vi Questions
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Say I want to edit the following line:
var myVar =
"I am a string!";
So that it looks like this:
var myVar = "I am a string!";
Is there a movement that goes to the end of the previous line?...
3
I am trying to parse a giant log file using node.js, the file does not seem to get '\n' but when I do set list in vi it shows me '$" at the end of every line, does anyone know what that is. I means...
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I just got knocked down after our server has been updated from Debian 4 to 5.
We switched to UTF-8 environment and now we have problems getting the text printed correctly on the browser, because al...
Psf asked 22/2, 2010 at 15:8
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How do I remove the first 5 characters in each line in a text file?
I have a file like this:
4 Alabama
4 Alaska
4 Arizona
4 Arkansas
4 California
54 Can
8 Carolina
4 Colorado
4 Connectic...
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Is it possible in Vim to have my editor (when editing .c and .h files), show via listchars, a special character only for leading space characters?
I found a separate post that noted, as of version...
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my autoindent is not working, any diagnostic tests to figure it out?
my ":set" is:
:set
--- Options --- cindent laststatus=2 scroll=17
tabstop=4 window=36
filetype=cpp number
smartindent tt...
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How do I go to the beginning of the line in vim editor in normal mode?
Is it possible to using my Home key on keyboard on Linux?
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I have installed docker on my host virtual machine. And now want to create a file using vi.
But it's showing me an error:
bash: vi: command not found
Scattering asked 20/7, 2015 at 11:55
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Is there a way to split a window inside Vi/Vim so that one window will be a terminal?
P.S. Solutions like installing new text editors and such will not help me.
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I am trying to edit sources.list using vi editor but getting the following error while saving the file:
/etc/apt/sources.list" E212: Can't open file for writing
Omnirange asked 24/11, 2011 at 7:12
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I know how to generally move around in command mode, specifically, jumping to lines, etc. But what is the command to jump to the end of the line that I am currently on?
Lahdidah asked 19/9, 2008 at 21:19
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Newbie to vi / vim, I normally use pico but using a locked down box (for now) that only has these 2 editors.
I am having trouble getting it to save a file or even just quit. I see others having th...
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Say I have the following python array literal:
def f():
arr = [
1,
2,
3
]
I want to delete everything in the brackets so that it becomes this:
def f():
arr = []
How can I do that wi...
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My arrow keys don't work in vi in insert mode at home, they just each insert a newline and a capital letter, like 'A'. Is there a way to fix that?
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What is the easiest way to replace all occurrences of string_a with string_b while at the same time changing anything that was already string_b into string_a? My current method is as follows:
:s/s...
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usually I deal with files that look like this:
0.98 3.45
2.45 3.90
.
.
.
4.56 8.45
lets say with 100 lines. I would like to get something like this:
1 0.98 3.45
2 2.45 3.90
.
.
.
100 4.56 8.45
...
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Suppose you have this text:
name1 = "John"; age1 = 41;
name2 = "Jane"; age2 = 32;
name3 = "Mike"; age3 = 36;
...
and you want to split each line into two lines to give a result like this:
name1...
Dachau asked 16/7, 2013 at 2:28
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Is there a way to place a character at a specific line in vim, even if the line is short?
For example, I'm contributing to a project which has a comment block style which is 79 columns wide, with ...
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I sometimes open a read-only file in vi, forgetting to do chmod +w before opening it. Is there way to change the file from within vi?
Something like !r chmod +w [filename]?
Is there a shortcut to...
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If I use :lopen, Vim opens the quickfix window, and if I use :lcl on the window with errors (or the quickfix window itself), it closes it.
What I want to do in my .vimrc is to create a map that o...
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Need help. I have been editing a text file in vi , and i was able to save the changes before but now i am getting the above error whenever i am typing command to save the file. Please help .
...
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How should I rename my current file in Vim?
For example:
I am editing person.html_erb_spec.rb
I would like it renamed to person.haml_spec.rb
I would like to continue editing person.haml_spec.rb
...
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I know how to use VI to find lines longer than a certain number of characters:
/\%>80v.\+
But how do I search for lines shorter than a certain number of characters?
Boutwell asked 11/5, 2011 at 14:28
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Are there any shortcuts to move to the next enclosing brackets. For ex:
int func()
{
if(true)
{//this point
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
{//need to jump from here to
//blah blah blah
}
}
}...
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