CVS vs SVN
Is Vim moving to svn? I was curious as to why in the downloads section there is both a cvs version and a svn version. Robert
Re: Getting vimscripts
Swaroop C H wrote: Is there a way to use wget or curl to get scripts off the Vim site? Use `wget http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=$id -O foo` ? Best, Swaroop Must have been a corrupt file. I removed everything and reinstalled the scripts and all is well. Robert
Re: Save as not responding
Smoldas Vladimir wrote: Hi, I have a problem to execute: browse confirm saveas (or save as from menu list) on new file (without name). Steps to simulate the problem: 1.Open gvim 2. Save as (browse confirm saveas) - gvim not responding for 5 minutes (than I killed him) But when I open existing file it's works well... I tried this on XP with 7.1 and I did both a save and save as and they both worked fine. Are you trying to save to a network drive or anything of the kind? Robert
Getting vimscripts
Is there a way to use wget or curl to get scripts off the Vim site? Robert
Re: Getting vimscripts
Swaroop C H wrote: Is there a way to use wget or curl to get scripts off the Vim site? Use `wget http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=$id -O foo` ? Thanks! Robert
Vim 7.1 errors
This could be just something I am doing wrong. I am creating my .vimrc file and once I put: set laststatus=2 in and save and then open Vim I get the following error: sccs: command not found tr: at least one string must be given when squeezing repeats Any ideas? This is what I compiled with: :version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled May 21 2007 15:18:20) Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript +printer +profile -python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save system vimrc file: $VIM/vimrc user vimrc file: $HOME/.vimrc user exrc file: $HOME/.exrc fall-back for $VIM: /usr/local/share/vim Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -I/usr/lib/pe rl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE -L/usr/local/li b -o vim -lncurses -lacl -lgpm -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/ CORE -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/ usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lresolv -lm -lutil -lc Press ENTER or type command to continue Help? Robert
Re: Vim 7.1 errors
Robert Hicks wrote: This could be just something I am doing wrong. I am creating my .vimrc file and once I put: set laststatus=2 in and save and then open Vim I get the following error: sccs: command not found tr: at least one string must be given when squeezing repeats Any ideas? This is what I compiled with: :version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled May 21 2007 15:18:20) Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript +printer +profile -python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save system vimrc file: $VIM/vimrc user vimrc file: $HOME/.vimrc user exrc file: $HOME/.exrc fall-back for $VIM: /usr/local/share/vim Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -I/usr/lib/pe rl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE -L/usr/local/li b -o vim -lncurses -lacl -lgpm -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/ CORE -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/ usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lresolv -lm -lutil -lc Press ENTER or type command to continue Help? Robert I also tried the latest CVS version and I get the same error. Robert
Re: Vim 7.1 errors
Yakov Lerner wrote: On 5/21/07, Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Hicks wrote: This could be just something I am doing wrong. I am creating my .vimrc file and once I put: set laststatus=2 in and save and then open Vim I get the following error: sccs: command not found tr: at least one string must be given when squeezing repeats Any ideas? This is what I compiled with: :version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled May 21 2007 15:18:20) Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript +printer +profile -python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save system vimrc file: $VIM/vimrc user vimrc file: $HOME/.vimrc user exrc file: $HOME/.exrc fall-back for $VIM: /usr/local/share/vim Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -I/usr/lib/pe rl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE -L/usr/local/li b -o vim -lncurses -lacl -lgpm -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/ CORE -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/ usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ia64-linux-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lresolv -lm -lutil -lc Press ENTER or type command to continue Help? Robert I also tried the latest CVS version and I get the same error. Any plugins in ~/.vim/plugin ? What does :scriptnames show ? Yakov I have 2 plugins...perl-support and savevers. When I get to work tomorrow I will remove both of those and try it. I will also get you the :scriptnames thing if the plugins aren't the issue. Robert
Re: Stable Vim version 7.1 has been released
cvs vs svn Is the source moving to svn? It seems the svn portion lags a bit (timewise)behind the cvs version. Robert
Re: 7.1a.001 OSX colour scheme errors?
