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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How to get file type by buffer number?
As title. Currently, I only have the buffer number, I need to know which filetype it is.
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Is this :compiler script configured properly for pylint, a python linter?
I am pretty new to Vim and coding in general. I'm trying to improve my compile-edit-compile cycle for Python. I just learned about Vim's :make and quickfix system; it's really cool. I would like to do ...
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How to use `%` to jump between single quotes?
As title. I have tried change this option:
matchpairs
but the result is weird: it will jump to all previous ' if pressed multiple times
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Detect new visual selection with vimscript
I asked a related but different question
here.
I'm writing the
vim-visual-history
plugin that keeps a traversable history of previous visual selections. To
detect the selections, I'm using:
autocmd ...
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How to detect the previous buffer via '#' exist?
As title. I'm trying to call bd # while it fails when the previous buffer doesn't exist. So my question is how to detect this?
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String comparison using 'ignorecase' option in vim9 script
I am trying to port my legacy script to vim9.
I found this in vim9 help:
The 'ignorecase' option is not used for comparators that use strings.
I am looking for a good workaround to use 'ignorecase' ...
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Why is Vim9 mentioned at all in the doc of Vim 8?
Looking for lambda in the doc, I've found out (to my surprise) that they do exist in vimscript, and they use the syntax {args -> expr1}.
But I've also discovered that there's Vim9, the doc of which ...
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Vader for testing plugin that eases window navigation
Some time ago I wrote a plugin for easy window navigation, and now I was trying to write some test for it, using Vader, which I knew nothing about until a few hours ago.
Basically, with my plugin ...
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Vimscript: how to detect selection of a text object in visual mode?
I'm writing what may become a plugin that needs to know what is currently
visually selected.
To do it, I'm using the autocmd CursorMoved event to detect the creation of
visual mode selections on the ...
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Where is the `end_lnum` field of the item in `setqflist`?
As title. In :h setqflist there is no field end_lnum and end_col. While these options exist in :h getqflist . So my question is simple: If I cannot set it, how can I get it?
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How to test for normal execution exit code?
func! ShouldReformat()
return normal :w !elm-format --stdin --validate
endfunc
func! Reformat()
if ShouldReformat()
normal gggqG
endif
endfunc
But return normal is not taken into account, ...
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Is there a way to let sqlformat or another SQL formatter change only a selection within a file in VIM?
I added a shortcut in VIM so that I can press Esc and ,pt to get the automatic sql formatting from sqlformat command.
Taken from Can VIM autoindent SQL?.
"autocmd FileType sql call SqlFormatter()
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How to get the parent path of a given path?
As title. For example if I have this:
foo/bar/baz/bee
which is stored in a variable, then which function should I call to get:
foo/bar/baz
Notice that I will need to store this result back to the ...
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How to pass arguments to `:map gx <Plug>(SomeFunction)`?
Context
I'm evaluating https://github.com/tyru/open-browser.vim which looks really promising.
I figured out how to set the default search engine and add a mapping
" vim-openbrowser
let g:...
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Compile C++ in vim
I want to make a shortcut for compiling C++ file. I use :map <F5> :!g++ % -o app && ./app <CR>. How can I edit it to set output file's name, C++ file's name without .cpp instead of ...
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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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How to check if the current tab is the last tab?
As title. I want to check that if current tab is the last (rightmost) tab, how?
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How to check if a buffer hidden in all tabs?
As title. I want to check that a buffer is not shown in any tabs. How to do so?
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How can I switch to the `[No Name]` buffer
As title. Is it possible to change the current buffer by vimscript to the (only) [No Name] buffer?
I need these tools:
an API to return all (loaded) buffers
loop through each of them
if the buffer ...
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How could I create a terminal window in the background?
I want vim to launch rails console(it's like relp) within terminal windows when vim is launched on my project directory.
To launch rails console, I need to run three commands like below and it's ...
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Re-Select Previous Visual Selection with Command
As title. I want to create a function that facilitate this behaviour. I have tried this but it didn't work:
exe 'gv'
I tried from this direction because this works:
exe 'c!'
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Place visual selection inside of a variable inside of a command
I want to write a command that works with a visual selection, so I wrote something like this:
command! -range Foo
\ exec "norm \"ay" |
\ echo "[" . @a . "]"
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Advice on the use of :exe "norm!" vs. built in functions when writing vimscipt and plugins
I've been using vim for about 3 years and am starting to write my first
plugin. I've noticed when
looking at the code of other popular plugins that the functions very rarely
seem to achieve their aim ...
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NeoVim: How to move the cursor to a window by its window number?
As title. After doing windo it seems like Vim forgot where it started.
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How to count the total number of windows excluding some buftype?
As title. Some floating windows will have buffer type (buftype) value nofile, I don't want to count them! How?
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How to count the total number of splits opened in the current tab?
As title. I want to detect the case when there is only one split in the current tab.
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vim execute not working in script
I am using a plugin that expands the word template by a template but only if the word template is followed by a tab. I am trying to write the word new then in insert mode jump to the end of the line ...
