Why don't I have the syntax highlighting when editing files like *.sh *.xml,etc? After commands like "syntax on",still nothing happened. below is my...
Hi, I hope to get some calrification about a recent change in vim's behaviour. I just started using :GetLatestVimScripts and vim now ignores any *.gz plugin...
Fellow users, I'm using gvim 7.0 in a Windows XP SP2 box and I'm experiencing a problem with font selection. I want to set as the default gui font a TTF ...
Hi all, When starting VIM I get the following: E370: Could not load library python25.dll I have installed Python 2.5, but vim does not appear to see it? How do...
... I suppose you mean the vim -at- vim.org list, which is one of several lists to which I am subscribed at the address at which you reached me. The official...
lo there, when i do a search like /text it highlights all of the matches and i can use n and N to navigate. how do i turn the highlighting off when i am done?...
Hi, i write a simple keymap for commenting C file, map C 0i/*<C-Esc>A*/<C-Esc>j now i want to use the command like 12C to comment a block, however, it does not...
Hi, When I set a filetype for a buffer the variable b:did_ftplugin is set. ... Now, when I do set ft=X from the command line, it happens that the ftplugin X...
Hi all, I've got xml files that each have 500 entries marked as <article> .... </article> .in each entry there are fields <author></author>. Some articles ...
... Sebastian, fantastic I have been wanting this for sometime. I was writing up an email indicating I need some more direction, but I see that was provided in...
After installing this utility/scipt in my plugging directory I have been getting error code E484 on startup of gvim (can't open temp file). Why is this, what...
Hello, I have a small question here, hope someone helps. I have the following mapping in my .vimrc: nmap <C-j> :exe "tag ". expand("<cword>")<CR> As you see I...
When I press F2, rather than doing the action associated with F2? Sometimes when this happens, it will happen again, but often it won't repeat for a while. ...
Hi, does anyone have experience with using vim as external editor for mediawiki articles? I'm especially looking for some script which lets you commit changes...
Hello, Please help me to remove alternate lines from a text file. 000000 00000 123456 99999 999999 99999 123445 99999 I want to delete the line 1, 3, 5 and so...
How can I see a topic in help, then move to another topic without quitting help and re-entering it? Right now I will use (say) :he retab, read what I want to...
When scrolling around, I frequently need to refresh the screen to clear up fragments of different parts of the screen which get left in the wrong place on the...
This has been happening for a little while (at least a month). I have been routinely building Vim on Win XP SP2 for a couple of years now. Now when I build it...
I want to send the full path of the current buffer to a command line ... What symbol do I use to represent <thisFile>, meaning the current buffer? This seems...
I'm sorry to have to bother this list with this request but I have tried to unsubscribe multiple times since a few months. I also tried to contact the...
Hello all, i find myself doing a lot of scrolling. Usually, this is when i am tracing code to see the flow of a certain thing. I know i have Ctrl-u, d, f, b...
Hello, I have a file open in a buffer. I do ':help autocmd' which opens the help file in another window. The cursor is automatically placed in the window...
Hi all Is there anyway to change the background colour, font colour and to convert normal font to bold font just for a few words in VIM files? I have a large...
Hi, With the follwing subtitue it's possible to remove blocks of 3 empty lines ... How do you need to change it, so that it does remove blocks of 2, or more, ...