Michael Wookey wrote: Hello vimmers, I am running 7.1a.001 on OSX and have just noticed the following from console vim (running in Terminal.app and also occurs in iTerm.app). If I change the colour scheme I receive a lot of error output. For example: :colorscheme desert Results in: Error detected while processing /Applications/Vim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/colors/desert.vim: line 27: E254: Cannot allocate color khaki E254: Cannot allocate color slategrey line 36: E254: Cannot allocate color gold line 37: E254: Cannot allocate color tan ... When I build Vim I always have to copy in an rgb.txt file that I have into the runtime. Otherwise I get those errors. Robert
Re: Monospaced font problem
Pablo Arantes wrote: Fellow users, I'm using gvim 7.0 in a Windows XP SP2 box and I'm experiencing a problem with font selection. I want to set as the default gui font a TTF monospaced font, called Pragmata TT, but it won't show up in the list of available fonts. I've searched the vim archives and google and cannot figure out why it won't be listed as an option even though it *is* a monospaced font and other TTF monospaced fonts appear in the list. The font author could not help and provided me an OTF version that gvim accepts, although it renders much worse than the TTF in programs where the latter version actually works. Thanks in advance for any tip or suggestion. How are you setting guifont to use it? Robert
Re: IDE's Vim 7 and Apple OS X
Joseph White wrote: Hi All, When you download c.vim : C/C++-IDE, BASH-IDE, or Perl-IDE, for example, the directions to install and get the menu items to show up, goes as follows: install details Copy the zip archive cvim.zip to $HOME/.vim/ and run unzip cvim.zip While this works fine on Linux; Mac OS X Vim does not recognize or read the $Home/.vim directory, is there an alternate location to place the IDE files? Huh? I have all my stuff in $HOME/.vim/ on OSX and it works like a charm. Robert
Help files to read
What are some good help files to read if I want to learn: - To use Vim itself - To create vimscripts/vim modules Robert
formatting the number column
When I do set number I get the numbering in the left column (good). Is there a way I can change the look of the number? I would like the numbers to look like: 1: 2: 3:
Optimum syntax file size...
Is there a size limit that one should set as a ceiling for syntax file size? Robert
Re: Missing configuration commands in vim 7?
Larry Alkoff wrote: I have a desktop and newly configured laptop with different versions of vim. The desktop has vim 6.4.6 which contains the lines in ~/.vimrc set mouse=a syntax on They show in :help The laptop has vim 7.0.35 and gives an error on the above two vimrc commands. Also they don't show in :help. What has happened in vim 7? Are there replacements for syntax on and set mouse? Larry :h mouse :h syntax Those both work in my 7 version from the Vim site. Robert
Re: getting rid of beep in vim
Bill McCarthy wrote: On Wed 24-Jan-07 1:41am -0600, Robert Cussons wrote: I'm sorry, I know this should be a problem that I can resolve for myself, but I have searched the vim help under bells and visualbell and tried what it says and it doesn't seem to work, so your help would be greatly appreciated. Basically, I always get the beeping sound when I press 'k' but I'm already at the top of the file, for example and I want to turn it off. I am running vim 7.0 on Windows XP Pro SP2. I have: set vb t_vb='' To do this, all you need in your _vimrc is: set vb t_vb= That will eliminate sounds and flashing in Vim. For Gvim, you also need, in your _gvimrc: set t_vb= because entering the GUI sets 't_vb'. See :help 'vb' I only use a .vimrc and for the things that are gui specific I wrap in: if has(gui_running) stuff for gvim endif Is there any reason NOT to do that if I only want to maintain one config file? Robert
Re: getting rid of beep in vim
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Robert Hicks wrote: [...] I only use a .vimrc and for the things that are gui specific I wrap in: if has(gui_running) stuff for gvim endif Is there any reason NOT to do that if I only want to maintain one config file? Robert I do that too. For the settings which must wait until the GUI starts (like setting t_vb again) I use instead something like if has(gui) autocommand GUIEnter * set t_vb= endif which, however, does rely on +autocmd being compiled-in. This is not really a problem for me, since in the rare cases when I use a tiny version of Vim, it is not GUI-enabled. With Unix versions of gvim, it is possible to start a GUI-enabled Vim in console mode, do some editing (so has(gui_running) is off while sourcing the vimrc) and later change one's mind and use the :gui command to start the GUI. In practice I don't do that, however, so (in practice) when has(gui_running) is false, I'm not going to go from console mode to GUI mode in the course of the current session. I think that what it comes to in the end is a question of personal preference. Er so it is safer to use: if has(gui) I didn't know you could do that with Vim myself. If I am on the console I use vim and if I want the gui version I type gvim. Robert
