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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Get count of string in vim
To get the count of a string I usually do something a bit hack-ish such as the following:
Do a :%substitution on the string in question, such as:
# how many times does the string "<Item "...
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How to check if a string starts with another string in vimscript
I know I can use regex matching with ~= and that stridx(haystack, needle) == 0 does work, but if I just want to verify that one string starts with another, I don't want to waste resources checking the ...
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How to find first item that satisfies predicate?
:help index explains that only exact matches are returned. How would you add a predicate to the search, so that we could find the first element that matches that?
I want to write this:
let i = 0
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How do I make a function stop when an error occurs?
I just wrote a function which tries to call another function, but I got the syntax wrong. However, I was horrified to see that the next line in my function happily started executing anyway. It is as ...
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inoremap doesn't work
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Currently I'm writing a pull request for this vim plugin which should set commas and semicolons automatically.
At the moment it looks if it should set a comma/semicolon/double point ...
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How can I get the full command name from shortcuts such as :syn, :synt?
The commands :sy, :syn, :synt, and :synta all run the :syntax command. For a script I'd like to know which command the user typed on the commandline, for example:
get_full_command('syn') " ...
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Set line numbers based on line count
If a file has a large number of lines, I'd like to enable line numbers, otherwise leave them off by default. If I run the command:
if line('$') > 150 | :set number | endif
while vim is open, file ...
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Vim change keyboard language.. via shortcut
I want to change keyboard language via vimscript shortcut. So that i ...
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imap <expr> call multiple functions
I want to map <CR> to call multiple functions e.g. Func1() Func2() Func3()
I tried:
imap <expr> <CR> Func1() Func2() Func3()
But I got "E15:Invalid expression"
How can I ...
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Convert working commands to VIMRC friendly mappings (ie: :%s with regex)
Is there a simple way of taking a previously issued command and converting it into a .vimrc-friendly keybinding?
For example, I have a simple substitution utilizing regular expressions that won't work ...
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synIDattr returns nothing in function
I have this part of code:
function! Test()
echom synIDattr(synID(line('.'), col('.'), 1), 'name')
endfunction
autocmd TextChangedI <buffer> call Test()
I expected that every time I change ...
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E716: Key not present in dictionary: “3”
I have this global at the top of my .vimrc:
let DevEnv = { 'enabled' : 0, 'open_dirs' : 0, 'term_bufnr' : 0 }
One of my .vimrc functions calls:
exec 'bd! ' . g:DevEnv.term_bufnr
Note that g:DevEnv....
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How to open terminal in split in vimrc with keybinding [duplicate]
I am trying to open a new terminal (size of 10) inside of neovim. I use the command, :split|resize20|term. It works well, but I want to make a hotkey to do this in my init.vim
nnoremap <C-P> :...
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Convert absolute path to one relative to another absolute one
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I’m working on an 'omnifunc' function for Markdown editing. It’s supposed to help me link to other Markdown files while I’m typing a link – based on file content though, not file name.
Suppose ...
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Effect of changing directories in a vim command [duplicate]
When executing a vim command, such as the following:
:w!<CR>:!cd %:p:h
What is the effect after the command is finished? Is the new cwd the directory that I've cd'ed into? Or does that only ...
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How do I go back to my previous position after onoremap yank?
I have an operator function that yanks double quotes or single quotes, ciq works fine because I want to be inside the quotes but when I do yaq (yank a quote) I don't want to move to the place where ...
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Print command output on terminal on vim exit
I am trying to run shellcheck upon exiting vim, however I do not get the output of the command I run.
I've tested running something like touch foo instead, and I managed to see the file being created, ...
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How to return keybinding from a function?
I want the below function to return keybindings but all it returns is a string.
nmap <expr> <space>t ManageTerminal()
function ManageTerminal()
if bufname('terminal') ==# 'terminal'
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Swap selected block of code upward/downward?
I want to write a Vim Script which can achieve the following function, which is my favorite feature in some IDE. Say I have the following example code:
I'm a line and I just stay here.
I'm another ...
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How can I know when a real file is closed/opened from/into a visiable window?
What I'm trying to do is, when a window is closed(bw,bunload)/opened (NOT fzf, quickfix q:, buftype=nofile, etc..) resize all the other windows.
This code works but I was wondering if there was a ...
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Why does system(cmd) append ^@ to its output?
I want to set node's executable path for neovim. So I have added this line in init.vim.
let g:coc_node_path = system('which node')
But when I open nvim I get this error.
[coc.nvim] "/home/akash/....
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How to 'join' using formatexpr and function
One can find several examples of formatting one sentence per line such as right here:
How to set up Vim to work with one sentence per line?
The question states that: My current solution is to join a ...
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How do I find the ex/vimscript equivalent of a normal-mode command?
Some operations can be done with either normal-mode commands or ex/vimscript commands. For example, :resize 1 does the same thing as 1 <C-W> _.
In scripts, it's possible to simulate normal-mode ...
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What is right way for string concatenation in vimscript?
I wrote some vim plugin, that correctly works with vim8, but when I try run it with neovim I get error about invalid expression in string:
let var = str_first .. str_second
When I change .. to . all ...
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What does `_` do in this map() expression?
I'm trying to understand the code suggested in https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/28506/6189:
function MyLinks(pat, spat, ssub, sflags) abort
return glob(a:pat, v:false, v:true)
\ ->map({_, v ...
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why are variabes prefixed with `a:`?
I'm trying to understand the code suggested in https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/28506/6189:
function MyLinks(pat, spat, ssub, sflags) abort
return glob(a:pat, v:false, v:true)
\ ->map({_, v ...
