exports: by default vimdiff will not only show the diff lines, but also show a couple of same lines to give you a sense of context. how to suppress all same...
I have the following in my .vimrc -- but the call to the function isn't working. If I call the function manually after it opens, it works fine. The filename is...
Background: I installed Vim 7.3 from Solaris 8 library packages downloaded from unixpackages.com (formerly sunfreeware.com) on a Solaris 10 machine to an nfs...
Hi Is there a simple way to search VAM repositories to know what is available and what exact format we should write our plugins in. Other than obviously just...
Sorry to bother the list with this: I have a couple of people for who I no longer have a valid address or email, and I need to get in touch with them. I...
There are quite a lot of files supporting sub filetypes such as .haml .php and whatnot Some plugins such as snippet and commenting plugins could benefit from ...
I'm using MacVim Snapshot 65 (Vim 7.3.646) on Snow Leopard. I wanted syntax highlighting and especially folding for markdown files by headings (#, ##, etc.)....
Dear Vimers, I have the following fold settings in my .vimrc: set foldmethod=indent set foldlevelstart=1 set foldminlines=1 Unfortunately comment lines are not...
If I have a makeprg that dumps a filename on a line by itself followed by all errors for that file one-per-line, is there a way I can capture the filename and...
Dear all, I use the following function from the ranger manual: fun! RangerChooser() exec "silent !ranger --choosefile=/tmp/chosenfile" . expand("%:p:h") if...
hi: I have following text (from Dickens) I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Whether...
I am trying to modify this script: https://github.com/fncll/wordnet.vim/blob/master/plugin/wordnet.vim so that I can press `q` to quit. However, when the...
Is there any good email plugin you can recommend me guys? It seems like there isn't any star plugin for handling emails in vim, in fact google search doesn't...
so :gui make vim turn to gvim, I guess there is no way to do another way around? -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post!...
Hello Vim users, Vim users donate quite some money to my favorite charity: Kibaale Childrens Centre. I went there to check out what they have been doing with...
Why does this not work? let dnfile = strftime("%Y") . ".md" nmap <leader>dn execute 'e ' fnameescape(dnfile) dnfile is set properly, but when I try to invoke...
Hi, I am pretty new for vim and tmux, and exploring right now. I have vim set up on terminal (using putty) with mouse support, but when I moved to tmux. Found...
I'm using vim 7.3.646 under a linux terminal. I can change the cursor in insert mode as a vertical bar and in normal mode as as block, using: if &term =~...
According to :he shq Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for the "!" and ":!" commands. The redirection is kept outside of the ...
Deal all The use neocomplcache completion buffer where different types of files, for example, * .a, * .b then editing a file type does not prompt completion...
Hello all, I am starting to see the power of VIM! But I am still so new at it all so would like some help. I am trying to do something, here is an example ...
Hi, I have plenty of help files in my .vim/doc directory. I'd like to structure it a little more. Apparently simply placing the files in subdirectories is not...
I am writing an indentation script for a simple language. The language is has very simple constructs and the indentation really only has 3 rules: 1. A comment...
Hello list, related to the generation of a tags file via ctags one finds almost always the following options switched on (googling for "vim ctags field"): ...
If an autocmd is triggered by executing an ex command, is there any way to know which command it is? -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. ...
Hello, I am looking for End of Life and End of Support dates for: VIM 7 VIM 7.3.46 Can you please share the info for this? Thanks in advance! -- You received...
I regularly get files encoded in UTF16LE sent to me and want them to be automatically converted to UTF8 when opening them. I'm not sure what command to use/put...
Hello, I often "grep -rn" and want to easily use the "filename:line:" output as a filename to vim. Is there any way that I can have vim see "main.c:595" and...
