Is there a way to indent a selection of lines in vim, like we have in text editors where we select a bunch of lines and press tab (or shift tab) to indent/unindent the selected lines? I am talking about general indentation and not related to code indentation. ...
Hi, Suppose I'm in a certain line position in vim and I want to delete up to a certain character, say a semicolon. I would do df; except it would also delete the semicolon. Is there a command that will do the same thing but will not include the character I'm searching for? ...
I often have around 10 tabs in GNU-Screen open with all of them having vim open to a different file. If I just kill the Screen session, then VIM doesn't cleanup (.swp files are still there), so I usually have to go to each tab individually and type ":wq" and the "exit" to kill the screen tab. Any faster ways to do this? ...
In my Python web app, I would need to decrypt a file that was encrypted using VIM. Assuming the web app knows the password used to encrypt the file in VIM, how do I write code to decrypt ? ...
I want to give up using mouse for selecting and pasting chunks of text within a buffer. Whats the most efficient way to do this with just kb? I mean navigate to arbitrary line, copy the substring, return to the previous position and paste. ...
One of Vim's great strengths is object-select, offering quick manipulation of content inside words, paragraphs and assorted delimiters. For example, vi{ will select everything inside a pair of {} braces. Is there any equivalent functionality for selecting a here document or heredoc: <<<HTML .... .... HTML; ...
At my current job, we have coding-style standards that are different from the ones I normally follow. Fortunately, we have a canned RC file for perltidy that I can apply to reformat files before I submit them to our review process. I have code for emacs that I use to run a command over a buffer and replace the buffer with the output, wh...
I'm trying to set up Vim to detect when a .tex file contains the command '\usepackage{sagemath}', and run a command accordingly. I've gotten to :au BufReadPost,BufWritePost *.tex TTarget sagepdf but that will fire for all .tex files, which isn't what I want. ...
Hi all SOmetimes, I may copy some code from other file, the format is mess, like fun() { for(...) { for(...) { if(...) { } } } } Is there any possible way to auto format it in the vim? Best Regards, ...
I am editing a file like /path/to/file.txt with vim, hence the current directory is /path/to. Now, I have a directory /other/path/to/vim/files that contains sourceA.vim. Also, there is a sourceB.vim file in /other/path/to/vim/files/lib/sourceB.vim In sourceA.vim, I want to source sourceB.vim, so I put a so lib/sourceB.vim into it. Now...
I'm trying to create a patch for cf.vim to resolve an issue with hashes. In ColdFusion, # signs are used to enclose an expression inside a cfoutput block. <cfset x = 1 /> <cfoutput> x is now #x# </cfoutput> <!--- outputs "x is now 1" ---> The problem comes into play when there is a lone #, not inside a cfoutput block: <a href="#x">a...
I'm using Vim and editing Python scripts. Autoindent works pretty well in general, but when I start a new line and type '#' to type a comment, Vim unindents that line for me. For example, if have def foo(): and I press enter, Vim will indent properly def foo(): pass but, if instead of typing pass, I type '#', it unindents au...
Hi all Is there any way or tools to fold function in vim,like Visual Studio or Eclipse? Best Regards, ...
I want to see the original contents of screen after quitting vim as they were before opening a file , as of not my file quits but the original display is not there THanks ...
I'm switching from a Windows PHP-specific editor to VIM, on the philosophy of "use one editor for everything and learn it really well." However, one feature I liked in my PHP editor was its "find and replace" capability. I could approach things two ways: Just find. Search all files in a project for a string, see all the occurrences li...
However already opened mvim windows do not load changed done to vimrc until I close all mvim windows and start fresh. Is there a way I can tell existing mvim windows to load new vimrc file without closing and opening all windows every time. ...
I am using mvim . I am trying to map keys so that I could visually select elements then I could indent the code inward or outward. However while doing outward work after every keystroke one more line at the bottom get selected. What is the fix. " Ctrl-x - move the block of visually selected code one tab right and keep visual mode alive ...
I find the documents frustrating. What are the basic lines I need to add to my config file to get it working? ...
I'm looking for a way to make Vim have the ability to open a file by fuzzy-searching its name. Basically, I want to be able to define a project once, and then have a shortcut which will give me a place to type a file name, and will match if any letters match up. This kind of functionality exists in most editors I've seen, but for the l...
After I make a jump to anywhere in the world, whether in the current file or a different file, is it possible to make vim automatically run zz (re-center on current line)? I want this after things like search, ctrl-o and ctrl-i ... and pretty much any movement other than hjkl. Thanks. ...