Color errors on OSX
Cannot allocate color colorname I compiled from svn src. There didn't seem to be any errors and it created the Vim.app. The Vim.app works but when I go to change the colorscheme I get about 20 of those messages. Is there something I need to pass to configure on OSX about colors? Robert
Re: Color errors on OSX
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Robert Hicks wrote: Cannot allocate color colorname I compiled from svn src. There didn't seem to be any errors and it created the Vim.app. The Vim.app works but when I go to change the colorscheme I get about 20 of those messages. Is there something I need to pass to configure on OSX about colors? Robert If your gvim doesn't display through X11, try copying the X11 rgb.txt (usually something like /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt ) to the $VIMRUNTIME directory. see :help rgb.txt. Not sure if it works for the Mac but you could always try. Best regards, Tony. I will do that and see. Thanks Tony. Robert
Re: Color errors on OSX
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Robert Hicks wrote: Cannot allocate color colorname I compiled from svn src. There didn't seem to be any errors and it created the Vim.app. The Vim.app works but when I go to change the colorscheme I get about 20 of those messages. Is there something I need to pass to configure on OSX about colors? Robert If your gvim doesn't display through X11, try copying the X11 rgb.txt (usually something like /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt ) to the $VIMRUNTIME directory. see :help rgb.txt. Not sure if it works for the Mac but you could always try. Best regards, Tony. Yep, that was it. I coped the rgb.txt from the binary at the macvim site and it no longer throws those errors. Robert
Re: Compiling on OSX
Robert Hicks wrote: I have compiled the version from svn. It creates the .app bundle. When I go to change the colorscheme manually I get a bunch of Cannot allocate color colorname. A bunch being about 20 or them. Any ideas? Robert This is my configure line: ./configure --enable-perlinterp --enable-pythoninterp --enable-tclinterp --with-tclsh=tclsh8.4 --enable-rubyinterp --enable-multibyte --enable-cscope --with-features=huge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Compiling on OSX
I have compiled the version from svn. It creates the .app bundle. When I go to change the colorscheme manually I get a bunch of Cannot allocate color colorname. A bunch being about 20 or them. Any ideas? Robert
Re: Mac Questions
When you do this --enable-pythoninterp --enable-rubyinterp what do you get? Does that just allow another language to be used as a vim script? Robert
Re: Mac Questions
litespeed59 wrote: Alan, I recently figured out how to compile Vim on a Mac from source, so here is the method I used. I too am fairly new at this, so if any Mac users can improve on my instructions, feel free to do so. I obtained the Vim sources through Subversion (I keep my source code downloads in ~/Source). You may need to install a Subversion client on your system to get this to work. Open Terminal and enter the following commands (assuming ~/Source already exists): cd ~/Source svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vim/vim7 Does that get everything? Including patches released since Vim7 has come out? Robert
Re: Mac Questions
litespeed59 wrote: Robert, Yes, the initial Subversion download will get Vim with all the latest patches. There may be a delay of a day or two between the time the patches are first released, and when they appear in the Subversion repository, but otherwise this is a great way to stay up to date. Regards, Trev I just did it and it worked like a charm. Cool. Robert
Re: Mac Questions
Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Brett Calcott apparently wrote: I have just got a Macbook (switching from windows) and have downloaded and compiled the latest version of Vim on it. It all works fine, but I have a few questions. Would you mind outlining the steps you took for someone who is making the same transition but is not used to compiling their own apps? (I have XCode installed.) Thank you, Alan Isaac I would suggest going here: http://macvim.org/OSX/index.php It has a binary and some hints and tips as well. Robert
end of line whitespace
I know that in some IDE's I can check a box that causes the IDE to automatically strip trailing white space. Does Vim have a switch to do that or do I need to do: autocmd BufWritePre * %s/\s*$//e It would be nice to have a set stripwhitespace if that is the case but I guess that is the power of Vim. Robert
Re: Calendar ?
