Re: Why bottom-posting is prefered on Vim Mainling List?
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.05.29 05:15]: > See, though I always do trim, I still suffered > from those who do not trim and use > bottom-posting. I take it your mail program doesn't have a "hide-quoted-text" function. Who says text-based mail programs are primitive? :-) -- JR
Re: vim 7.1 and cr/lf interpretation
* A.J.Mechelynck [2007.05.15 08:01]: > If you had, as I already told you twice (this is > the third one) done > > :set fileformats= > :e ++ff=dos list02.p > :w > > your file would have been repaired immediately. > SO WHY DIDN'T YOU? Or equivalently: :e list02.p GA " add ^M at the end of the last line :w :e -- JR
Re: omni-completion
* Normandie Azucena [2007.05.09 09:30]: > this will seem to be a dumb question. > what is omni-completion? > How can I use it in vim? > How can I create my own? Have you given :h omni-completion a try? -- JR
Re: Filename completion with all directories in 'path'?
* Ben Kovitz [2007.04.19 20:00]: > Is there a way to make filename completion > (pressing tab at the command line in :find) use > all the directories in the 'path'? Not exactly what you ask, but here is a nice little script I use quite a bit which you might find helpful: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1581 HTH, -- JR
Re: about fonts in gvim
* shawn bright [2007.04.18 12:45]: > is there a way i can permanently set the font > for gvim ? i can't find a config file for it. :h 'guifont' -- JR
Re: CLTR-N and enter
* Eric Leenman [2007.04.17 04:15]: > Is it possible to select the right word with > another key then the enter-key, and thus staying > on the same line before CTRL-N was pressed at > all? Yes, just continue typing... See: :h popupmenu-keys It defines the only keys which are special in the popup menu. Any other key will just have its normal effect. -- JR
Re: Troubles configuring vim (multi-questions)
* Gene Kwiecinski [2007.04.16 11:45]: > Displays "^I" just fine, but trashes actual > indentation, at least for me (dunno if there's > any magical 'vim' setting, like ":set > keepindent" or something). set listchars+=tab:>- -- JR
Re: command to delete just whitespace
* shawn bright [2007.04.15 20:15]: > Hey there, i am looking for a command that will > delete all whitespace up until the first > character. > > for example > > []some_characters > []some_characters. :s/^\[\]\zs\s*// -- JR
Re: Setting font in console vim
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.04.12 10:30]: > I can set the font in gvim using: > Set guifont= > > But how do I do the same with console vim? You change the console font. :-) If you use cygwin I can tell you how I do it for rxvt or xterm. -- JR
Re: delete buffer questions
* alebo [2007.04.09 15:00]: > But if I use another kind of deletion like dw, I > couldnt fetch it from the buffers 1-9, only from > the first "unnamed" buffer. Why is this so and > which kind of delete operations are supported in > the delete buffers? If you delete less than one line, the data is put in the "small-delete" register: "- :h quote- It is number 3 in the list of register types found at: :h registers You can see its current content by doing: :di - -- JR
Re: how to delete all occur of a character
* Przemyslaw Gawronski [2007.04.09 09:45]: > :argdo %s/\"//g | update " is not special, so no need to quote it. :argdo %s/"//g | update -- JR
Re: How to open a BIG file quickly?
* Tom Purl [2007.04.05 12:00]: > > I need to do that quite often. They are usually > > log files from a long running program in debug > > mode. > > Actually, you can think of a log file as a sort > of flat file database. Here's an example I appreciate all the help but I really don't have a problem with large files. I *do* preprocess my large files with grep/awk/perl in all sorts of ways and *do* use vim to view and edit the resulting chunks. I am not the OP, and I was just mentioning log files because someone sounded surprised one might legitimately need to edit a 1GB file. And before somebody mentions it, I do know about logrotate... :-) -- JR
Re: How to open a BIG file quickly?
