Vim6.2 on W2K I am modifying 'rtp' from my .vimrc and I find that it is causing trouble in finding help files. Though a particular directory exists in 'rtp', ...
Does anyone know how to retrieve the full path of the file associated with a particular buffer? I know one can use bufname(...), but one has to then do some...
Before trying to implement support for pathnames with spaces for ":cs add", I want to feel out whether it is required, because I haven't direct requests for...
Has anyone heard from Thorsten Maerz recently or know how to contact him? I have tried emailing him at a couple of different addresses over the past several...
Hello, When running a gvim, if i click on the title bar and try to move the window, vim instead switches to visual mode, and hilights the first line or part of...
Hi, I have this function: map <Leader>l :call <SID>FNListTags()<CR> function s:FNListTags() new set buftype=nofile bufhidden=hide noswapfile map <buffer> <Esc>...
I have 2 questions: 1) A week or so ago, Bram sent a patch, to address a problem I had with newlines in submatch() expressions. The patch worked. Last night,...
Hello, I am trying to get the errorformat for the Keil C51 compiler set properly. The output has several lines from my build script that I would like to...
In eval.txt, under :help :echo (at lines 3219-3220 in my version dated 2003 Jun 01) it is said :echo adds (...) "a terminating <EOL>". It seems to me this...
Hi, I noticed that ... (answering "y" when being asked) is not the same as ... when applied on a line like abababababababababababababababababababab Can anyone...
Is there a way to decrease the indent level from within insert mode past the insertion point? The reason I ask is that often when using autoindent, the indent...
My latest breakpts.vim script is quite usable and at times I have observed that you can completely avoid creating breakpoints by hand, making it much simpler...
How can one accomplish this from a vim macro? ______________________________ Steven Dodd Software Developer, Harmony MR 905.672.2100x1217 sdodd@... ...
All, I am looking for a replace for my PuTTy terminal program, which I work with VIM in. For those who are not familar with PuTTy, it is a SSH terminal...
Hello all, I'm trying to run the 32-bit DOS Vim6.2 on an old 486 PC, running DOS 6.22 However, when I run ":make", with "compiler borland", which processes the...
I am trying to map my <F12> key to :map <F12> :bnext<CR>, but when I hit the <F12> key I see this ^[[24~ in the showcmd area and nothing happens. Can someone...
Is is possible to accomplish the following in a simpler way: 1. Delete a word via "dw" 2. Yank a replacement word from some other location by moving there...
I know there has been much discussion regarding vim and ftp lately, but I would like to pose an additional question on the subject... --the problem-- to echo...
I had the following in my ~/vimfiles/filetype.vim, in order to "read in a skeleton file" (see :help BufNewFile). augroup filetypedetect au BufRead,BufNewFile...
Does anyone know how one might run a debugger such as jdb through vim, on windows, without using cygwin? There are a couple of debugger plug ins, but these...
All, is there any way to convert all the functions in a file from : class question { this () { blah(); } } to : class question { that() { blah(); } } Note that...
it is my understanding that the files in the system ftplugin folder are automatically sourced by vim based on the filetype. for example, when I edit an email...
When I do ... in a particular file, I get back 181 substitutions on 155 lines However, if I press u, I get back 155 changes Shouldn't this say "181 changes" or...
Hey all, I am running HTML Tidy, and have been doing some repetive steps. Thought I would automate, but have run into a couple of issues. How do I reference...
When I run vimdiff, I often resize the width of the xterm/vim window. Vim adjusts, but in unexpected way: it doesn't keep widths of halves equal (only right...
I wanted line numbers drawn directly into my text (to share code with people ... where <esc> is an produced (for me, on windows) by hitting <ctrl-q><esc>. This...
Hi, Apologies for the simple question, but I'm running out of time trying to sort this out. I am editing objective C files, using gvim, and need to actively...
Hi, Are there common programming language abbreviations that in case of c/cpp expand let's say "do" into: do { } while (); and position the cursor on the...
Hi all, Could someone help with a regexp question. I'd like to convert all class names to lowercase eg class="ThisClass" should become class="thisclass" Not...
