I believe that if I have a syntactically incorrect script within the VIM perl interface, the function just fails to execute. It does not seem to report any...
The \%V search/replace switch gives unexpected results when used together with .*, \+ and similar patterns. Instead of matching from the start of selection to...
Hi, I see some other editors that have a side pannel that has a list of the files I want to edit. It seems to me that this would make it very easy to switch...
Hi all, I understand the motivation for hiding a modified buffer when you abandon it, but why the hidden option do this also for buffers that weren't modified...
When I run vi (symbolic link of vim), it give many warnings unless specific parameters are included in command line. How to write conditional code that should...
Hi, I can use :wa to write all files to disk. But if no files have been changed, they would not be written to disk. But I do want vim do so. Do you know how to...
A week ago I posted a question about some strange behaviour of a simple Vim script. It can be found here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.vim/68893 ...
Hello! Here's my fucntion that toggles gvim window maximization state for you to review. function! GuiToggleMaximize() let s:l = 25 let s:c = 80 try let s:l =...
Few months ago, I think I encountered some source code files which had vi/vim settings embedded into source code comments. Now that I lost trace of these...
Hi, $SOMEDIR/abc Suppose, I have typed something the above. Then I type ctrl-X ctrl-F to complete filename. $SOMEDIR would be expanded to the value inside it....
Hello list: When editing a python file, I run '!python %', and this works, but have a problem. The output of the python script is very long, so when the script...
Hi, How to search only for 1st instance of the pattern in a line? What I want is, suppose my file has lines like below: 1. abc def abc abc 2. def abc abc 3....
How could I map <tab> to provide a completion menu that included the PHP dictionary provided by Rasmus Lerdorf, tags grabbed from all files in a Project...
Hi, Mapping <S-space> became possible in version 7.2 of Gtk2 gvim, but is there a way to map it in text-mode vim running on xterm or similar in Linux? At least...
How does one start debugging indent? I am trying to figure out how to change the behavior. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Michael Michael D. Phillips...
Greetings! I program in the Scheme programming language, and finally got completely fed up with Kate, which is the editor I've used so far. I couldn't find...
I've just written a quick script to replace some fairly unhelpful code in this tip: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_some_whitespace_characters The function...
I have a long tight function which is reading a database. I want to display some sort of progress on the status-line (or other means, if possible). Would it...
Hi to all the list! Once again i need your help guys... i started using vim{v7.2} in windows! So naturally i ported all my customizations. The problem happens...
Hello! I'm trying to use gvim as c# IDE on WinXP box. c# compiler produces messages in native laguage (russian, for example) and that messages look garbled...
Hello. My apologies if this is answered somewhere else: I've googled for it without success. I usually have awk scripts inside makefiles. I usually make...
I am looking for a way to be able to use the contents of a register as the search criteria for the "/" command. I have constructed the search string; its...
Hello List,
First time, I posted a 2 weeks back, I did not receive any response. Is
there anyone who is willing to work me with Nominate Bram for the...
I just installed Vim 7.2. I have been using Vim 7.1 for as long as it's been out without having any of this type of trouble. When I installed 7.2, I lost the...
Hello
I wonder how to delete lines by :v with \n in regexp :
Regexp like /s#sometext\_.\{-}sometext#g will work, i can find this what I
don't want delete....
Hi, I'd like to use a normal timeoutlen (at least one second) in normal mode and at the same time be able to imap "kd" and "dk" to <esc>. This should work as a...
My settings are switchbuf=usetab, useopen. I try to Ctrl-] my way through a tag; I end up loading the buffer in my current tab instead of going to the tab...