* Tom Purl [2007.04.05 10:30]: > On Thu, April 5, 2007 2:38 am, ³Â·½ÈÙ wrote: > > If I want to open one 1G bytes size > > file,it's really slow. I suggest splitting it into smaller chunks with another tool. > Just out of curiosity, why are you trying to > edit a 1 GB file with any text editor? I'm > assuming that these files are flat file > databases. I need to do that quite often. They are usually log files from a long running program in debug mode. -- JR
Re: OT: Reply-To munging [was: [SOLVED] Need advice on pattern matching using match()]
* Michael Klier [2007.04.04 17:30]: > I am sure this has been questioned before but why is the > "Reply-To:" header field not set via the mailing-list? Short answer: because it makes it more difficult to reply to the author without making it easier to reply to the list. Long answer: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html -- JR $ grep reply .muttrc folder-hook . bind index r reply folder-hook .*-L$ bind index r list-reply
Re: ok, new question on search
* shawn bright [2007.04.02 12:00]: > when i do a search like /text > it highlights all of the matches and i can use n > and N to navigate. how do i turn the > highlighting off when i am done? There's a command to do exactly that: :nohlsearch This will turn off highlighting for the current search. Highlighting will come back for the next search. Note that this is different from the 'hlsearch' option, whose effects are permanent. Of course you can map this: :map :nohlsearch -- JR
Re: need a new way to scroll
* shawn bright [2007.03.30 09:15]: > I know that i can do 20Ctrl-E or Y to do 20 at a > time, but thats kinda long, is there another way > that might be cool, maybe map 20 lines down to > some key i don't use much ? Use the power of mappings! :nmap 20 :nmap 20 I also often use H, M, L combined with zb, zz and zt. I like being able to move around while keeping control of the cursor position. And it allows moving by half-screens, which I also find convenient since I always have enough context to follow the code. -- JR
Re: How to remove 2 or more empty lines when closing the the file?
* Eric Leenman [2007.03.30 06:45]:
> 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?
:%s/^\n\{2,}//
> And how do you give this command just before
> closing the file?
One way is to use autocommands.
:au BufLeave * :%s/^\n\{2,}//
Note that this implementation will give you a
warning if the pattern is not found.
See
:h autocmd-events
if BufLeave isn't exactly what you want,
:h autocmd-patterns
if * isn't exactly the file pattern you want, or
:h autocommand
For the general discussion.
--
JR
Re: Search & Replace in VIM Script
* oskar [2007.03.27 11:25]: > I have a vim script which I want to use to > search & replace a part out of a given line. The > fields in the line are based on field length and > the field I want to change starts at position 33 > and ends after 4 charachter. Sample data and the result you expect would make things so much easier... This will match characters in columns 33-36: /\%33c :h /\%c -- JR
Re: Deleting some lines from a log file
* Eddine [2007.03.27 09:45]: > ENTRY > > 184 > 185 > **; > 186 * PGMs Complexes 1 : enable - O : disable > *; > 187 > **;123 > > 188 > 189 %include "&pgm.MainComplex.sas"; ** Macro principale > Base et Queries **; > NOTE: %INCLUDE (level 1) file E:\IFM > 2005-01\gravure_2007_03_15\BRD_04-11-J\Database\Programs\MainComplex.sas > is file E:\IFM > 2005-01\gravure_2007_03_15\BRD_04-11-J\Database\Programs\MainComplex.sas. > > 269 > +**; > MPRINT(MAINCOMPLEX): > **; > > RESULT : > > NOTE: %INCLUDE (level 1) file E:\IFM > 2005-01\gravure_2007_03_15\BRD_04-11-J\Database\Programs\MainComplex.sas > is file E:\IFM > 2005-01\gravure_2007_03_15\BRD_04-11-J\Database\Programs\MainComplex.sas. > > **; > > (for a try :%s/^[0-9]*/TEST/ didn't work). You are close. The problem is that this pattern will match *every* line, since you accept "zero or more" digits at the beginning of the line. Try: :%s/^[0-9]\+/TEST/ Using \+ instead of * in the pattern will match "one or more" instead of "zero or more". Then to also match lines that begin with MPRINT: :%s/^\([0-9]\+\|MPRINT\)/TEST/ Then to delete them (make sure you undo the previous substitution...): :g/^\([0-9]\+\|MPRINT\)/d HTH, -- JR
Re: Error format and quickfix
* Christophe Dupre [2007.03.27 07:15]: > Here is what I get when I do copen. > > || ccsc main.c +FH +P +DC +LO +EA +STDOUT I+="..\Includes" > || >>> Warning 201 "C:\Project\Test\OnlineMS\Firmware\Source\rs232.c" > Line 48(1,1): Assignment inside relational expression > || *** Error 12 "C:\Project\Test\OnlineMS\Firmware\Source\main.c" Line > 97(3,4): Undefined identifier j > || 1 Errors, 1 Warnings. > [...] To avoid mistakes, it would be easier if you provided your *compiler's* output, not what you see in the quickfix window. For example, in the above, one has to deduce that the line wrap has been added by vim, but it may as well have been in the compiler's output. Another reason will be apparent below. > I guess what I need to define is the format for > only these 2 lines (correct me if I'm wrong) , > and can ignore the rest. Yes, I think this is correct. > || >>> Warning 201 "C:\Project\Test\OnlineMS\Firmware\Source\rs232.c" > Line 48(1,1): Assignment inside relational expression > || *** Error 12 "C:\Project\Test\OnlineMS\Firmware\Source\main.c" Line > 97(3,4): Undefined identifier j > > Here is what I think I should define. > \|\|\ \>\>\>\ %t\ %n\ %f\ Line\ %lXXX%m > \|\|\ \*\*\*\ %t\ %n\ %f\ Line\ %lXXX%m > Can you spot anything wrong here? Yes. The || characters at the beginning of the line are added by vim on lines it doesn't recognize. You needn't parse them because they are not part of you compiler's output. > How do I deal with the (1,1), and the (3,4)? That depends what they mean. -- JR
Re: How to turn a q recording into a map?
