Re: can't diffsplit

I'm having the same problem, and the three solutions don't work for me. In all the three solutions (and even the other thread I started with your reply windo diffthis) doesn't work. What happens is that one window folds the complete file to one line. The other window keeps the file open as it

starting a second vim session in diff mode from out first vim

Hi, Is it possible from a first gvim session to init a second gvim session in diff mode? And this diff mode should then use the two files that are used in the first gvim session? So if A.TXT and B.TXT are used in the first, the second should show the difference in the second gvim session?

CLTR-N and enter

Hi, I'm using gvim 7.0 the word-completion function activated by CTRL-N. When selecting the right word by pressing CTRL-N to step trough the list I select the wanted word with pressing enter. This results in the right word, but also an extra carriage return. Is it possible to select the right

RE: Troubles configuring vim (multi-questions)

From: OnionKnight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Troubles configuring vim (multi-questions) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:22:06 -0700 (PDT) [deleted] * I wanted the Home-button to act so that it first jumps to the first non-whitespace character of the current line (i.e. skip the

Re: How to modify code so that only one space is between two characters or words?

[...] You could use a Search/Replace on the full text. This does end up modifying your base text, so be sure to only use it on modifiable buffers. For example: - all lines containing the char : followed with zero or more then one space(s) and then in should become: untouched what is here:

How to modify code so that only one space is between two characters or words?

Hi How to modify code so that only one space is between two characters or words? For example: - all lines containing the char : followed with zero or more then one space(s) and then in should become: untouched what is here: in(untouched what is here aaa : in std_logic; bb : in

Is it possible to source all scripts/plugins from VIM without leaving VIM?

Hi, Is it possible to source all scripts/plugins from VIM without leaving VIM? When experimenting with plugins, I now 1) modify plugin 2) start VIM 3) test plugin 4) detect an error 5) close VIM 6) goto 1) And this loops then till I fix it or give up I know you can type :source eric_plugin But

RE: Folding Perl POD

From: Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] Is it possible to fold the =head1 or =item sections within a given =head1 section? -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not sure what you want. I don't know PERL But this plugin helpt me defining my folds:

How to remove 2 or more empty lines when closing the the file?

Hi, With the follwing subtitue it's possible to remove blocks of 3 empty lines :%s/^\n\{3}// How do you need to change it, so that it does remove blocks of 2, or more, empty lines? And how do you give this command just before closing the file? Rgds, Eric

SR with dynamic range

Hi, In VHDL I many times need to change the following code: component AAA port ( i1 : in std_ulogic; i2 : in std_ulogic; o1 : out std_ulogic; o2 : out std_ulogic); end component AAA; into: inst_AAA : AAA port map ( i1 = in , i1 = in ,

Re: SR with dynamic range

[deleted] You may have to clarify. I'm not sure how this mapping is taking place. It looks like you start with two inputs (i1 and i2) and two outputs (o1, and o2) and you want to map them to two inputs (i1 and i1 again) and *three* outputs (o1, o2, and o2 again). My stupidity I've made two

Re: SR with dynamic range

[deleted] component AAA port ( i1 : in std_ulogic; i2 : in std_ulogic; o1 : out std_ulogic; o2 : out std_ulogic); end component AAA; to become: inst_AAA : AAA port map ( i1 = in , i2 = in , o1 = out, o2 = out); [deleted]

How to cut, copy and paste the VIM-way

Hi, I'm used to cut, copy and paste the windows-way. Meaning, selecting text and then press CTRL-X, CTRL-C or CTRL-V. In VIM (and correct me if I'm wrong) you yank (y) for copy put (p) for paste . for cut With this in mind, how to cut, copy and paste the VIM-way? Because when I select text

Re: Can you create file dependend fold markers

Tim thanks for your reply. See embedded how far I got. [...] Can you create your own (VHDL) fold markers? (not sure if the terminolgy is OK) For example I have VHDL-code like below: component bufg port ( o : out std_ulogic; i : in std_ulogic); end component; And when I'm at the first

specific lines SR question

Hi, In vhdl I create many times entity is like below: entity HALFADDER is port( A, B : in bit; SUM, CARRY: out bit); end entity HALFADDER; When I want to use this port into another bigger file (for example a full-adder ) I need in VHDL to create a component from it. This then looks like

create a fill-in macro.