Usage question. I have a custom statusline. That statusline also shows up in the Calendar pane and in the diary pane. Is there a way I can restrict it from doing that? Robert
selecting a guifont via if statement
Is there a function to determine if a font exists? Something like: if exists(Monaco) set gfn=Monaco:h10 elsif exists(Consolas) set gfn=Consolas:h11 endif Roughly... Robert
enable multi-byte?
I did a standard install of Vim7 on HP/UX and multi-byte was not enabled. I looked at my Windows version and multi-byte is enabled. What would determine for me if I need to enable it? Robert
Re: enable multi-byte?
Yakov Lerner wrote: On 9/26/06, Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a standard install of Vim7 on HP/UX and multi-byte was not enabled. I looked at my Windows version and multi-byte is enabled. What would determine for me if I need to enable it? in :version, see whether you have +multi_byte or -multi_bytes. Yakov On the HP it is a -. The question for me is do I want it or need it enough to recompile Vim for it? Robert
matching question...one is cancelling the other
I have an option match for my Tcl syntax script as follows:
syn match tclOptionMatcher \%(^\|\s\)\zs-[a-zA-Z]\+
contains=tclOptionStarter
syn match tclOptionStarter contained -
I also would like to get tclOperators going as well:
syntax match tclOperator [~\-_+*\[\]{}=|[EMAIL PROTECTED]\\/:\^\.,!?]
However, because the tclOperator match has a - in it, it nullifies the
first tclOptionMatcher.
Is there a way to have both? Can I group the first one like (-[a-zA-Z])
or something?
Robert
unmatched strings
Is there a way to highlight unmatched strings for and ' in a syntax file? Robert
Re: Vim BOF session
Bram Moolenaar wrote: Greetings, Vim users. I am hosting a Vim BOF at the upcoming O'Reilly Open Source Convention: Title: Vim 8? Date: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 Time: 20:30 - 21:30 Location: Salon Versailles Summary: Vim 7 was released May 2006. Does it make sense to make another major release and add lots of new features? Or should priority be given to fix problems and fine tune existing features? What new features would users really profit from? Talk about the pros and cons with the main Vim author. The conference is held in Brussels, 18 - 21 September. More information: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/euos2006/view/e_sess/9854 I can't be there but... fix problems and fine tune existing features? Yes
Re: unmatched strings
Robert Hicks wrote: Is there a way to highlight unmatched strings for and ' in a syntax file? Robert By unmatched I mean: This is a string This is a string
Re: backup directory
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Hicks wrote: I have the following in my .vimrc: = Files/Backups = set backup set backupdir=/home/devsp7/.vim/backup set dir=/home/devsp7/.vim/temp set patchmode=.prev Config for savevers.vim let savevers_types=* let savevers_max=10 let savevers_purge=1 let savevers_dirs=backupdir However, nothing is being saved to those paths. It is being saved in the /home/devsp7 directory. The directories are rw for the devsp7 user I even created a file as that user to make sure the permissions were correct. Ugh...found it. When I copied the savevers.vim over I needed to chmod 644 it, so everyone could read it. Robert Just a new newsreader test...IGNORE Robert
Re: set vb t_vb=
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul Irofti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 27 August 2006 19:01, Paul Irofti wrote: On Sunday 27 August 2006 17:44, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Paul Irofti wrote: Hi vimers, snip It would be pretty cool if I could keep all my gui and non-gui stuff in one single file with something similar to what you described here. I use: if has(gui_running) stuff endif I have not encountered any problems with that. I keep all my stuff in one vimrc file myself. I would be curious to see Tony's vimrc as well. I know he is a *master* Vimmer and probably has some gnarly stuff in there. :Robert
Re: backup directory
Robert Hicks wrote: I have the following in my .vimrc: = Files/Backups = set backup set backupdir=/home/devsp7/.vim/backup set dir=/home/devsp7/.vim/temp set patchmode=.prev Config for savevers.vim let savevers_types=* let savevers_max=10 let savevers_purge=1 let savevers_dirs=backupdir However, nothing is being saved to those paths. It is being saved in the /home/devsp7 directory. The directories are rw for the devsp7 user I even created a file as that user to make sure the permissions were correct. I should add...this is Vim7 as well. Robert