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.03.23 19:45]: > I was thinking that there should be a way to > take the register lines and automatically turn > them into an noremap (including adding the @ to > start register playback). Has anyone perfected > this? If you want your mapping to follow the (possibly changing) content of q: map @q If you want your mapping to stay fixed even if register q changes: :exe "map " . expand(@q) and then you can map that... map :exe "map " . expand(@q) HTH, -- JR
Re: Customizing vim: How to change the char before commands
* Some user [2007.03.22 15:00]: > RANT > Though I don't really get the reason why every > command is preceded by colon. Not to nitpick, but commands themselves don't really care about the colon. The colon is used to *change mode*. In normal mode, you can just type away your commands without any colon, ever. Command-line mode accepts just one command at a time, so you need to re-enter a colon for each new command to re-enter command-line mode. For multiple successive commands, you can use either Ex mode or the command window: :h Ex-mode :h cmdwin It sounds like you would like to be able to do everything from normal-mode. But then you would be lacking a lot of the expressive power of vim commands. > It should be one keypress, like maybe > semi-colon. map ; : > One quick question, please if you could answer: > what if I want to map something like a two keys > in succession to something, like gg for save, gz > for quitting and saving. How would it change? map gg :w map gz :wq -- JR
Re: Count characters
* Harald Kröll [2007.03.22 13:30]: > Is there some function or script to count > characters (letters without whitespaces) in vim? One way is to use the 'substitute' command's ability to tell you how many items it replaced. So if you type: :%s/\S/&/g You will get a message saying how many non-blank characters were found and replaced by themselves. -- JR
Re: Quck Add & Remove comments
* Andreas Bakurov [2007.03.22 09:00]: > I trying to find a way to quickly remove and add one line comments (// > or /* */) to Java or C/C++ code. > What is a effective "combo" to achieve this. You could do this manually with mappings and such, but I find there are so many special cases (especially with the C-style /* */ type of comments) that I prefer using a plugin in which most of the dirty work can be hidden away. Here is one: EnhancedCommentify http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=23 -- JR
Re: question about search
* Dave Land [2007.03.22 08:15]: > " Command-[ and Command-] put the prev/next match at top of screen > map kNz " put prev match at top of screen > map jnz " put next match at top of screen Very recently on the list someone suggested these very simple and elegant mappings: nnoremap n nzz nnoremap N Nzz The up-side is you don't need to remember a new keystroke -- the down side is you lose the old behavior. -- JR
Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?
* Bram Moolenaar [2007.03.20 11:45]: > > How many times did I repeat a command just because > > I had pressed one time too many... > > You can type "g<" to go back to the messages. Thanks! Didn't know about that. Reading the help, this only brings back the last viewed page of messages though. Not quite the same thing as bringing up the complete output of the last command. -- JR
Re: Consistently exit "message display" with 'q'?
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.03.19 22:30]: > The more frustrating thing is: if I continuously > scroll down in the 'more-prompt' mode, the > 'more-prompt' will eventually quits the display > and the message are disappeared forever, so I > must be careful NOT to press any key when the > last line of message are shown. I'm fairly sympathetic to this concern. How many times did I repeat a command just because I had pressed one time too many... -- JR
Re: How to show path?
* Peng Yu [2007.03.16 16:30]: > Can somebody let me know how to show the current > value of "path"? :set path? -- JR
Re: How to switch between horizontal split and vertical split?
