Hi, I have been using vim for sometime now but I am completely new to writing vim plugins. I would like to write a plugin that record all the file locations we...
Hi, Would somebody explain me essentially what is the :source command used for and how. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not...
I pilfered the following code that is supposed to show a buffer list as the tooltip on the tabs, but it is not working. Any ideas? I can see the buffers with...
Hi, I present this kind of file to the user and want to avoid him to type some text that I have in a list. D_foo= D_bar= D_foobar= I have a list in memory that...
Hi, My desire is to make vim automatically open complection menu ( like when I hit ctrl-P ) after I've inserted 3d symbol in the word. I've tried to search...
Hi, I would like to store lines of file into a List then I have used readfile(. When I open this file by :read command, the file appears correctly with many...
The gv command is very useful. I'd like to be able to reselect a block after I have selected, cut, and pasted it into a different buffer. Is this possible? c ...
Hi, I am using this kind of code in order to modify line content : let patternOfxembh='^.*one="\(\d\+\)".*two="\(\d\+\)"' if line =~ patternOfxembh echo line ...
Since some patches I experience the following behavior ([] denotes the cursor position, current patch level: 7.2.709): a[a]aa -> a aa[]aa -> <spc> aa []aa...
Hi, I am fairly new to Vim and a primary Visual Studio user. I have installed nerd commenter and would like to map Ctrl+k Ctrl+c for commenting(this is the...
What's the most efficient way to visually select a block of text and append/prepend a character or more? In other words, I often want convert this: blah blah...
Hi： I want to press F1 ,and display help windows at right side which like used :vsp comand. Don’t like use :sp command. -- You received this message from...
Hi, My gvim 7.2.330 on Linux is using a lot of processor power - together with other processes it's 100 % on both cores, gvim stats in htop are between 60-90...
Hello everyone. I am new to VIM. I would like to write/print my PHP localhost results to *.txt or HTML file. Is that possible? Thank you! -- You received this...
I have a 2560x1600 resolution on my Ubuntu Linux machine and am using gVim. The problem I have is that it sometimes becomes painfully slow to switch tabs, for...
is it possible to make a 'substitute' where the 'pattern' is taken from a file? -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type...
Hello, On the input pattern: ,,X ..the following substitute command, %s;\(^\|,\)\ze\(,\|X\);\1N;gc ..changes it to (type 'y' for all prompts): N,N,NX As...
Hello ... That work well ! But if I use it from bash: $ cat hardcopy.vim ... $ vim -e -s my_code.py < hardcopy.vim I get a my_code.py.ps file with no color but...
Hi, I have a (not so long) list of existing ascii files in a vim buffer, and I'd like to open a particular file from the list in a split window. I know I could...
Looks like gvim maximizes to the greatest number of full lines and columns? The rest of the screen is filled with pale gray. Can I recolor the filled area?...
Because of import rules in Python 3, a module that imports other modules cannot be run with ... In a directory that looks like this: ProjectFolder main.py ...
Is the b:changetick variable supposed to change when you navigate the buffer with the arrow keys in insert mode (it does change for me)? I can see that the...
Hello, I've got a BufWritePre autocmd, and I would like to check to see if a write was being forced ("w!"), so that I may override certain behaviour in that...
I have an XML document and wanted to remove the following strings: <text:alphabetical-index-mark text:string-value="String" text:key1="S"/> There are hundreds...
Hi, I was under the impression that vimscript didn't support heredocs, so I was surprised to discover that this works : ruby << EOF print "hello" EOF ......
Hello! I am attempting to use vim in a shell script to read in a file, edit it, and write it out to a new file. When I manually execute the individual vim...
So, I'm testing the waters on making the nvi -> vim switch. I've resisted it for a while, because I could never come up with a good reason. But anyway. I'm...
Hello I am trying to see if the current system is 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. On 64-bit Windows the environment variable $ProgramFiles(x86) is known to exits,...
