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Why am I getting a "E488: Trailing characters" error on this custom command?
Remove the trailing <cr>
That is only needed for mappings, but not for commands.
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Remove new line from result of system()
If you don't want to use systemlist for whatever reason, you can explicitly remove the newline and/or whitespace. Since vim 8.0.1630 (very recent), there is a trim() function which removes whitespace,...
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Detecting whether vim supports functions
The problem is that "tiny" is missing the +eval feature and that's what prevents it from seeing your function definitions.
So you could try something like:
if has('eval')
function! Greet()
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How to test if a string is a vim command?
I you only need to know if it is a built-in command, you can use
exists(':yourstring')
See :h exists() for more details.
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Go to the next word starting with specific letter on current line
You can use getchar() and search() to accomplish your goal.
nnoremap <key> :call search('\<' . nr2char(getchar()), 'W', line('.'))<cr>
The idea is we use nr2char(getchar()) to wait ...
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Use variable for mapping inside vimrc
The :map command takes :help key-notation, but not variables. Vimscript is evaluated exactly like the Ex commands typed in the : command-line. There were no variables in ex, so there's no way to ...
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How to wait for user input in the middle of a mapping?
You can use a mapping with the <expr> flag to achieve this. Mappings with the <expr> flag will evaluate the right hand side of the mapping as an expression and then apply the result as ...
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What is the purpose of user `command` in Vi/Vim?
Let's get this confusion out of the way first:
Are these ex commands or Vimscript?
Vim scripts are made of ex commands. From :help script:
Your first experience with Vim scripts is the vimrc file....
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VimL/Vimscript: how to access local variable of outer function from its inner function?
I though it wasn't possible, but I was wrong.
See :h :func-closure
You need to patch two things:
add closure at the end of the inner of the function declaration
respect the usual naming conventions
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Go to the next word starting with specific letter on current line
Edit : Peter Rincker's answer is shorter, easier to explain, and can be repeated as many times as you want. My solution is too long, and can't be repeated for several words. I should delete the answer ...
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Change command depending on file extension/type
Sure, you can use the FileType autocmd.
" Set the default behavior
nnoremap <Leader>T :!vendor/bin/phpunit --filter
" Now set it if we open a go file
autocmd FileType go nnoremap<buffer> ...
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When should a function *not* be defined with "abort"
Discl.: It's just guessing on my part.
abort didn't exist when function was introduced. I guess that in order to not break existing code it was decided to not change the current behaviour and to ...
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Are script local functions (s:funcName()) unit testable?
TL;DR: Yes, but you probably shouldn't (in general)
Other answers
Christian's answer offers two approaches that modify myplugin.vim in order to expose the script-local function (either as a Funcref ...
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How to ask vim where function or command was defined?
From :h :function-verbose:
When 'verbose' is non-zero, listing a function will also display where it was
last defined. Example: >
:verbose function SetFileTypeSH
function SetFileTypeSH(...
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Function to refactor indents and tabs
The problem is that gg, = and G are normal mode commands, as opposed to ex commands which are used within a script.
Writing normal gg=G should solve your problem.
As @Carpetsmoker has pointed out in ...
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Tutorial for vim programming?
I can recommend Learn Vimscript the hard way from Steve Losh. It is a good tutorial which gives you most of the relevant knowledge and links you to :help when it makes sense.
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Print an error message without "Error detected while processing function"
The solution is described in the manual:
If you just want a highlighted message use :echohl.
And to get a beep: :exe "normal \<Esc>"
Thus:
function! PrintError(msg) abort
execute '...
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Strange behavior with "map(range ...)"
Looking at :h map:
map({expr1}, {expr2}) map()
{expr1} must be a List or a Dictionary.
Replace each item in {expr1} with the result ...
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:exe moves cursor to first line of buffer
In vim, a function which does not explicitly return a value actually returns 0. So, your code is equivalent to exe 0, which is like :0 meaning move the cursor to the first line.
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Yank both sides of equation
This can be done with either regex+substitute or macros
Substitute. This is the same as your regex except the important parts are surrounded by \( . \) to create capture groups. These are referred ...
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if/else condition for matching a regex in a file
You can use the search() function. Something like this should work:
if search('\e\[\d\+;\d\+m', 'nW')>0
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Use motion in normal mapping calling a function
You'll nee to use the g@ feature (see :h g@)
This operator allow to specify a motion after a function call and position the
marks '[ and '] at the beginning and the end of the text selected by the ...
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Way to get content of Visual Selection?
If you really want to avoid the registers, you can use the visual marks to figure out byte positions of the selected text:
function! s:pos2byte(pos) abort
return line2byte(a:pos[1]) + a:pos[2]
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Command to loop through spelling suggestions
Here's what I came up with:
Spell Rotate
Features
The '[ and '] marks are used to keep track of the text being worked on. Making a change elsewhere will effectively "accept" the suggested change.
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How to organize autoload functions?
Especially with autoload, there should be no same-name clashes. The first part of the autoload function is determined (and enforced) to be the autoload script name, and you're free to choose any ...
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How do you undefine existing functions and key maps?
To remove a command-line mapping, use:
:cunmap {lhs}
Similar commands exist for the other mapping modes. See :help :unmap
To remove a function, use:
:delfunction {name}
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Count number of visible lines in document with folding?
Nice idea! Here's a basic function that achieves your goal using a different technique:
function! FitOnPage()
normal! zR
while &foldlevel > 0
if line('w0') == 1 && line('w$') ==...
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Remove new line from result of system()
You probably want to use :h systemlist():
systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) *systemlist()*
Same as system(), but returns a List with lines (parts of
output separated by NL) ...
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function to search for a pattern
To create a custom command line command :command is a good choice:
:command! -nargs=1 SL g/<args>/z#.1
You'll need to use a name that starts with a capital letter, though, so I'm using "SL" ...
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