* Peng Yu [2007.03.13 12:15]: > Suppose I have horizontal splited window1 and > window2, is there any way to change them into > vertical split and vice versa? CTRL-W H CTRL-W J Note the capital "H" and "J". -- JR
Re: match html tag
* Albie Janse van Rensburg [2007.03.13 10:00]: > You are looking for %. In order to enable the > use of it, you need to enable the matchit > plugin. See :help matchit matchit is an external plugin. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=39 -- JR
Re: visual mode acting up
* Simon Jackson [2007.03.12 01:30]: > when i have text selected in visual mode, i type 'y' and instead of > yanking the text it overwrites it. anyone know why? Maybe it's been mapped to something else. What does: :verbose vmap y say? Does the overwriting text give a clue to where it came from? -- JR
Re: Searching within a delimited area
* Afton Lewis [2007.03.02 13:30]: > How would I search for a regex within a particular area? Once the text is selected visually, you could do: :g/regex/# which will appear as :'<,'>g/regex/# This will display all matching lines with line numbers prepended. Not as sophisticated as the other solutions you got, but sometimes it's enough. -- JR
Re: mark an anchor
* Bin Chen [2007.03.02 09:45]: > If I am in line 100, now I want to search a key > which will lead me to wherever. I want to back > to the place before the seach, can vim support > anchor for me to back? If I understand your question, CTRL-O will do what you want. :h CTRL-O -- JR
Re: Mapping to the "numerical" - and + and *
* Eric Leenman [2007.03.01 13:30]: > >How were you planning to use those? > > I want to use these as cut, paste and copy iso > CTRL-X, V and C. Cutting and copying are compound operations in the sense that you need to specify /what/ they are going to act on. There are many ways to do this, depending on the mode you are in. > I now got > :vnoremap "+p > :vnoremap "+d > :vnoremap "+y This looks fine. What you want to act on is implicitly the visual selection. > :noremap "+p This is fine. > :noremap "+d > :noremap "+y Here you will need to specify *what* you want to "cut" or "paste" with a motion command after you have pressed of . > :inoremap "+d > :inoremap "+y These are "insert-mode" mappings. So of course you get "+d in your text. This is exactly what you told vim to do. What do you *mean* when you are in insert mode and want to "cut" or "copy"? "Copy" what? One possibility is to revert to normal mode and follow the command with a motion: :inoremap "+d :inoremap "+p > :inoremap "+p This is meaningful but the syntax is incorrect. Tony gave you the answer for this one. > I tried the help CTRL-R but I don't follow that. It would help if were more explicit about the parts you don't understand. In normal mode, pressing "+p means: 'put the content of register + after the cursor'. In insert mode, pressing "+p means: 'insert " then + then p'. It has nothing whatsoever to do with registers. This is where CTRL-R helps you. + is the insert-mode equivalent of "+p in normal-mode. -- JR
Re: Mapping to the "numerical" - and + and *
* Eric Leenman [2007.02.28 08:00]: > 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) That part of the keyboard is sometimes referred to as the "keypad". You can refer to those keys in vim with the following (from :h key-notation, near the end of the table): notationmeaning equivalent decimal value(s)~ --- [...] keypad +*keypad-plus* keypad -*keypad-minus* keypad **keypad-multiply* > to functioan as cut, paste and copy? In vim, "delete" always saves the deleted data somewhere. So in that sense, it's equivalent to "cut", as long as you know where vim put the stuff. The other operations are referred to in vim's documentation as "put", and "yank". These operations usually require more than one keystroke. How were you planning to use those? -- JR
Re: trying to leave the GUI world and enter the world of VIM
* Peter Michaux [2007.02.26 22:00]: > Does vim have the concept of a project of files? You might want to look at this: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=69 Found by searching vim.org with the keyword 'project'. HTH, -- JR
Re: search something from vim in certain directory
* Peng Yu [2007.02.22 16:15]: > I read the help. But I still don't see how to search in all the *.h > and *.cc in a certain directory. Do I have to rely on the external > command "find"? It would help if you told us what version of vim you use and what you tried. If you have vim 7, you can use: :vimgrep pattern directory/**/*.h See :h wildcard Otherwise: :grep -r pattern directory though that will search all files in the directory, recursively. If your 'shell' is zsh, then you can use zsh's recursive globbing patterns: :grep pattern directory/**/*.(h|cc)(.) If you use indexing with glimpse, you can specify which files in which directory to index. man glimpse man glimpseindex -- JR
Re: search something from vim in certain directory
* Peng Yu [2007.02.22 11:15]: > I have a C++ project in some dir say "project" > or its subdir. Although I can use find and grep > outside vim to search for any word in "project". > But this is not very convenient. Well you can use an external grep from within vim. One advantage is that it's relatively fast and you can use the quickfix window. An inconvenient is that you can't use vim regex. :h grep :h grepprg If you have vim 7, then you can use vimgrep. :h vimgrep If your project is large, you could also use an indexing program like "glimpse". See http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=1021 -- JR
Re: How to: display only the lines that have a matching pattern and fold /hide others.