Hi, Is it possible to create a fill-in macro in VIM? For example: Can you create and activate a macro that goes like this: [Activate macro] First-Name: [first fill-in place] Last-Name: [second fill in place] CR Country: [third fill-in place] [Macro ended] So that when you fill this in you get in

Get date and filename as plain text

Hi, Is it possible to make an inoremap that inserts the date as text and the filename as text? For example: inoremap @date {insert_date_as_text()} inoremap @filename {insert_filename_as_text()} Rgds, Eric _ Get a FREE Web

CTRL-Z makes vim to be minimized on windows

Hi, I have mapped CTRL-Z as u I'm not sourcing mswin.vim, and also not behave as windows CTRL-Z does most of the times the undo-function. But why does it also does minimize the screen sometimes? Rgds, Eric _ Find what you need at

How to make inoremap 's filetype depend

Hi, How do you making inoremap filetype depend? What I want is if (filetype == vim) then inoremap @a A else if (filetype == c) inoremap @a aa else if (filetype == vhdl) inoremap @a AAAaaa else inoremap @a aaaAAA end if Best regards, Eric

Re: replace upper-case with lower-case

Still unclear to me what you want. Don't now if this is what you want, but I have the following mappings for changing upper to lower case from any position in a line: ALT - to make from current pos till begin-of-line everything lower case To keep the cursor position it's prepend with mz

inoremap tips/examples (Was Re: add c/c++ snippets)

Hi, Triggered by the video presentation of Bram by making a iabbreviation or inoremaps of things you type often in combination with the reply of Gavin, would you like to share some of your inoremap mappings? Some like Gavin send? Plain and simple and very effective. [...] inoremap [ []LEFT

To imap or to iabbr

Hi, What is the difference between imap or iabbr? Or in other words, when should you use imap and when to iabbr? Rgds, Eric _ Find what you need at prices you’ll love. Compare products and save at MSN® Shopping.

Re: Workspace concept ala TextPad

Hi Yegappan [...] Remove the ! before the let. let file_names = input(Enter file name(s): , '', 'file') - Yegappan Thanks, it works Rgds, Eric _ Win a Zune™—make MSN® your homepage for your chance to win!

Re: Mapping to the numerical - and + and *

Thanks all. I got it working what I wanted by copying the mswin.vim file and stripping it to what I wanted. When you don't understand vim-scripting as I do then good copying is beter then bad designing . Rgds, Eric ---START kMinus and CTRL-X and SHIFT-Del are Cut vnoremap kMinus+x

Re: Workspace concept ala TextPad

Hi Yegappan, I'm trying to do as you said: In the prompt for adding a file to the workspace, you have to enter the filename. If you are using Vim7, you can make the attached change to the workspace plugin to get filename completion at this prompt. With this change, you can complete directory

Mapping to the numerical - and + and *

Hi, Is it possible to map the - and + and * keys on the nummerical section of a keyboard (in other words the keys in the group where the num-lock key is also) to functioan as cut, paste and copy? If so, how do you this? Rgds, Eric

Selecting a part of a line and then copy or cut it and then paste is somewhere.

Hi, I'm trying to learn new vim habbits by - not sourcing mswin.vim - not setting behave mswin. to migrate easier to linux. I also start using the old-dos way again by copying, cutting and pasting with ctrl-insert, shift-delete and shift-insert iso CTRL-C, CTRL-X, CTRL-V, as these CTRL-keys

Re: Workspace concept ala TextPad

Hi Yeggapan, [...] You can try using the workspace manager plugin: http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1410 [...] I got it so far working. One question. When I give the command af(AddFile) in the filebuffer, the plugin comes with the message give file name (or something

How to diff in gvim

Hi, I'm trying to diff two files in (portable) gvim I have two files opened in two vertical windows. (Kind of Winmerge screen setup) When I type :diff I get the error E97: Can not create diffs Why is that? When I type :verbose I dont get more info Rgds, Eric

re-map up and down key behaviour

Hi, Is it possible to remap the up and down key to behave a bit different. For example I have text like below : b123 : d456 : g789 And then I want everything after the : starting with xx_ When I then move the b, press i and type xx_ then it looks like xx_b123 When I then press