Re: backup directory
Robert Hicks wrote: I have the following in my .vimrc: = Files/Backups = set backup set backupdir=/home/devsp7/.vim/backup set dir=/home/devsp7/.vim/temp set patchmode=.prev Config for savevers.vim let savevers_types=* let savevers_max=10 let savevers_purge=1 let savevers_dirs=backupdir However, nothing is being saved to those paths. It is being saved in the /home/devsp7 directory. The directories are rw for the devsp7 user I even created a file as that user to make sure the permissions were correct. Ugh...found it. When I copied the savevers.vim over I needed to chmod 644 it, so everyone could read it. Robert
Re: Open each file in newtab (without using -p)
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Groleo Marius wrote: [...] Thing is, the vim's tabpage mechanism is just not the way all tabbed apps work. I've spent a whole day searching for a solution with no luck though. I guess I'm searching in the wrong place, but how hard it is to implement and option that let you choose for a single tabpage per buffer ? Visiting vim-online http://vim.sourceforge.net/ recently, I saw a newly added script which seemed to be doing just that. I haven't tried it. Good luck. Best regards, Tony. It doesn't solve everything though. If you get rid of the dll entry and add your own you would need one for diff and open in separate vim instances as well. If those are all provided as a registry hack then that I could go for. :Robert
backup directory
I have the following in my .vimrc: = Files/Backups = set backup set backupdir=/home/devsp7/.vim/backup set dir=/home/devsp7/.vim/temp set patchmode=.prev Config for savevers.vim let savevers_types=* let savevers_max=10 let savevers_purge=1 let savevers_dirs=backupdir However, nothing is being saved to those paths. It is being saved in the /home/devsp7 directory. The directories are rw for the devsp7 user I even created a file as that user to make sure the permissions were correct. Suggestions? Robert
Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
Manu Anand wrote: Funny!! I was thinking about this y'day. I think this would be more than one option. This option should exist for each opened instance of VIM. We can probably change the functionality of Edit with existing filename to open in a new tab. Wotsay? I would rather the behavior be to open in a new tab as well on Windows. :Robert
Re: windows unicode (iso10646-1) font for vim
Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, (BST) Georg Dahn apparently wrote: I personally need Latin only and use Consolas: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22e69ae4-7e40-4807-8a86-b3d36fab68d3displaylang=en which (IMHO) is a great font. This package is only intended for licensed users of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. I'm not sure what that means here ... (intended for vs. licensed to?) If you don't own VS2005...you can't use the font. Robert
Re: windows unicode (iso10646-1) font for vim
Georg Dahn wrote: I am not sure, if they have CJK included yet, but http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page is a set of Unicode fonts which are being worked at intensely. --- A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I already mentioned, on Windows I use Courier_New for Russian and Arabic, and MingLiU for Chinese. For Latin-only editing sessions I use Lucida_Console. I personally need Latin only and use Consolas: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22e69ae4-7e40-4807-8a86-b3d36fab68d3displaylang=en which (IMHO) is a great font. Best wishes, Georg They could have done better. The symbol should have been centerlined so that = looked better. It is a clear font though. Robert
Re: --with-features=TYPE