* Muddassirali Mirzani [2007.02.21 07:30]: > Is there a way to display only the lines that match > a search pattern and hide/fold others. The foldutil plugin makes that very easy. I use it quite a bit. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=158 -- JR
Re: :wq vs ZZ
* Gene Kwiecinski [2007.02.13 17:00]: > [...] > I never liked ":wq", because you gotta do > > depress > <:> > release > > > For most actions in vim, I too often look for the very fastest, fewest-keystrokes way. However quitting is not one of them. I agree with Tim's point: when I quit I prefer being forced to be explicit about *how* I quit. -- JR
Re: How to diff in gvim
* Naim Far [2007.02.13 07:54]: > When using diffsplit I have to supply the full > path of the second comparison file, what if I > simply want the comparison to be done with > another already opened buffer?! I usually do this in two phases. First setup the vertical split, then use: :windo diffthis To setup the split, here are two easy ways depending on whether you know the buffer number or not: If you do (and say that number is 2): :vert sb 2 If you don't: :vert sb will give you a list of opened buffer to choose from. You can use completion again after typing a few characters. But it might be even quicker to use ":ls" to find out the buffer number and use the first method above. HTH, -- JR
Re: Deleting control line feed in string
* Mueller Stefan [2007.01.30 07:56]: > How can I delete a control line feed in a string :s/\\n// Should do what you want. Insert range as appropriate. Or :let value = substitute(string, "n","","g") :h substitute() Discusses this specific case. HTH, -- JR
Re: disable é ma p in tex-suite
* neolistic [2007.01.23 10:15]: > * Jean-Rene David-2 wrote: > > See here for a possible solution: > > > > http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/index.php?subject=faq&title=FAQ#faq-e-acute > > I think this solution can work but I don't have > the perms for the plugin direcory, is there a > solution to unmap or surmap the é? [Please don't top-post] The solution given uses only files in your home directory. It should work even if the plugin is globally installed. Do you mean you don't have the required permissions in your own home directory? -- JR
Re: disable é ma p in tex-suite
* neolistic [2007.01.23 09:15]: > I use the tex-suite with VIM7.0 and it's very useful but tex-suite have a > auto-defined insert-map for the key é and I don't want to use this map, I > want that when I'm in insert mode and I press the key é, vim insert the > character é This is probably the most frequently asked question on the latex-suite mailing list. See here for a possible solution: http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/index.php?subject=faq&title=FAQ#faq-e-acute -- JR
Re: Reformat in visual area - vmap question
* DervishD [2007.01.12 07:45]: > * A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > [...] > > Beware of ' and ` though: they are used in > > Normal mode for "mark" movements. > > Yes, but both keys do the same, so I'm on > the safe side if I choose only one of them, > am I wrong? They are similar but not quite the same. :h mark-motions -- JR
Re: Folding away based on a seach
* Samuel Wright [2007.01.11 06:15]: > I have a todo list of single line entries. > I'd like to fold everything away apart from a custom seach, say > > :customsearch urgent > > would fold away all lines that did not contain urgent. > > Has this been done already in some way? Yes. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=158 -- JR
Re: Find and replace in visual area.
* Silva, Paulo [2007.01.08 11:30]: > I'm trying to do a replace in a selection. > After selecting the area, with v, directional keys, v again (or not - > both give the same result). > > Then I type > :%s/\%V20/21/ Don't know why it doesn't work on your end. Works here. In any case, to do what you want, you can just select an area and, while still in visual mode, type: :s/20/21 This will appear as: :'<,'>s/20/21 in your status line. The '< and '> indicate the beginning and end of the current visual area. HTH, -- JR
Re: Making do something different
* Chuck Mason [2006.12.13 17:15]:
> In :help it follows links
> (Maybe there's a helptags file?).
Bingo.
:h helptags
> [...]
> For instance I have a line that looks like:
>
> ... sometext somenumber1 someothertext2
>
> And if the user presses anywhere on the line I would like to take
> somenumber1 and do something with it (follow it by replacing the current
> buffer with another file referenced by the number). If the line doesn't
> start with ... Then ignore the keypress. I think I can handle all that
> but I want to know if its possible to:
One way:
Define a function which will determine if your line
matches and act accordingly:
function! Foo()
if getline(".") =~ "^\\.\\.\\."