RE: Using (g)vim without installing it

[...] Try downloading Steve Hall's self-installer from https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43866package_id=39721 and telling it to install into a Vim folder under your My documents folder. I tried just now. But when I select a different directory then the

Re: Workspace concept ala TextPad

Hi Yegappan, From: Yegappan Lakshmanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Eric Leenman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] You can try using the workspace manager plugin: http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1410 - Yegappan I'm a simple VIM user. That's why I ask many things on this mailing-group

Re: Using (g)vim without installing it

Antoine, [snip] Some of them, maybe. (g)vim, even for Win95, was much more than just an exe file, unless you mean a self-installer containing an archive of the whole distribution. I agree. What I ment is to copy the gvim.exe file (after running the installation of gvim70.exe) I did so this

Re: color loading sequence in GVIM

Thanks folks, I got it working now. From: A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Eric Leenman [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: vim@vim.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: color loading sequence in GVIM Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:01:01 +0100 Eric Leenman wrote: Hi, Following your comments, I've converted

Using (g)vim without installing it

Hi, Is it possible to start and use vim as an old exe file or com file? (don't know if the terminolgy is ok) What I mean is that old windows programs for windows 95 where just exe files, and by copy them on a pc and starting them they just work. Nowadays you have to install them first before

Re: Using (g)vim without installing it

Preference 1: To copy and paste a (g)vim.exe file without the need to install it, or administrator rights. If this is possible, how to do this? Should work just fine, although you'll also need to be aware of other files like _vimrc, _gvimrc, syntax files, etc. Setting $VIM appropriately should

Re: Using (g)vim without installing it

Preference 1: To copy and paste a (g)vim.exe file without the need to install it, or administrator rights. If this is possible, how to do this? Should work just fine, although you'll also need to be aware of other files like _vimrc, _gvimrc, syntax files, etc. Setting $VIM appropriately should

Re: color loading sequence in GVIM

=== }}} vim60: set foldmethod=marker: {{{ }}} From: A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Albie Janse van Rensburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Eric Leenman [EMAIL PROTECTED], vim@vim.org Subject: Re: color loading sequence in GVIM Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:01:57 +0100 Albie Janse van

color loading sequence in GVIM

Hi, I'm doing a reinstall of gvim and placing my color and font setting in a seperate file in the plugin. This file is located in: C:\Program Files\Vim\vimfiles\plugin And it contains the following: [START OF FILE] :hi Commentctermfg=darkgreen gui=None guifg=darkgreen :hi Statement

CTRL-S functionality to a letter combo like i.e. cs

Hi, I'm using gvim on windows, which is behaving like windows shortcuts: For example: CTRL-S for save CTRL-X for cut, ect. When using vim on Linux these don't work anymore because of linux windows managers. Is it possible to put the same functionality of the CTRL-key (and/or ALT) to a key

set backupext dynamicly

Hi, I'm new to programming in vim scripts. I understand from scripts that you can say set backupext=eric Is it possible to set backupext dynamicly? for example the current time? something like: string time = 'current-time' (which changes every second) set backupext=*time Rgds, Eric

Re: Recall home drive

I then get the following messages E739: Cannot create directory: U:\/C:\temp E739: Cannot create directory: U:\/C:\temp\vim_backup [...] You do it by writing: let g:backup_directory=C:\\temp\\vim_backup Yakov _ Try the next

Re: set backupext dynamicly

Thank you all, This does the trick. [...] %X as part of the strftime parameter generates a time stamp like 14:51:23, but colons are invalid in Windows file names. Better use something like this: let bex = '-' . strftime(%Y%m%d%H%M%S) . '~' Regards, Jürgen [...]

Re: Arrow keys in combination with Fx key

Hi Tony, [snip] :mapF2Left C-Left :map! F2Left C-Left Note that, unlike with the Ctrl, Shift and Alt keys, the sequence press F2 release F2 press Left release Left _will_ activate the mapping. [snip] Does this mean that I can't use a mapping for F2 only? And why is

Arrow keys in combination with Fx key

Hi, I was wondering if you can combine arrow keys with Fx keys. For example, can a mapping like CTRLleft be replaced with F2left The idea is to move mappings which use CTRL and ALT to Fx keys and SHIFT-Fx keys. This because CTRL and ALT are window-manager-dependend on Linux-distro's Best

