manual

After clicking the user manuual under help, I wonder which command can be used to open these help txt in the manual? Thanks, Linda

book

Hi, I am a beginner in VIM. Wonder whether there is any good book for VIM? Also, what is the difference between vim and latex? Thanks, Linda

Re: editor size

On 5/7/07, Michael Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: linda.s wrote: > After I set textwidth=78 in the .gvimrc and .vimrc, I opened my vim > editor and the cursor ends at column 68. Everytime I need manaually > drag the editor to make it column 78. Is there a way to make the > editor the desired si

editor size

After I set textwidth=78 in the .gvimrc and .vimrc, I opened my vim editor and the cursor ends at column 68. Everytime I need manaually drag the editor to make it column 78. Is there a way to make the editor the desired size (column 78)?

textwidth

After I set textwidth=66 in the .gvimrc and .vimrc, I edited my vim file. I tried adding one new word but the the original well-displayed paragraph immediately appeared as if there was no textwidth setting. Why?

Re: a question

On 4/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > linda.s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 2006.04.13 16:02:44: > > > I have both vim and gvim app under my applications in the Mac. Both work > fine. > > I typed vim in the terminal and it successfully went yo VIM interface. > > However, if I ty

a question

I have both vim and gvim app under my applications in the Mac. Both work fine. I typed vim in the terminal and it successfully went yo VIM interface. However, if I typed gvim, there came an error message "-bash: gvim: command not found". If I want to launch gvim from the terminal, what to do

folder

In the vim, how to create a folder and make it permanent? (I tried tools/folding/create folder but it was not a permanent change).

change word

I read the help file of "cw" but really can not understand what it means. I use "/" to get the word i want to replace, then no matter i type :cw or cw, unexpected results show.

open file

In the command mode, i typed :vim filename and got the error message: not an edit command why i can not use :vim to open the file? Linda

restore function

If I wrongly set nnoremap w k in my command mode, how to restore the function of "w"? Linda

Re: arrow key

On 4/8/06, Suresh Govindachar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >linda.s Sent April 08, 2006 7:13 PM > > > [Question concerned use of arrow keys to > > move vertically when lines are wrapped] > > See help gj and help gk > > In another post, you asked about examples of map and imap; > and i

multiple search

if type /q, vim will search the letter "q" only for one time. how i can search "q" multiple times? Linda

arrow key

I used arrow keys to move the cursor, but sometimes I will jump from line one to line three, ignoring line two. i have to use mouse to click the place where I want to insert in the line two. Is there anyway to move to line two just using the keyboard. I guess VIM treat the sentence which extends fr

Re: delete in the insert mode

in the command mode, I pushed "shift" and "j" together to join lines. in the insert mode, I pushed "control","shift" and "o" together but it did not work. I am very new to this... On 4/8/06, Eric Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ^OJ > > See :help i_CTRL-O > > > --- "linda.s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

delete in the insert mode

Hi, In the command mode, shif + j can move the stuffs in the following line to the current line, for example: (line1) aaa (line2) bbb will become: aaa bbb i wonder how to do it in the insert mode? Linda

run vim

what is the difference to run vim from application and run vim from terminal? Thanks, Linda

Re: imap and map

On 4/6/06, Yakov Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/6/06, linda. s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is the difference between imap and map. Very hard to understand... > > imap for insert mode. map for normal mode and 2 other modes > (visual and operator-pe