" extract somenumber1 and
" do something with it
else
" do nothing
endif
endfunction
And use autocommands to determine whether your
function should be called or not depending on
which buffer you're in:
autocmd BufEnter *.tmp map :call Foo()
autocmd BufLeave *.tmp unmap
All that is left is extracting "somenumber1".
--
JR
Re: aligning text to a certain column
* Lev Lvovsky [2006.12.05 13:53]: > how can I align text under and after the cursor > position to a specific column number? :.,$s/^\s*/ /g will align the first non-blank on the fourth column, from the cursor's line to the end of the file. > and probably just as important, how can I > find out which column number a cursor is at ;)? In normal mode: :h g_Ctrl-G In scripts: :h getpos() or add %c to your status line to have it all the time. :h statusline7} -- JR
Re: Using to jump thru help tags
* DervishD [2006.11.27 12:45]:
> Well, I've done this mapping to be able to jump to the next "tag"
> in the help file using :
>
> :nnoremap/\|\S\+\|:nohll
>
> The problem is that when I hit , the "tags" flash a bit,
> because the search command highlight them and the ":nohl" turns hl
> off. Moreover, this interferes with my searchs, if any.
Using search() doesn't modify the search register
so you won't have either of those problems.
> Do anybody has any suggestion?
Yes:
nnoremap :call search('\|\k\+\|')
> Thanks a lot in advance :)
No problem.
--
JR
Re: search and replace function in vimrc
* Samuel Wright [2006.11.27 11:15]: > The regular expression works if I call it > directly, but when I write > > :function FixJHIndex > > it just echoes the function definition. What am > I missing? :function does exactly as documented. You want: :call FixJHIndex() See :h :call :h :function -- JR
Re: compile code from within vim
* atstake atstake [2006.11.26 20:45]: [...] > eg. if it's a .pl file it would do "perl > filename", show the result and if there's any > error it would take me to the line where the > error is. > > Is there any easy way to do this with functions? > Any example would be greatly appreciated. To change the compiler based on file extension, you can use autocommands: :au BufNewFile,BufReadPre *.pl set makeprg=perl\ -c\ % :au BufNewFile,BufReadPre *.c set makeprg=make :au BufNewFile,BufReadPre *.py set makeprg=pychecker\ % etc. To jump to the errors found, you can use the quickfix window. Depending on the compiler you use, you may need to tweak the 'errorformat' option. This tells vim how to parse the error file. :h :make :h 'makeprg' :h 'errorformat' :h quickfix -- JR
Re: Searching/replacing literally
* Meino Christian Cramer [2006.11.23 02:45]: > I want to search a longer string totally > literally...regexp totally switched of, no > exceptions. function! LiteralSearch(string) range let l:pattern = escape(a:string, '\\/.*$^~[]') let @/ = l:pattern normal n endfunction :command -nargs=1 LS call LiteralSearch () Then: :LS .*$ Will match one time in this message, in the function code above instead of matching every line. Map as desired. HTH, -- JR
Re: search and replace multiple lines
* mark [2006.11.15 16:00]:
> I want to change the order off these three
>
> 1=red
> 2=blue
> 3=orange
>
> into
>
> 3=orange
> 2=blue
> 1=red
>
> Suggestions ?
You don't specify the overall structure of the
file, but if these 3 lines are separated by blank
lines (say), and unless you need the interactivity
of vim, I would use another tool.
% awk 'BEGIN { RS=""; FS="\n"; OFS="\n" } \
{ print $3,$2,$1 "\n"; }' << EOF
1=red
2=blue
3=orange
1=red
2=blue
3=orange
EOF
3=orange
2=blue
1=red
3=orange
2=blue
1=red
The separator can be something other than a blank
line too. As long as there is a recognizable
structure, why not take advantage of it?
--
JR
Search unfolded lines only
Is there any way to search for text in open folds
only? For example, if fold 1 and fold 2 below are
closed and fold 3 is open, and placing the cursor
on the line which says "Start search here", I
would like to end up on the "foo" in fold 3 when
typing "/foo".
