Questions tagged [vimscript]
A scripting language embedded into Vim. It can be used to customize Vim to suit your needs and to create plugins. Also called VimL.
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Vim custom command to execute 'c""<Esc>P'
I am trying to write a custom command that executes the following: 'c""<Esc>P', namely cut visually selected text, insert ""and paste the cut text into the quotes.
I have ...
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What's the difference between `:e foo.ext` and `:n foo.ext`
As title. Sorry for being possibly a very simple question but could anyone rephrase the answer so it can be easily understood by a beginner?
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`Cmd+V`/`Ctrl+V` pasting has an extra new line
In init.vim I have:
set clipboard^=unnamed,unnamedplus
In order to ensure text is yanked into the system clipboard.
In Neovim, I select the lines in line mode (V) and copy them with y:
a
b
c
In a ...
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How to make the 81st column stand out in Lua?
Like this for Vim, I'm trying to convert (with no success):
matchadd('ColorColumn', '\%81v\s*\zs\S', 100)
from vimscript to a Lua autocmd:
autocmd({'BufRead'}, {
pattern = "*",
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User-defined commands that call the same functions but with different arguments
I am trying to create a command that calls the same function but with different arguments, like the following:
def g:MyFunction(a: string, b: bool)
if b
echo "foo"
else
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nvim-treesitter not working; throws error E5113
I just installed nvim-treesitter and it throws me this error message when starting nvim:
Error detected while processing /home/MYUSERNAME/.local/share/nvim/plugged/nvim-treesitter/plugin/nvim-...
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How to search within a vimscript function
I'm trying to write a vimscript function that will search for a ruby class definition. My function correctly goes to the top of the file to start the search, but then doesn't move to the given class ...
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Call original gf after remapping gf to custom function
gf doesn't work for absolute links used in Azure DevOps yaml files, p.e.
- template: /devops/template/my-template.yml
(It only works without the leading slash.)
This is why I have created my custom ...
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How to use `syn` in regex match?
I'm trying to follow a link using <CR> in a markdown file.
I was giving a look into the native markdown syntax file vim ships with and found a few that use the syn command syntax
syn region ...
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How can I replicate a block of text with a pattern replaced?
I have a bunch of blocks of text across multiple files that reference a common symbol (a number). I need to create several copies of this with the symbol replaced with different values of the number. ...
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Check if cursor is inside a pair of quotes
What I'm looking for is basically a programmatic version of vi", va', etc.
Say my cursor is at |:
function_call(arg, "stri|")
I want to be able to find the location/range of the quote ...
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term_start won't open terminal in the desired position
If I run term_start('zsh', {'term_name': 'MYTER','vertical': v:true}) I get the expected behavior, but if I run term_start('zsh', {'term_name': 'MYTER','belowright': v:true}) will produce E475: ...
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Vim9script commands from command line result in E1124. Is it normal?
If I run e.g. :var a = 1 from the command line I end up in E1124: "var" cannot be used in legacy vimscript. Running on MacVim 9.0.1276.
Is it normal behavior?
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How to predefine functions in syntax file?
I have a syntax file for CSV files. To be able setting the separator, there is a function ChangeChar() and the syn match ... terms are variable.
To initialize it ; is used. But to call the SetMatches()...
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How can I use 'while' and 'if' in Vim script properly to turn off highlight automatically?
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This is my code in Vim. As the code comment describes, I want to remove highlight when the cursor moved. Currently, I highlight will remove when entering insert mode, but it can still be ...
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Vim: mapping tab to ctrl space only if the cursor is in front of a non whitespace character
I am using the jedi-vim extension and really don't like pressing ctrl-space to bring up auto-complete. I would like to use tab, but also obviously when coding I need tab for indentation as well.
I ...
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Pass local variables in a vimscript function to python
For example, I want to use default arguments:
function! MakeOrgTable(...)
let l:num_col = a:0 > 0? (a:0) : 0;
python << EOF
import vim
vim.current.buffer[:]=make_table(vim.current.buffer, ...
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Is there any invisible string character that can be ignored by "set fillchars", in the status line?
Currently, I'm trying to make a pretty minimal custom status line that suits my needs. One element of it, however, is a diagnostics report that depends on another plugin (coc.nvim). With a function, I ...
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Cannot open terminal ini nvim
I installed Plugin terminal using the vim-terminal plugin and try to execute :TerminalSplit bash but before the terminal open I got a warning message.
Python 2 interface is not installed, using Python ...
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Detect Editing of Directory
How do you detect if a directory is opened(with :edit) in Vimscript? I am lazy loading a file explorer and need it to load it before I open a directory.
One approach I tried using an autocommand that ...
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Can you select and execute VimL / VimScript inside another file?
Update: It is possible with '<,'>source.
I figured it out right after writing this question, no need for the complicated workaround. I am gonna still let this question here and not delete it, ...
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How to check if the lua function is available in vim script?
On nvim, we can use 'v:lua' prefix to call a lua function in vim script. But can we check if the lua function is available, like exists('*funcname')?
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VimScript: Substitute string variable content for string variable name
I would like to the present working directory (:pwd) be changed across all tabs and subwindows at the same time. I tried:
let PreferredPWD=expand('%:p:h') " The desired working directory
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Highlight a single word that would be encountered after a specific word
I want to highlight the next word encountered after a specific word (e.g.: "class"). In other terms, the next word after "class" should be highlighted with the highlight group that ...
