.vimrc is the primary configuration file for the VIM text editor
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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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vi / vim - how to automatically strip trailing spaces on save?
Is there a .vimrc setting to automatically remove trailing whitespace when saving a file?
Ideally (to be safe) I would like to only have this functionality for certain files, e.g. *.rb
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Why does Vim only activate my highlight configuration after I source my .vimrc manually?
I was cleaning up my vimrc today, splitting it into separate files to make it easier to maintain. On completion of these changes, all my configuration, mappings and plugins appear to be working, ...
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Calendar.vim E492: Not an editor command: Calendar
I am trying to install the calendar.vim plugin on mac osx snow leopard running gvim. I have pathogen.vim installed, so I followed the instructions on github to install calendar.vim from the terminal:
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How do I highlight the current line and the cursor in .vimrc?
I am trying to highlight the current line as well as the cursor position in Vim. Here's my .vimrc:
set cursorline
hi CursorLine ctermbg=8 ctermfg=15 "8 = dark gray, 15 = white
hi Cursor ctermbg=15 ...
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gvim colors the same as is the terminal
Is there a command I can put in the .vimrc to make gvim look like vim's setup in the terminal?
Same back ground, syntax highlighting, colors, and font.
To add to my question, is there a may for gvim ...
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Can't open syntax.vim error when using vimrc
When I try to open my .bashrc file. then it shows these lines:
Errordetected while processing /etc/vimrc:
line 45:
E848: Can't open file /usr/share/vim/vim70/syntax/syntax.vim
Press ENTER or type ...
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Vimrc, map control-; to an action
How do I map holding down Ctrl and pressing ; in Vim?
It doesn't work on my Linux terminal. Ctrl-l works fine after putting <c-l> some_action in my vimrc, but <c-;> some_action does ...
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Utilize a different user's vimrc as well as vim folder
First of all, to prevent an X/Y Problem, I'll just state that what I really want is:
Run vim as the root user.
Instruct vim to use my nice pretty color scheme and all my plugins.
Do all this without ...
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Why does insert-mode map “<F4>” unpredictably inserts itself or executes intended key strokes?
In Vim 7.3.1-762, mintty 1.1.2 (xterm), cygwin, Windows XP, the insert-mode map <F4> executes the intended key strokes at one time but inserts itself at another time. This undeterministic ...
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vim backspace not working normally
The Backspace key is not working as expected in vim and also in vi. It is working as the Delete key, and Delete key is deleting the char, but instead something wierd happens. But, for now, I am trying ...
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Saving with CTRL-s in vim
I have added this line in .vimrc so that pressing control-s saves the current file
:nmap <C-s> :w!<cr>
:imap <C-s> <esc>:w!<cr>
But this is not working. Any ...
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Is it possible to create and use menus in (terminal-based) vim?
I'm setting up virtualized Linux boxes (as local development servers) for developers at a company that is primarily Windows-based, and some of developers make negative cracks about vim (among other ...
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Solarized color definitions in vimrc file
The solarized theme defines some base colors and assigns those to variables, as seen here.
I would like to know how I can use these color definitions in my .vimrc file.
Currently, I use pathogen to ...
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gvim pipes not reading zshrc when started from desktop
I'm using zsh as my default shell and using .zshrc to modify my environment variables. When I start gvim from terminal everything is fine however if I start gvim with the desktop icon, my env ...
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echo a customized message with VIM editor
How can I deltect if there is a file modification in VIM upon exiting (:q)?
If there is a file modification Vim echos
E37: No write since last change (add ! to override)
I want to override this ...
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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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Problem with vim when logged in as root
When I login as root or edit a file by sudo mode all of the options in my /etc/vimrc are not working (e.g. highlight line-number etc.)
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Vim Highlight only the characters, which produce comments
I am trying to achieve the following. If I have a file, e.g. a tex document and I want to have the following with commenting characters (% symbols) highlighted:
%
Some text and end of the ...
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How to use Filetype in Vim?
In most cases, I want to use tabstop=4 while editing files. But for some types of file, like xml file, I want to use tabstop=2.
I added
au filetypedetect FileType xml,html,xhtml,javascript set ...
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Temporary .vimrc
Is there a way to read a .vimrc file for only a single ssh session? That is, when I log in I perform some operation so that vim uses say /tmp/myvimrc until I log out?
I do not want to permanently ...
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Why does 'set' syntax not work for syntax highlighting in vim?
On searching how to set syntax highlighting on in vim, I found this page which says that vimrc should have the following line
syntax on
Why is it not something like set syntax on? Like we have set ...
