $PWD when doing `vim -u local/vimrc ...`?
The Need, the Goal...
By "project-based config" I mean a project contained in a git repo that contains all the vim configuration -- vimrc and plugins and colorschemes -- right there in the ...
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how to deduplicate packpath / runtimepath?
Problem:
I noticed that my "&packpath" has some duplicates, I want to remove them.
What I have tried:
My viml knowledge is not very strong but I did manage to create a unique "List&...
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How do I make the statusline selectable in gvim/macvim?
With terminal vim I can just double click the statusline and select the filename, which is very handy.
In gvim or macvim clicking the statusline prompts me to resize the active window, not very useful....
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How to suppress "file written" shortmess?
Upon saving a file, vim shows a message like,
"file" [New] 0L, 0C written
I want to suppress this message. I have tried adding shortmess+=FW to my ~/.vimrc but it doesn't seem to work.
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Setting 'viewdir' does not work with :mkview
I'm trying to use :mkview with 'viewdir'.
I set 'viewdir' as the help page said:
set viewdir='C:/Users/MyPC/vimfiles/view'
and made sure that C:/Users/MyPc/vimfiles/view exists, but I still get error ...
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Call plugin-defined function in .vimrc
I use tpope/vim-fugitive and airblade/vim-gitgutter and I want to selectively enable gitgutter only in git repositories.
Since vim-fugitive provides FugitiveIsGitDir which returns 0 or 1, this could ...
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Root using symlink for .vim. Vim configuration of other user not inherited as expected!
I have customized my Vim environment under my "login" ID ${HOME}.
Everything is under ~login_ID/.vim (no customizations under ~login_ID/.gvim).
I have created a symbolic link /root/.vim ...
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How to get: "Warning: You set a onFileEdit warning for this file, and now you are attempting to modify it. Enable edits for the next N minutes?"
How do I set up Vim to achieve the effect in the title?
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Vim 8.2 no user defined functions
Yesterday I updated Vim to version 8.2 thru my Linux distro repositories (Fedora). And now I noticed that no user defined functions exist. They worked just yesterday, before the update.
I define ...
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Why does an empty vimrc file change my configuration (e.g. disable syntax highlighting)?
Here is the sshconfig syntax highlighting when i do not have any .vimrc file:
Let's create an empty .virmc :
$touch ~/.vimrc
Now let's edit that same file again:
Why is this happening? I'd like to ...
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How to copy contents of wl-clipboard into a Vim register?
I would like to swap content between my system clipboard and a Vim register.
I am missing one last piece of the puzzle, indicated below. Any thoughts?
map <Leader>" :call SwapBuffer()<CR&...
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How to quickly search for today's date in a file?
Question
How does one effectively find today's date in a file?
The format of the date is given by GNU's date(1)'s command as:
$ date '+%a %d-%m-%Y'
Mon 16-08-2021
What I already tried
This is how I ...
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How to map <BS> to do nothing?
(I'm using Alacritty + NeoVim, I'm not sure about whether this issue is from Alacritty or NeoVim.)
I want to map <BS> in insert mode to do nothing, i.e. <Nop>. I have tried:
inoremap <...
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How to keybind vim to a shell script
I'm new to vim and apologize if the question seems redundant, but I couldn't find a suitable answer.
I have a shell script compile.sh that I would like to run each time I press some key (say, F8) on ...
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Configuring coc.nvim coc-solargraph with standardrb for RSpec files
I am trying to configure coc.nvim for my vim 8.2. I mapped my formatting to leader-d with:
nnoremap <Leader>d :call CocAction('format') <CR>
which works fine for ruby filetype. However, ...
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How I can add <C-6> to a mapping
I am trying to create a mapping that will close the current buffer and replaced by the previous buffer.
I tried this
noremap <silent><Leader>bd :<C-6><Bar>bd #<CR>
But ...
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