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Remove words from comments in vim autocompletion
I have looked for similar questions but I was quite surprised to not find anything similar... either I am the first person on this planet to have this issue, or I have searched using bad keywords.
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How to use a variable from register in command mode?
I have a list of cities
London
Madrid
Paris
Brasil
I want to write a macro, that will add a ul tag and wrap each city in to an li.
I think, i need to create a variable like:
let i = 4
Than to write ...
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How do I use variables with the delete command? (i.e., how to expand/reference variables for command arguments?)
I'm using variables for line numbers, and I want to delete a range of lines using these variables. How do I do that?
let x = 5
let y = 20
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Stop flushing the last command when hitting enter
Suppose I wrote this command:
command! -nargs=1 E echo ' -> <args>'
and when user feeds an argument,
:E abc
I intend to see the following effect as they hit Enter:
:E abc -> abc
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Go to file with gf from :terminal
I often keep a :terminal open on the right of a vertical split, and on the left keep a window open for files:
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| | |
| file buffers | :terminal ...
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Sort wildmenu list alphabetically
EDIT #2 - directory setup
I set up a testing directory with the following:
mkdir ~/Desktop/tester1 && cd tester1
touch aa.{js,css,html}
touch aaa.{js,css,html}
touch bb.{js,css,html}
touch bbb....
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Use contents of copy-paste buffer in command
I would like to use the content that reside in the current copy-paste buffer in a Vim command.
For example:
nnoremap <leader>hi <cmd>echo "copy-paste-buffer-content"<CR>
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vnoremap to sort highlighted lines by length not working as expected
I found a command that would sort highlighted lines by their length and wanted to make a mapping for it so that I could avoid typing it every time.
vnoremap ,s :<C-U>'<,'> ! awk '{ print ...
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How to define default values for variables defined in ftplugin?
Say that I have defined two files
python.vim
let b:foo="py"
let b:bar="thon"
cobol.vim
let b:foo="co"
let b:bar="bol"
and that I placed both of them in ~/.vim/...
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User function unexpectedly returns the same output every call
UPDATE
As @Matt pointed out g:jsonTemplate is a list that needs to be copied. I originally thought that multiline strings were strings and overlooked the varible assignment detail after debugging. The ...
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What's the corresponding command of `CTRL-Y` and `CTRL-E`?
As title. I know that I can just press CTRL-Y/E to scroll, but now I need to use a script to execute them. What are the commands?
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How to know that neovim is started by zsh command "git commit" from my terminal emulator?
As title. I'm building a plugin and this is the last step.
I've configured my .zshrc so that git will use neovim as its texteditor program to enter commit messages in interactive mode. The on-going ...
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How to apply a command to all tabs?
As title. I want to call a command to all existing tabs to close all windows of specific filetype. How to do so efficiently?
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How do I override indent/html.vim's attribute indent behavior
Stated Purpose
I'm trying to override Vim's HTML attribute indent behavior. This question is specific to ft=html.
Vim has always inserted too many spaces when indenting HTML:
<div>
<div ...
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Is it possible to disable showing `-- VISUAL LINE --` hint in the command line?
As title: I have a plugin that needs to show something in cmdline but now the space is occupied by:
-- VISUAL LINE --
Any hint to get rid of it?
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How to move buffer between tabs?
As title. And I also need to know how to specify a tab to move to. So I expect the syntax would look like this:
:movebuf <buffer_id> <tab_id>
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Highlight line number column with manual fold start and end markers
I'm new to folds and just trying to use them. I understand that foldmethod=indent will automatically show folds in the foldcolumn. But I think I generally don't want to use those auto folds but create ...
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Why `<C-h>` is mapped to backspace even if I remove all the insert-mode keymaps of `<C-h>`? [duplicate]
As title. I'm using NeoVim and there is a syntax to remove all mappings of specific key-comb. in specified mode:
vim.keymap.del('i', '<C-h>')
But after the call :imap <C-h> shows:
i <C-...
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How to select all text and delete in vi?
Is it possible to select all the text and delete it it in vi other than hitting backspace?
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Insert Result of an Internal Vim Command into Text/Buffer (e.g. vims echo command)
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I want to have basically the same as :read ![external command], but instead the external command I want to read the output from an internal command.
Example
Shells echo / external command:
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Is it possible to detect key-release event in NeoVim?
As title. I want to simulate the App-switching feature of macOS cmd+tab. To do so I need to detect the release of some key to trigger my lua function. Any idea?
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understanding and modifying an include-search map command
I found a useful map at the include-search ([I) help.
map <leader>1 [I:let nr = input("Which one: ")<Bar>exe "normal " . nr ."[\t"<CR>
This opens the ...
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in vim: how to transfer the contents of one .swp to another swapfile
I have very often following incidence:
I begin a new program to edit in vim.
After a time I have with this name the current file, the current swap file and many backups with filename-suffixes .WE-01 .....
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Is there a way to map remap 0<C-d> in insert mode
I'm doing a plugin which modify how shift works and remap <C-d> in insert mode. Every thing works well but I have a problem with 0<C-d>. It is a built-in mapping which reset the ...
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How to execute all autocmds of a specific augroup?
As title. I just randomly come up with this question. To do so one would need to iterate over all autocmds in the augroup. Is this possible?
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Is there a way to get vim to print human-readable output of type()?
How to convert the output of the type() function, which is a number, into a verbal format, e.g. as described in help v:t_...?
To write my own mappings seems to be too cumbersome.
Presumably there ...
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