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Robert Hicks wrote: Georg Dahn wrote: Hi! --- Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see in the configure file that --with-features takes tiny, small, normal, big or huge (default: normal). Is there some place I can look to see what those options provide? Try :h :version Best wishes, Georg Cool, exactly what I was looking for. : ) Robert Basically: - the tiny version has nothing that can be omitted -- not even online help, visual mode, or expression evaluation; - the small version has visual mode and split windows (and online help) but it still lacks expression evaluation; - the normal version has a lot more, but it still lacks some important (to me) features, including support for multi-byte encodings (such as Chinese or Unicode) and for right-to-left writing systems (such as Hebrew, Arabic or Farsi); - the big version has everything except the profiling feature; - the huge version has it all. - There are still some features (such as MzScheme, Perl, Python, Tcl, and, on X11 systems, GNOME, which requires a GTK+ GUI) which have to be included manually. I would recommend to stay away from the tiny and small versions, unless you're running on a system with very limited memory like 16-bit Dos. Personally, since I like the big all-bells-and-whistles package, I source (not run) the following bash script just before running make: -8- #!/bin/bash # # this file must be sourced, not run # # set environment variables export CONF_OPT_GUI='--enable-gnome-check' export CONF_OPT_PERL='--enable-perlinterp' export CONF_OPT_PYTHON='--enable-pythoninterp' export CONF_OPT_TCL='--enable-tclinterp --with-tcl=tclsh8.4' export CONF_OPT_RUBY='--enable-rubyinterp' export CONF_OPT_MZSCHEME='--enable-mzschemeinterp' export CONF_OPT_CSCOPE='--enable-cscope' export CONF_OPT_MULTIBYTE='--enable-multibyte' export CONF_OPT_OUTPUT='--enable-fontset' export CONF_OPT_FEAT='--with-features=huge' export CONF_OPT_COMPBY='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' -8- (if your browser, or mine, beautified the last line by breaking it between export and CONF_OPT_COMPBY, well, it shouldn't have.) You can use this script, changing anything you want, including of course at least the compiled-by line. If you lack the development packages required for one or other of the configured-in options, configure will turn it off. A couple of questions if I may... #1 How do I source? I have never done that prior to a make before... #2 If I do this: export CONF_OPT_TCL='--enable-tclinterp --with-tcl=tclsh8.4' do I have to pass anything else to point it to libs or anything? I have ActiveTcl installed on my HP/UX boxes. #3 If you are passing: export CONF_OPT_FEAT='--with-features=huge' and the huge version has it all why pass the multibyte, etc.? :Robert
--with-features=TYPE
I see in the configure file that --with-features takes tiny, small, normal, big or huge (default: normal). Is there some place I can look to see what those options provide? :Robert
Re: Clickable error messages
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Robert Hicks wrote: Marc Weber wrote: :Robert See :h quickfix ;) Brief: :compiler perl :set makeprg=perl :make test.pl) If you want to add options to perl use set makeprg=perl\ --option\ blah (escape whitespaces) The quickfix cycle might remove some output.. depending on errorformat. I was waiting for this question because :!perl foo doesn't do what you want :) See also :h compiler If you don't want to look at scrolling lines try my runinbackground script.. (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1582) I would also suggest to have some quick glances at :h topics basic editing, advanced editing... Much to read.. or hang around in #vim on irc.freenode.net. You can learn much there... You don't have to read everything but it should give you an idea of what is there .. ;) To took me over a year to learn many features of vim and then think about how can I really fast open the files I need ... and so on Just ask again we'll point to corresponding documentation. Marc Thanks for the info. For some background I used to use the perl-support plugin but it isn't working on OSX Tiger so I thought I would just create a simple perl-utils one that I could add quick functions to and then assign accelerators (i.e. \rr runs it, \rc checks it, \rx criticizes etc.). I have this: function! PerlRun(...) execute !perl . expand(%) endfunction function! PerlCheck(...) execute !perl -cw . expand(%) endfunction Since the functions above make no use of any arguments, why allow any? function! PerlRun() without ... Mostly because I have no idea what I am doing? That was copied from something else. : )
perl-support.vim author?
