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What is 'dnd' or 'DnD'?
It stands for "drag'n'drop".
See :help quote_~:
The read-only "~ register stores the dropped text from the last drag'n'drop
operation. When something has been dropped onto Vim, the &...
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Gundo plugin requires python 2.4 when version 2.7 is installed
Try the undotree plugin:
Someone asked me about the difference with Gundo, here is a list of
differences, or advantages.
Pure vimscript implementation and no 3rd-party libraries(like ...
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When was getcharstr() introduced? And how could I have found the answer my self from :help?
This was patch v8.2.2957, which can be found by examining a full clone of github.com/vim/vim and any of
# message search; fast enough I didn't need any of the other limiting options
git log -1 --grep ...
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Vim 6.4 broke after adding plugin file to runtimepath
I am sorry, but you won't get happy with your ancient Vim 6.4 and plugins. Most of the scripting functionality have been added with the Vim 7 version and beyond. The old 6 version did only have very ...
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Gundo plugin requires python 2.4 when version 2.7 is installed
Add this to your .vimrc
if has('python3')
let g:gundo_prefer_python3 = 1
endif
I was getting similar error. The above worked for me (I am using Manjaro Linux, and installed community/python-...
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How do I tell if Vi or Vim is installed on my Linux distribution?
Quick command to tell if it's vi or vim
vi -h
this will display the help info in my case :
$ vi -h
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Aug 7 2016 16:03:11)
[... skip other info ...]
So ...
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How can I automate checking for new Vim releases on Windows?
It seems that chocolatey could be the solution to your problem. It is a package manager for Windows. (With the ambition of being "sort of apt-get for Windows")
If you are ready to use it to ...
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How can I get more features?
If you want more features (and something more up to date than whats in the apt packages), you have to compile it yourself.
You say you are on Debian, and all these should work on that platform.
You ...
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Why is the version of Vim displayed by 'apt' different from the one displayed in Vim?
As described in /usr/share/doc/vim/NEWS.Debian.gz, the Debian packages have switched to building against Python3 for Stretch. If you upgraded a system to Stretch and didn't see this message, then I ...
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Version conflict between vi and vim
You don't need to use original vi program, just add following alias to your bashrc.
alias vi='vim -u NONE'
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Unknown function: strptime on Linux Mint
As it turned out, I was running an older version of Vim. Updating using the following "three-liners" solved the problem.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim
sudo apt update
sudo apt ...
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Suddenly running :colorscheme breaks lightline
I suspect https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/6970 and related https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/4405
Basically, before the patch it was impossible to put vim into full "default colors mode" as ...
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How can I check whether the user has defined a highlight group before Vim 8.2.3917
So Vim Patch 8.2.3578 added the ability to get and set the various attributes for highlighting groups in a more efficient manner.
This is strictly speaking not required to check whether or not a ...
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Problems with paths that includes swedish characters
This is solved by removing mac_precompose_path from the Vim source code.
A fork where this is fixed can be found here: https://github.com/OskarPersson/vim
I tested this by creating a Homebrew ...
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