vim Questions

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I have a ~/.vimrc file that vim doesn't seem to be reading. There is a file at /etc/vimrc, and it looks like it is using that one. My understanding is that the one in the home directory should ove...
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Hangbird asked 16/8, 2010 at 16:21

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Recently I found out that I'm "using tabs incorrectly" in Vim. I've been trying to just use buffers in Vim since, assisted through MiniBufExplorer, but I find it painful because of how many keystro...
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Raeannraeburn asked 5/4, 2011 at 21:55

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Issue Question is as stated in the title. In gist, I am trying to get my bash scripts and Vim to behave differently when running in VS Code's integrated terminal. Things I've found I have manag...
Fenestella asked 24/8, 2019 at 6:13

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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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I'm trying to incorporate vim into my main workflow. A major sticking point for me has been interactively editing and running programs/scripts. For example given that I'm currently vimmed into tes...
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Animatism asked 27/10, 2016 at 16:20

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I have several systems that use Vim, and on one I am unable to view/edit zipped files. I believe I have the right plugins because my other system with Vim 7.0 works correctly with the same plugins....
Carvalho asked 23/6, 2011 at 18:42

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The command p pastes below the cursor and P pastes above the cursor. What's the command to paste in the line where cursor is?
Krakau asked 21/2, 2012 at 19:17

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How can I jump to a function definition using Vim? For example with Visual Assist, I can type Alt+g under a function and it opens a context menu listing the files with definitions. How can I do som...
Reconstruction asked 11/3, 2009 at 18:27

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I want csv file to be opened in vim in the same way it opens in microsoft office . Data should be in column format and commas should not be seen and its should be traversed easily. Is it possible i...
Acquah asked 1/3, 2011 at 9:36

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I write documentation in markdown using ViM and I also put math using the latex $$ symbol (I compile using pandoc). The thing is that ViM syntax wouldn't ignore the underscores _ inside the dollar ...
Bianchi asked 30/9, 2015 at 12:11

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I am using IntelliJ IDE for my projects and just installed ideamvim plugin. In the .ideavimrc I added this property set rnu with this property I get relative line numbers in my files in intellij wh...
Lorant asked 8/5, 2020 at 14:37

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So when I want to create a new file by using the :e command I don't want to specify the whole path, just the new filename. Can it be done?
Sulfapyridine asked 18/2, 2010 at 13:6

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I am trying to copy a selection of text from vim to another windows application...say firefox or notepad for example. However I can't seem to do this with the y command. I have windows hotkeys enab...
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Bordelon asked 3/3, 2009 at 12:34

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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.
Fugacious asked 12/7, 2016 at 13:6

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I noticed that iTerm2 offers the very convenient feature of using "Option key as +ESC" (or as meta, but apparently that's obsolete). I tried them both and the option key works as expected in Bash...
Margy asked 22/11, 2011 at 4:14

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I am using Macvim 7.3 snapshot 57. I can't seem to get matchit to work in any of my files. I press % on an opening tag. It doesn't take me to the closing tag... My vimrc file: " Pathogen setting...
Genocide asked 2/9, 2011 at 9:19

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When I do <c-o><c-o><c-o>, and keep the control key pressed, it will jump 3 times backwards in the jumplist but if I do noremap <leader>o <c-o> then <leader>o&lt...
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Palmirapalmistry asked 5/12, 2017 at 13:54

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I have been configuring my VIM installation for days now, and it's just a few more days away from heavenly perfect. Only thing that is bugging me however, is the border width of the splits. Is the...
Alleviation asked 6/7, 2013 at 19:21

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I want to configure vim to open a file at the same place I left off at.
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Villainous asked 21/4, 2009 at 20:56

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I would like to access recent files that I had opened and then closed in GVim. I open and close GVim frequently. I would like to access recent files from previous sessions as well. Does GVim stor...
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Interlace asked 3/7, 2010 at 11:5

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I've got a file (LaTeX) which contains lines I wish to comment out. The regex that I use after visually-selecting the relevant block is :s/^/%/g, which works fine. However, vim then highlights ever...
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Refute asked 8/5, 2012 at 13:44

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In vim, I've got the hlsearch and incsearch options turned on. When I start a search, it immediately goes to the first match. If I press Enter to accept the search, the result is highlighted and th...
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Pigfish asked 24/7, 2013 at 1:8

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The title states the problem, so here's the context. I have a tiny C++ file void f( int x ) { } void f( ) { } On which I run ctags. ctags --recurse --sort=1 --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --e...
Flattie asked 7/11, 2018 at 14:58

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I just installed IntelliJ CE and IdeaVim plugin. One small popup asked about key repeating and if I want to make it enabled. But I just clicked "no" without knowing what it is asking about clearly...
Zischke asked 21/9, 2016 at 1:9

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When I am editing source files using Vim and other editors, sometimes I get these ^M characters at the end of each line. I think that it has something to do with editing a file on Windows and then ...
Vachill asked 10/7, 2009 at 16:48

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