Start search here
{{{
fold1
foo
fold1
}}}
{{{
fold2
foo
fold2
}}}
{{{
fold3
foo
fold3
}}}
--
JR
vim: fdm=marker
Re: highlight after :s///g
* Tim Chase [2006.11.09 17:30]: > :map :let @/='~' Using :match also works, and doesn't modify @/. :match Search '~' Note that this gives a warning if no previous replacement string exists. -- JR
Re: Getting out of netrw
* Gary Johnson [2006.11.04 18:30]: > When you open file A, then open file B, then > want to go back to A, you don't do so by > quitting B--you explicitly open A. Looking at it that way, it makes good sense. Thanks again for all the suggestions. -- JR
Re: Getting out of netrw
* Yegappan Lakshmanan [2006.11.04 13:00]: > You can try using CTRL-^ to jump to the alternate buffer. Good idea. Most suggestions were useful, BTW, thanks all. > This looks like a bug in netrw. Well personally I find not having a "quit" or "exit" function pretty close to a bug. But there are so many ways around it I don't find it a very serious one... -- JR
Getting out of netrw
Say I open vim7's new super duper file explorer "netrw" to browse some local directory. Say then I decide I don't want to open any new file and just want to go back to what I was doing. What would be the standard way to do that? I can use to eventually land up where I was but I need to backtrack all the motion commands I did in the netrw buffer. I thought of using :q but that closes vim if only one window is open. Am I missing something obvious? -- JR
Re: projects manager/explorer
* victor NOAGBODJI [2006.11.02 11:45]: > Just looking for something like that in gvim. > Do you know something like that? Searching for "project" on www.vim.org yields many hits. I use the "project" plugin. I like it, despite some warts. -- JR
Re: what are blue "signs" appearing in vimdiff panes ?
* Yakov Lerner [2006.10.23 07:00]: > If you look at lines 879-884 of the left pane, > and lines 1583-1588 of the right pane you can > see blue "signs" near line numbers. What do they > signify ? They mean those lines are an open diff fold. > I just did "vimdiff" and no special options. > What do they mean, those spooky "signs", in the > middle of no-difference region ? Precisely that there are no differences in that region, which is why it can be safely folded away by the "fold" commands. I notice you have the default 'context:6' in your 'diffopt', since there are 6 lines between the delimited fold and the adjacent differences. -- JR
Re: Question about listchars
* Jeff Lanzarotta [2006.10.19 13:13]:
> If there a way to check and see if the listchar
> is actually set or not?
For options I change often, I use the following to
display its value in the statusline.
function! OptSet(opt, string)
if(exists("a:opt") && expand(a:opt))
return a:string
else
return ""
endif
endfunction
Then put the following in the statusline:
set statusline=%<%f\%h%m%r%y%{OptSet(&ic,'[ic]')}[...]
So in this specific case, if 'ic' is set, I will
have '[ic]' in my status line.
I use that for 'ic' and 'ws' because I toggle them
quite ofen.
HTH,
--
JR
Re: Can the mailing list owner set "Reply-to" field be [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* A.J.Mechelynck [2006.10.18 23:30]: > "Reply to Sender" is meant to reply only to the author of an email. > > "Reply to All" is meant to reply to the author and all other recipients. "Reply to All" usually results in the author receiving duplicates. However since most mailers offer nothing but those two choices, it's probably the lesser of evils. Most mail clients suck. Decent mailers have "Reply to list" which avoids sending replies to both the mailing list and the author. Some mail clients suck less. ;-) -- JR
Re: search visual block
* David Fishburn [2006.10.18 22:00]:
> " Courtesy of Michael Naumann, Jürgen Krämer
> " Visually select text, then search for it
> if version >= 602
> " Here are two enhanced versions of these mappings which use VIM 6.2's
> " getregtype() function to determine whether the unnamed register
> contains
> " a characterwise, linewise or blockwise selection. After the search has
>
> " been executed, the register *and* its type can then be restored with
> " setreg().
> vnoremap * :
> \let old_reg=getreg('"')
> \let old_regmode=getregtype('"')
> \gvy/=substitute(substitute(
> \escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]' ), "\n$", "", ""),
> \"\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g")
> \:call setreg('"', old_reg, old_regmode)
> vnoremap # :
> \let old_reg=getreg('"')
> \let old_regmode=getregtype('"')
> \gvy?=substitute(substitute(
> \escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]' ), "\n$", "", ""),
> \"\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g")
> \:call setreg('"', old_reg, old_regmode)
> else
> " If you use both VIM 6.2 and older versions these mappings
> " should be defined depending on the current version.
> vnoremap * :let old_reg=@"
> \gvy/=substitute(substitute(
> \escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]' ), "\n$", "", ""),
> \"\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g")
> \:let @"=old_reg
> vnoremap # :let old_reg=@"
> \gvy?=substitute(substitute(
> \escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]' ), "\n$", "", ""),
> \"\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g")
> \:let @"=old_reg
> endif
This is where I got my inspiration. Note the exact
same credits. But I found the mappings so
illegible that I rewrote them as functions.
