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As a log viewer, what vim's features do make us convenient?
less -F is quite good.
But I believe vim is better if we know it's hidden features.
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Like many of you, my custom Vim configuration is stored in my ~/.vimrc, with the plugins, colors, etc. stored under ~/.vim/plugins, ~/.vim/colors, etc.
I want to share a single Vim configuration among many servers. Some of these servers run Vim 7, some run the older Vim 6. Most Vim plugins are intended…
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I'm trying to use Pathogen to manage my Vim extensions. My bundle folder looks like this:
.../bundle/
+-- vim-pathogen
¦ +-- autoload
¦ +-- pathogen.vim
+-- vim-smoothscroll
+-- autoload
+-- smooth_scroll.vim
And my vimrc file includes this:
let s:root = fnamemodify(resolve(expand(":p"))…
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I created a custom syntax file, and but none of the files in $VIMRUNTIME seem to load. I followed these pieces of the documentation:
http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/filetype.html#new-filetype
http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/syntax.html#mysyntaxfile
When I do
:echo &runtimepath
I…
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The "matchit" plugin for vim is supposed to allow you to use the % key to jump between matching start/end tags when editing HTML, as well as /* and */ comment delimiters when editing other kinds of code.
I've followed the exact instructions in ":help matchit", but % still doesn't work for me.
It…
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I store, commands found at http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse, in a text file.
If I open this text file in Vim and I want to execute the command where the cursor is actually located I do copy the line with Y, switching to command mode with : and !CTRL+r*
Is there a more "lazy" possibility ;)
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I would like to set up an alias in my cygwin .bashrc that translates pathnames unix-to-dos and passes them to windows gvim in a new tab of an existing instance. I am trying to use Luc Hermitte's cyg-wrapper script for running native win32 applications from Cygwin as per this vim tip. Luc's example…
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I'm trying to make my gVim installation as portable as possible, and in doing so I want to put the _viminfo file in the $VIM directory rather than $HOME. I'm pretty new to hacking vimrc configurations, but here's what I've been trying:
let viminfopath=$VIM."\\_viminfo"
execute "set viminfo='1000…
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The italics cause the last character to cut off, making it hard to see.
Is this something that can be fixed without removing the italics style from the theme?
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In order to edit html files, I have the following three imaps in a file that I source for filetype html:
imap <buffer> <M-[> ü
imap <buffer> <M-;> ö
imap <buffer> <M-'> ä
This works fine until I change the encoding of the html file…
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I am getting ready to write lot of small experimental java programs as I am studying for java certification. Since I want to avoid using an IDE I'm giving gvim a try.
I have a HelloWorld.java file open. How can I run javac and then java and then be able to see the output all in one window?
I do…
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