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activate vim-lsp on single JavaScript files
vim-lsp's typescript-language-server doesn't seem to work or get activated when working on single JavaScript files or projects that are (I think) under version control. Is there a way to configure ...
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Neovim 0.5+ setup as Rust IDE
So I am trying to set up neovim 0.5+ as a rust IDE.
I am following this guide.
Except, as shown in the guide, there is not completion even after doing <c-x><c-o>.
I have kept the config in ...
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Vimscript - Loading function(s) from another .vim file
I'm forking an old vim plugin (effectively dead since 2018) that needed some love. Once I got to the .vim file, I noticed that the functions were all defined in there, which made the file unreasonably ...
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How to center the current line to 80% height of the current window, in NeoVim?
As title. Since no one wants to become a turtle, I want to setup a behavior like M but instead pin the current line to 80% height (0% start from bottom) of the current window, not to center.
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Use command to move cursor like `^` and `$`, in NeoVim?
As title. How to move the cursor with vim command :...? I want to make a toggle that achieves this behavior but I didn't find anywhere this is explained :(
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Make Lightspeed work with Repmo
I'm trying to make the EasyMotion-like (cursor jumping) Lightspeed plugin work with Repmo which repeats a previous motion.
So far, (and after many hours), I've come up with the following:
let g:...
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How to cancel quitting in a QuitPre autocmd
I want to write an autocmd that prompts the user when the user tries to quit Vim. Based on the user's response, Vim should either quit, or cancel the quit. Is this possible using QuitPre? If not, how ...
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Sort tab-completion suggestions (files first, then directories) in vim command line
When i go to command mode, type :e and press tab, i get like this
Excuse the file, directory writings on the right side (used for explanation)
A.cpp file
Adamwathan/ directory
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What values are truthy and falsey?
What are the truthy and falsey values in classic vimscript (not vim9script)?
What is the canonical list, and where do I find it in :help?
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Set all highlight groups starting with a certain name?
Basically I have a long list of highlight groups that start with DevIcon (DevIconPng, DevIconJs etc.), they all come with their own ctermfg and guifg and I would like to change them to a single color.
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The dilemma of using both space-tab and tab
Now I have to learn some makefile. I only need to use the plain-old tab in this file. In other ones I want to happily keep my 4-space-tab. My current idea is to find a way/script so that I can toggle ...
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How to overlap searching result?
Given that I have string AABBAABBAA. I cannot find two AABBAA with the / that vim provides. Is there any option to enable this behaviour or I need a script/plugin?
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How to determine the cursor is close to the last line of the file?
As title. I have the following script and I want to set scrolloff to 0 when the cursor is approaching the last line of the current file.
vim.cmd [[
augroup switchScrolloffTopBottom
autocmd!
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How to check if value is v:null?
What is the proper way to check if a particular variable is null? I use v:null as a special value to indicate something in a custom function's return value.
I have tried:
let l:v = v:null
echom l:v == ...
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BufDelete running after window is closed
For some reason, the BufDelete autocommand is being executed right after a window is created, instead before, and i think it shouldn't be like that, according to the docs:
Before deleting a buffer ...
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Is it possible to set scrolloff to top and bottom with different values?
As title. For example, say I imagine there is something like scrolloffTop and scrolloffBottom and I can set each with different values. If there is no such options, I would like to know is it possible ...
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-complete=file without extra processing of the arguments
Without -complete=file:
command! -nargs=* C1 echo <q-args>
C1 fzf#vim#grep /home/yuri/.vim/pack/foo/start/fzf.vim
" fzf#vim#grep /home/yuri/.vim/pack/foo/start/fzf.vim
With -complete=file:
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Auto update a buffer opend in a split when it changed?
I'm writing TypeScript and there is a command npx tsc --watch that will (over)write to an output file every time the source file is changed. I open one split for each of these files. But when I save ...
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vim. How do you replace 'x' with 'y' and 'y' with 'x'? [duplicate]
I don't want to do this manually, and I'm sure there is a way for vim to do it. I probably am not googling the correct question to find the result I want, but here is what I want to do.
I have this ...
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`:call append!` -- how vim insert line (append or setline) while respecting indentation
I want to put a string function output in my vim when press xx. My current working example is:
nnoremap <silent> xx :call append('.', 'string_output')<CR>
However, this put a line without ...
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How do I suppress beginning newline added by put()?
I've got this simple function:
" generates a link in markdown using an extern script
function! WebLink()
put =system('~/bin/taskwiki_helper.pl markdown_link_from_url')
endfunction
It works ...
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Can the arguments to a custom Vim command be grouped by quotes?
I would like to define a custom Vim command that takes arguments grouped by single or double quotes. For example, if my arguments are a "b c" then I want a to be considered the first ...
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ALE project root for Python
I use ALE to run linters while editing Python code in vim. When working on code in a package, I can't get ALE to respect the pylint configuration in the project root. I've had it in .pylintrc as well ...
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