I don't find using a function to be much of a
"con" compare to the "pro" of legibility. The
function I posted today has already been hacked
and made better. It would take much more time and
thought to modify these monsters...
Reading the comments at the top, I thought for a
minute that the mapping could search for a
blockwise visual region. That would be pretty
neat.
--
JR
Re: automatically going from header file to implementation file
* Naim Far [2006.10.18 13:00]: > Does any body know a way of automatically going > from header file to its implementation file?! > and vice versa?! a.vim : Alternate Files quickly (.c --> .h etc) http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=31 -- JR
Re: search visual block
* Robert Cussons [2006.10.18 09:29]: > Everything seems to work fine now, except the > searched for items aren't highlighted like they > normally are when I search Whether or not search items are highlighted depends on the value of the 'hlsearch' option. The search item gets highlighted on my end when the option is set. Is yours set? :set hls? -- JR
Re: search visual block
* Benji Fisher [2006.10.18 09:15]: > I try to avoid such problems by not including raw CR, ESC, etc. > characters in my vim scripts. I suggest replacing the two :execute > lines with > execute "normal ?" . l:pattern . "\" > and > execute "normal /" . l:pattern . "\" I was looking for a way to avoid the literals. Thanks for that. That's definitely better. -- JR
Re: search visual block
* Robert Cussons [2006.10.18 06:30]:
> I did notice that between the if and else there
> are " which just act as comments as they are on
> newlines,
Sorry, I should have known that wouldn't come out
right. There's a literal newline between the
quotes. You can enter it by pressing
.
Here's that section of code with the literal
newline entered as two separate characters:
if a:direction == 'b'
execute "normal ?" . l:pattern . "^M"
else
execute "normal /" . l:pattern . "^M"
endif
> I was selecting text in visual mode, then
> pressing / or ? and I just get the normal action
> of pressing / or ?
Well you could do it with "/" and "?" but I like
to keep their behavior intact as it is useful to
extend the visual region.
I remapped "*" and "#" instead, as shown in these
lines:
vnoremap * :call VisualSearch('f')
vnoremap # :call VisualSearch('b')
I prefer that because these don't have any special
meaning in visual mode and it ties in nicely with
the "search next/previous word" function they have
in normal mode.
--
JR
Re: search visual block
* Lev Lvovsky [2006.10.17 17:15]:
> Is it possible to search for a string by
> selecting that string in visual mode? Meaning,
> if I highlight something, and then want to
> search for that thing which is highlighted in
> the rest of the doc?
You already got lots of good answers. Here's
another one.
I've had this in my vimrc for years, and use it
when the string I'm searching for is not a
keyword. It works both forward and backward, puts
the searched pattern in the search history and
doesn't screw up any register.
"--< cut here >---
" Search for visually selected text {{{
" From an idea by Michael Naumann, Jürgen Krämer.
function! VisualSearch(direction) range
let l:saved_reg = @"
execute "normal! vgvy"
let l:pattern = escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]')
let l:pattern = substitute(l:pattern, "\n$", "", "")
if a:direction == 'b'
execute "normal ?" . l:pattern . "
"
else
execute "normal /" . l:pattern . "
"
endif
let @/ = l:pattern
let @" = l:saved_reg
endfunction
vnoremap * :call VisualSearch('f')
vnoremap # :call VisualSearch('b')
"--< cut here >---
HTH,
--
JR
[who has a vague remembrance that this subject has
come up before]
Re: How to directly enter visual mode from insert mode ?
* Ivan Vecerina [2006.10.03 12:15]: > [...] > Best case, I can type: lv > [...] > Is there an easy way to do so ? According to :h i_esc there is not builtin way to do this. But you could use a mapping: imap lv -- JR
Re: Specifying vim options in the files being edited
* Russell Bateman [2006.09.08 15:30]: > You see that pretty well anything you can do on > the ex command line in Vim (:set ignorecase, > etc.), you can put in these modelines. That's not true. You can only set options. Excerpt from :help modeline: No other commands than "set" are supported, for security reasons (somebody might create a Trojan horse text file with modelines). -- JR
Sharing vimproject file between WinXP and cygwin
I've been using the Project plugin for many years now and I like it a lot. However one problem keeps bugging me. I would like to share my ~/.vimprojects file between my cygwin and windows version of vim. The problem is the paths for the project. When I enter a posix path, the windows version doesn't recognize it and vice-versa. I could run the file through a small script which converts the paths with cygpath but keeping them synchronized would be cumbersome. Any ideas? -- JR