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What is `v` in this vimscript?
I'm trying to understand the code suggested in https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/28506/6189:
function MyLinks(pat, strip) abort
return glob(a:pat, v:false, v:true)
\ ->map({_, v -> printf(...
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Quickly correcting spelling mistakes but omitting some cases
I am using vim as a note-taking app.
Following an earlier answer here , I have the following mappings which allow me to quickly correct earlier spelling mistakes:
" spelling
imap <C-l> <...
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Vim: How to manipulate appearance of signs in .vimrc?
I have seen a guy on YouTube who has some sort of Markdown rendering in Vim.
The * sign from a list is displayed as a •.
When the cursor travels over it, the actual sign shows up.
I have checked his ....
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VimWiki - create a “smart” index page for subdir/section of wiki?
I'm using VimWiki for a writing project and for certain sections (like "chapters", contained in sub-directories) I want to create indexes that work similarly to the way VimWiki's diary index ...
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Vimscript: Placing the cursor at a defined position in the buffer
I use vim as a note-taking app by editing a text file and appending notes to it.
I have written a simple function to insert a block of text as follows:
function! AddBlock2(...) range
let l:hdr = ...
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Measuring how much I write in vim by comparing word count on each save
Suppose I want to write N words related to my studies in Vim everyday as my daily goal.
Every time I am done writing something I can do g+Ctrl-g and then I can send that number variable to a file. I ...
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Is it safe to define more than 120 signs?
I am working on a plugin that could potentially define more than 120 different signs. The vim / neovim documentation specifies that you can define about 120 signs (not sure why this number and why so ...
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how to loop through list of files?
I can do :echo globpath('~/path/to/dir', 'string*') to get a list like:
/home/alec/path/to/dir/string_xyz123.mkd
/home/alec/path/to/dir/string_xyz456.mkd
/home/alec/path/to/dir/string_xyz789.mkd
but ...
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Get first and last visible line from other buffer than current
I know that I can get the first and last visible lines in the current buffer by using line('w0') and line('w$'), but is there a way to do it for other buffers that are visible but not active as well?
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Vim shows incorrect theme in error
Basically, all I'm trying to do is enable the syntax option.
syntax enable
colorscheme cobalt2
For some reason, I get no errors if I comment out the first line, but in case I don't comment it, I get:
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How to exit vimscript? [duplicate]
How to exit .vim script file? I want something like this in my init.vim
if exists('g:vscode')
"Do not execute rest of init.vim, do not apply any configs
exit
endif
"...some configs...
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Is it possible to override the filetype of a text file based on the first line?
I have some specifically formatted text files that I'd like to detect when I start vim. When I load these files now, the filetype is automatically set to text. I only want to override that if the ...
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How can I turn these mappings into a vim function?
I use the following mappings to toggle relative numbers in visual mode:
nnoremap <silent> v v:<c-u>set nonu rnu<cr>gv
nnoremap <silent> V V0:<c-u>set nonu rnu<cr>gv
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Vim does not call functions correctly when wrapped in another function
Please consider these 3 small functions:
" place sign >> at line 10
function PlaceSign()
call sign_define('a', {'text': '>>', 'texthl': 'LineNr'})
call sign_place(10, 'g1', 'a', ...
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Vim expands percent sign '%' in URL
In my script, I am trying to open an URL in my default browser using
silent exec '!rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler '.a:url
where a:url is an URL-encoded string containing percent % signs.
Vim ...
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Buffer scope variable not exists when run autocmd BufUnload
Describe the issue
I use a vim plugin that when use Vim to open a ipynb (python notebook) file, will call system function to use jupytext create corresponding python file to enable use like, YCM to ...
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How can i make this autocmd BufEnter command work?
i am setting the default vim-statusline, and i made this line on my colorscheme:
hi MyStatusLineDevIcon ctermfg=7 ctermbg=0 cterm=NONE
So i can color the devicons on my statusline.vim config
I call ...
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When hitting Enter keyboard on a file path, open a new tab with the file content
I'm new to vim language and I'd like to see a new tab opening when I hit the enter keyboard on a line containing only a path of a file.
When I create a map like this
nnoremap <buffer> <cr> ...
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why doesn't regex work in vimscript (while it does in normal search)?
I have simple regex to search for lines that only contain alphabetic characters: ^\(\a\)\{1,}$ which works in normal search /^\(\a\)\{1,}$ but not when invoked from my script:
"in .vimrc file:
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append strings with order
The original text:
line1
lline2
line
I want to add strings into the below format:
line1
lline2
x
y
z
line
Move cursor at the 2th line,and ctrl+;,enter into ex mode:
for s in ['x','y','z']
call ...
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Reversing all characters on each line of a range
In order to invert all characters on each line of a range I could think of the following
:s/.*/\=list2str(reverse(str2list(getline('.'))))"
where I can put a [range] if I want.
Is there any ...
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Get visually selected text - weird behavior when last selected char is multi-byte
I have made a simple function to echo the visually selected text. The function is simplistic as I am only interested in max one-line selection. The problem is, if the last character of the visual ...
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Conditional mapping for two plugins (UltiSnips and Vimwiki)
Vimwiki table default mappings include <tab> for moving to the next table column in insert mode.
Also UltiSnips default mappings include <tab> for expanding snippets in insert mode.
Here ...
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Get list of marks inside Vimscript
some time ago, I wrote a small plugin in vimscript that was using builtin function getmarklist. Recently I reinstalled Vim and was surprissed that this plugin no longer worked because Vim couldn't ...
