I have 2 methods in a source file: def Foo puts "hello" puts "bar" end def Bar puts "hello" puts "bar" end I would like to swap the order of the methods, so Bar is first. Assuming the cursor is on the d in def Foo, the simple way is to: shift v -> jjjj -> d -> jjj -> p -> O -> esc But that feels a little long wind...
How to make tabulation look different than whitespace in vim (highlighted for example). That would be useful for code in Python. ...
How to replace the strings (4000 to 4200 ) to (5000 to 5200) in vim .. ...
In vim, I want to create a new command that takes a file-name as its single argument. Is there a way to create such a command, so that the file-name-completion-magic (using tab) will work? ...
Hello. I want to customize a syntax coloring in vim for c++. But, unfortunately, i still can't find a correct name for braces (){}[] and operators +-/*% for c/c++/objc/objcpp. Any vim guru whi can suggest what name i must 'hi' in order to set color for items mentioned? ...
When I open a text file in Notepad, it shows a blank line if there is a carriage return at the end of the last line containing text. However, in Vim it does not show this blank line. Another thing I've noticed is that the Vim editor adds a carriage return to the last line by default (even though it doesn't show it). I can tell, because i...
Vim 7.0.237 is driving me nuts with indentexpr=HtmlIndentGet(v:lnum). When I edit JavaScript in a <script> tag indented to match the surrounding html and press enter, it moves the previous line to column 0. When I autoindent the whole file the script moves back to the right. Where is vim's non-annoying JavaScript-in-HTML/XHTML indent? ...
I have been wondering if Vim has the capability to smart wrap lines of code, so that it keeps the same indentation as the line that it is indenting. I have noticed it on some other text editor, such as e-text editor, and found that it helped me to comprehend what I'm looking at easier. For example rather than <p> <a href="http://ww...
How should I go about renaming my current file in vim. For example: I am editing person.html_erb_spec.rb I would like it renamed to person.haml_spec.rb I would like to continue editing person.haml_spec.rb How would I go about doing this, elegantly? ...
For someone just starting to program, would you recommend using vim/emacs, or should you use some IDE? Like are vim/emacs better suited for more advanced users than for beginners? I'm just wondering because I'm trying to get some of my friends to program. ...
I use VIM as my main text editor here at work and I often have 10-15 files open at once in a couple of windows with several tabs, each of which has its own split windows. I love using VIM, but I hate having to re-do my entire set-up every time the dev server gets bounced or my machine crashes. Is there a way to get VIM to remember a setu...
The 'autowriteall' option makes Vim save all buffers when quitting. I want to be able to use this option only for one specific buffer (a temp file which will be discarded soon) but not for the other buffers. How do I get Vim to automatically save changes only for one specific buffer? ...
Hello. In VIM, i need to perform a simple task - highlight "(" and ")". I can do this easily by issuing two commands: :syn match really_unique_name display "[()]" :hi really_unique_name guifg=#FF0000 But if i add same commands (without ':' of course) to empty .vimrc and restart VIM - "(" and ")" are not highlighted anymore in .cpp fi...
Hello there, I am using vim to work on both Chinese and Western text. The default font size is okay for Western text, but the Chinese characters, while readable, are too small for my taste. Can I tell vim to render CJK fonts with, say, 14pt while not affecting the font size of all other text? Thanks for your ideas/solutions! Guba ...
I would like to comment out each line which has the following match ^.*pdf You need to somehow consider the situation by globbing. I try to make an object of the match by brackets. I run unsuccessfully the following commands %s/^(.*pdf)/^%$1/ and %s/^(.*pdf)/^(%*$1)/ and %s/^(.*pdf)/^%\$1/ How can you comment out the matches...
I've heard a lot about Vim, both pros and cons. It really seems you should be (as a developer) faster with Vim than with any other editor. I'm using Vim to do some basic stuff and I'm at best 10 times less productive with Vim. The only two things you should care about when you talk about speed (you may not care enough about them, but yo...
If using mouse wheel (or scrollbar) to scroll to the bottom of current buffer, then VIM allows to "scroll bellow" the bottom of the file. So that the last line appears at the top of current buffer. This brings much pain for me as for VIM newbie used to deal with other editors (especially MS VS). Is there any way to disable "scrolling ...
Hello Stackoverflow! I'm currently starting to learn how to use Vim, and it seems pretty cool. However, I'm kinda wondering if I should use the terminal for my editing, or gVim? I'm running Linux (Ubuntu). ...
In vim, if you swap buffers with :bn and :bp, the cursor stays on the same line, but not on the same column. Is there a way to keep it on the same column as well ? ...
Hey all, I'm looking for a way to map the :w command so that when I use it, it will rsync the current directory and save the file in question. Ideally, the response generated by the rsync command should be returned in vim, but not in the the current file, but rather as a tooltip or something. I managed to achieve this in TextMate and a...