Re: break very long line into short one with one g-command

Hi Tim, I might be mistaking, yes. The line contains a codes like: X200, X040, X200, X040, X3FF, X000, X000, X2AC, Breaking the line after a , would be fine. Rgds, Eric [...] I presume you must be misremembering g. I've done it with :s before: :%s/.\{80\}/\r/g It's a little

SR

Hi I have a file where I deleted all lines that don't contain a certain pattern For example I want to delete all lines that don't contain XXX and YYY. Before: [start of file] abcde XXX fghij YYY 12345 AAA 67890 BBB klmno XXX pqrst YYY 09876 XXX 54321 BBB *()- XXX ,./;' YYY [end of file]

RE: SR

I made a typo After should be: After: [start of file] abcde XXX fghij YYY klmno XXX pqrst YYY *()- XXX ,./;' YYY [end of file] Rgds, Eric From: Eric Leenman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vim@vim.org Subject: SR Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:59:59 + Hi I have a file where I deleted all lines

sorting lines on lenght of characters

Hi, Is it possible to sort lines on line length? Shortes firsts, longest last? If so how do you do this? Rgds, Eric _ Try the new Live Search today! http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-usFORM=WLMTAG

cross-platform mappings

Hi, I'm trying to expand my use of GVIM also to Linux . And I see that my mappings with CTRL and/or ALT and/or ARROW keys are handled differently on because of the linux windows manager. Does somebody knows which keys or key-combinations to avoid to create mappings that work on WXP and

Sorting columns in a file

Hi, I have file which contains hexadecimal numbers like below: 04F --- 05F --- 052 --- 188 --- 2D4 --- 173 --- 040 --- 18D 051 --- 040 --- 05F --- 1CA --- 2E8 --- 14F --- 040 --- 1E2 051 --- 040 --- 069 --- 1B9 --- 2D7 --- 15E --- 040 --- 1A6 051 ---

Re: Sorting columns in a file

Hi Peter [snip] I am assuming you want to re-order the columns horizontally, in which case Sorry for not making my self clear. I want to re-order the columns vertical So column 1 is already OK, running from 04F ... ... 052 Column 2 should be 040 ... 040 045 046 052 05F ect. [snip] I

How to scroll up and down without changing horizontal pos

Hi, I'm using page-up and page-down to scroll. Also ctrl-home and ctrl-end. This moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. How can this be avoided. I need to the cursor to stay where it is, as the lines are 1000+ characters long Rgds, Eric

Re: How to scroll up and down without changing horizontal pos

[snip] nmap silentPageDown :exe norm .winheight(0).jcr nmap silentPageUp :exe norm .winheight(0).kcr nmap silentc-home :let x=col('.')bar1barexe norm .x.barcr nmap silentc-end:let x=col('.')bar$barexe norm .x.barcr [snip] This works great. I'm trying to map them also to visaul-mode

Select prev visual block + 5 hor pos more

Hi, With gv you can re-select the previous visual block. Is it possible to give a horizontal shift with it? Like + or - 5? Best Regards, Eric _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there!

Re: Sorting a file

Thanks, it works Eric From: Tim Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Eric Leenman [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: vim@vim.org Subject: Re: Sorting a file Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:44:07 -0500 How do I sort this file so that - removes the lines starting with ### :g/^###/d - removes the lines starting

Deleting a repetative pattern

Hi I have a file which contains lines like below Line 18 |200 040 200 200 200 051 200 1C2 200 2E2 Line 18 | 200 040 200 040 200 052 200 1B9 200 2F4 Line 18 |

^M problems with migrating VIM from WinXP to Linux

Hi, I'm using VIM on WinXP and want to move my files now also to Linux. I copied the files and VIM reads in my .vimrc. It comes up with a bounce of errors all related to ^M. When I open this file on my WinXP I don't see them. What do I need to do to make these ^M also visible on my WinXP

Re: ^M problems with migrating VIM from WinXP to Linux + VIMs difference prblem

Thank you all I got it working. One thing that seems to be broken is the VIM tip On http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=892 fun! InitBex() let myvar = strftime((%y%m%d)[%Hh%M]) let myvar = set backupext=_. myvar execute myvar echo myvar endfun map ESC :call InitBex()CR On my WinXP I use