My current .vimrc configuration is below: set nohlsearch set ai set bg=dark set showmatch highlight SpecialKey ctermfg=DarkGray set listchars=tab:>-,trail:~ set list autocmd BufRead *.py set smartindent cinwords=if,elif,else,for,while,try,except,finally,def,class set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set expandtab set autoindent set smartinden...
I don't like how vim clutters up my folders with backup files, so I have the following line in my .vimrc file: set backupdir=~/.vim_backup However, sometimes this folder doesn't exist because of new machines where I am copying my user files over. How can I create this folder automatically, if it doesn't exist, from within .vimrc? Or ...
I've been trying to map certain sequences to parenthesis/bracket completion without any success. I've been trying the following commands to map certain control sequences but they don't seem to work. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong here? :imap <ctrl-9> ( )hha :imap <ctrl-(> ( )hha ...
Hi, is it possible to use something like an "vim-close/exit"-Event to execute some last commands before vim quits? I use this lines in my config, to let vim set my screen-title: if $TERM=='xterm-color' exe "set title titlestring=vim:%t" exe "set title t_ts=\<ESC>k t_fs=\<ESC>\\" endif but when i close vim, the title is s...
Hi, i use vim in screen for development and if i quit vim, the current screen-content stays there... outside the screen (xterm), exiting vim will restore the previous buffer (like: [ server1 ]~$ cmd some stuff, some stuff [ server1 ]~$ cmd [ server1 ]~$ cmd ) But not inside screen. I tried to use xterm as terminal inside scr...
I have the following in my .vimrc to highlight lines longer than 80 chars: highlight OverLength ctermbg=red ctermfg=white guibg=#592929 match OverLength /\%81v.*/ This works quite well. However, the problem is that I would prefer it if it only worked on certain file types. Basically, any programming language should be highlighted and ...
Good day. Does someone know how to force .vimrc to auto-open NERDTree each time vim is invoked? The operation system is *nix. Thanks. ...
There are .vimrc related questions found here and here. This question wants to deal with a minimalistic .vimrc file. If you are on a new machine with no .vimrc file what are some 'must turn on' commands you use before doing any typing? ...
I have in my .vimrc: let g:PROJECT1="/a/b/c" let g:PROJECT2="/d/e/f" I then do a bunch of operations on the above strings: let str=":!/usr/bin/ctags ".g:FLAGS_CPP." -f ".g:TAG_FILE." ".g:PROJECT1 exec(str) let str=":!/usr/bin/ctags ".g:FLAGS_CPP." -f ".g:TAG_FILE." ".g:PROJECT2 exec(str) I want to replace the above code with a for ...
All, I work in several groups, each of which has its own tab/indentation/spacing standards in C. I'm wondering if there's a way to have separate selectable vim configurations for each? So when I edit a file, I do something like "set group=1" or perhaps local .vimrc's that live in the working directories. Is there support for anything ...
I'm trying to implement the vim script from the book Learning vi and vim on page 202. The following function works, but when I try to use statusline to call it I get the following error: $ vim $ Error detected while processing /Users/me/.vimrc: E518: Unknown option: \ %{SetTimeOfDayColors()} Here's the vim script (it's currently in my...
how can i apply vim settings to erb file?? like /* tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 foldmethod=indent */ seems like <% # xxx %> # xxxx <!-- xxx --> didn't work ...
I would like tabs in my source code to remain tabs (8 spaces wide), NOT to be converted to spaces, but displayed as 2 spaces. I recall vim being able to accomplish this. Could anyone help me a little? ...
Hi all ! I'm trying to map my own shortcuts in vi. I want to be able to open a splitted window containing the declaration of the function I'm calling the shortcut on. something like this in my vimrc: nmap <unique> <silent> <Leader>tg :exe 'vsplit'\| equivalent of <C-]> but what's the equivalent of C-] in command mode ? ...
I finally decided to try out Vim, as I am getting increasingly frustrated by GUI editors. So far, I'm loving it, but I can't find any help for a issue I'm having... I am trying to map the command :Pyrun to :!python % in Vim using cmap. The mapping shows up fine if I type :cmap. However, on typing :Pyrun, I get this error message: No...
So I have VIM7 (enhanced) on CentOS5 and it comes with all the usual VIM plugins/scripts ready to go. $ find /usr/share/vim/vim70/ -name \*python\* /usr/share/vim/vim70/syntax/python.vim /usr/share/vim/vim70/ftplugin/python.vim /usr/share/vim/vim70/indent/python.vim /usr/share/vim/vim70/autoload/pythoncomplete.vim I would think that w...
How do i load a different colorscheme when i do a vimdiff. I want this because the my current colorscheme does not show some diffs properly in vimdiff like the same fg/bg color for the text. This makes it impossible to understand the diff. So everytime i do a vimdiff i have to do :colorscheme some_other_scheme Can this be done in .vim...
I now have a solution to this question, which leads me to the next question: how do I run "xmllint --noent" to all .xml files when opening them in vim. I have an example to do --decrypt on load and --encrypt on save for .gpg in my .vimrc, but it is so complicated that I cannot really figure the relevant parts. My latest attempt is: aut...
I have the following in my .vimrc: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" " Open NERDTree by default """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" autocmd VimEnter * NERDTree autocmd VimEnter * wincmd p So, % vim file.txt opens NERDTree and focuses the cursor in the file.txt buffer. I m...
I often unintentionaly quit vim using :qa while open many files in different tabs. I wonder if there is any way to have something like a confirmation line showing before closing multiple tabs and quit. Thanks! ...