vim (Vi IMproved) is a text editor supporting different editing modes.
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vim how to configure backspace and delete key's both as normal
How to configure following keys in vim?
Backspace key to delete a character backwards.
Delete key to delete a character forwards.
After reading some posts, I got to know that only one of those can ...
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No syntax coloring in vim for me, but ok for my students
My students get syntax coloring in vim, but I don't!
Even when I "syntax on" as a command syntax on or put it in my .vimrc and/or .exrc.
The terminal is xterm.
I am missing something in vim or is ...
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How to consistently start Vim's command line to make a mapping work in any mode?
I try to normalize access to Vim's command line mode from any other mode in order to simplify my actual mappings. For example to make the <f6> key work from anywhere I define the following ...
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Vim settings within ncftp edit
I'm using the ncftp utility. It has an edit command which handles the get, edit, put sequence for me as in GUI ftp clients.
It's great except for one thing, I get vanilla vim, with none of my ...
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Vim syntax highlight length-delimited fields
I'm trying to write a vim syntax file for SVN dump files. The part I can't figure out is the section like this:
Fooprop: Val1
Text-content-length: 20
Barprop: Val2
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Expanding functionality of case switching commands in Vim
In my current work of refactoring a fairly large codebase, I find myself wanting to replace apostrophes and quotes with each other from time to time.
Up until now I've been applying s/"/'/g for ...
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How to change Vim's command type mode programmatically?
Is there a simple way to switch from one command type mode to another without loosing the current command line?
In my ~/.vimrc file I remap the <space> and <c-space> character, coming ...
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vim auto complete custom list
I had these two questions about this function
" how do I load a file into a list here?
" set some variable
func! CustomComplete()
" and then read the variable here so that b:list = a \n split ...
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Beep when typing backslash in cvim normal mode
I installed the cvim plugin for vim.
Almost all the cvim commands start with '\'.
But I when enter this character in normal mode, all I hear is a beep. Nothing happens. What might be causing this ...
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Vi: On startup, highlight tags and display tags in a preview window
I am using vi as a note-taking and outlining tool. I am constructing the "tags" file by myself. What I would like to do is that when I open my notes or
outline file, vi reads the tags present in this ...
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Wildmenu “closes” when opening a single item directory
TLDR;
I want to open wildmenu with <Tab> and keep it open until I open a file.
Suppose that I have the following directory structure:
./file1
./file2
./dir1/file3
./dir1/dir2/file4
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Is there a file menu plugin for vim (not gVim) that creates a text-based GUI menu system?
I'm curious to see if there are any plugins that create a menu inside vim (not gVim). Perhaps something simple like a menu bar at the top, with drop down menus that are drawn with text.
EDIT: The ...
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Launch R code from within vim-r-plugin as separate window instead of inside tmux/screen?
I use the vim-r-plugin to write R code in vim. It is a nice plugin and I love that the plugin lets me run code directly from within vim.
However, the R prompt is opened in a console which is ...
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ls and vim color on SunOS 5.8/Solaris 8
I want to use ls and vim with color on Sunos 5.8
SunOS 5.8 Generic_117350-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500
I have installed ls (GNU coreutils) 6.9 and vim 7.2
In ~/.cshrc:
setenv TERM sun-color ...
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How should I go about setting up vim-pathogen plug-ins for a group as a user with no root permissions?
I do not have root permission on a linux cluster, but I would like to share my vim-plugins to all other members of a linux group using vim-pathogen. We have a group-accessible folder, so that's where ...
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Vim - Cursorline turns on after saving a remote file
Using vim scp://.... I open a remote file.
cursorline is not shown until I save the file(:w). When I type :w and enter password, cursorline appears.If I type :set nocursorline it disappears but again ...
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Vim R plugin installation problem on Ubuntu in Android phone
There was another thread on vim-R-plugin but since it was bit old, I started this new thread. Also my situation is kind of different, since I am trying this on a mobile device, Samsung vibrate.
I ...
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Using VIM, how do I remap directional keys from right hand to left hand?
This is the best solution I've seen so far:
" Map Right Directionals to Left Commands
noremap s h
noremap d k
noremap f j
noremap g l
" Map Left Commands to Right Directionals
noremap h s
noremap k ...
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how to focus different `regions`(Ctrl-a S) via mouse-click in `screen`?
When I start vim in a screen session, and activate the mouse:
:set mouse=a
the mouse remains disabled. I cannot switch tabs via mouse click.
How can I configure screen so that mouse support in vim ...
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Trouble with Vim Auto Commands from Learn Vimscript the Hard Way
I have been working through the examples and exercises in Steve Losh's book Learn Vimscript the Hard Way, and I have hit some serious trouble in chapter 12 on Auto Commands. I am running MacVim on ...
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screen flashes when I press ^S in gvim
I bind ^S in gvim, by:
map <C-S> :w<CR>
Now if I press the ^S combination, althrough file is saved (I saw the XXX written message), but gvim window flashes, is there a way to avoid that?
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Annoying process table in vim with altgr
I have a problem under vim. When I want to do a "{" (Alt r + 4) most of the time no problem.
But some times a strange character appear like "^\" and if I do Ctrl+C a process table appear . I then ...
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Configuring Vim in NACT
I am trying to configure vim in NACT to be used with Nautilus right click, but it does not work. I used:
/usr/bin/vim
Parameter %f (or %d/%f)
But nothing happen. A ps -ef shows the process as ...