Does anyone know what happened to the author of the perl-support.vim plugin? I have emailed him using the info on his site and in the package but it bounces. Has he dropped the project? :Robert
Re: perl-support.vim author?
Fritz Mehner wrote: Robert Hicks schrieb: Does anyone know what happened to the author of the perl-support.vim plugin? I have emailed him using the info on his site and in the package but it bounces. Has he dropped the project? No I have NOT dropped the project. Great! Emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will reach me. (Maybe the **OLD ADDRESS** [EMAIL PROTECTED] is still somewhere visible. This address is no longer valid.) Fritz That is probably the reason. I will contact you off list about the OSX issue I am having. :Robert :Robert
Re: perl-support.vim author?
Apparently Earthlink is now considered a spamming service? === This is what I get back === This is the Postfix program at host dvzis.fh-swf.de. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The Postfix program [EMAIL PROTECTED] (expanded from [EMAIL PROTECTED]): host pop.fh-swf.de[193.174.68.12] said: 550 5.0.0 x... We don't accept mail from spammers (in reply to MAIL FROM command) == I guess I will get the error and post it here for you to look at. I am talking with the guy that compile Vim7 on OSX first to see if it is a Vim issue. :Robert ?
Re: perl-support.vim author?
Yakov Lerner wrote: On 7/30/06, Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently Earthlink is now considered a spamming service? Earthlink ? You're using gmail account, aren't you ? I post to newsgroups with my gmail account so spam reapers don't get my home account. I do answer from gmail as well but when I want to talk to an author directly I use my home (Earthlink) account. :Robert
Vim book
Since a bit has changed in Vim7; does anyone know of a book (in English) in the works for it? :Robert
Re: Clickable error messages
Marc Weber wrote: :Robert See :h quickfix ;) Brief: :compiler perl :set makeprg=perl :make test.pl) If you want to add options to perl use set makeprg=perl\ --option\ blah (escape whitespaces) The quickfix cycle might remove some output.. depending on errorformat. I was waiting for this question because :!perl foo doesn't do what you want :) See also :h compiler If you don't want to look at scrolling lines try my runinbackground script.. (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1582) I would also suggest to have some quick glances at :h topics basic editing, advanced editing... Much to read.. or hang around in #vim on irc.freenode.net. You can learn much there... You don't have to read everything but it should give you an idea of what is there .. ;) To took me over a year to learn many features of vim and then think about how can I really fast open the files I need ... and so on Just ask again we'll point to corresponding documentation. Marc Thanks for the info. For some background I used to use the perl-support plugin but it isn't working on OSX Tiger so I thought I would just create a simple perl-utils one that I could add quick functions to and then assign accelerators (i.e. \rr runs it, \rc checks it, \rx criticizes etc.). I have this: function! PerlRun(...) execute !perl . expand(%) endfunction function! PerlCheck(...) execute !perl -cw . expand(%) endfunction These work command! -nargs=* PerlRun call PerlRun() command! -nargs=* PerlCheck call PerlCheck() These aren't working map buffer silent Leaderrr Esc:call PerlRun()CR imap buffer silent Leaderrr Esc:call PerlRun()CR map buffer silent Leaderrc Esc:call PerlCheck()CR imap buffer silent Leaderrc Esc:call PerlCheck()CR I was hoping it would just a little more to get clickable errors. :Robert
Output of a function...goes where?
Currently I have a couple functions defined that when I do \rc for example it checks my Perl code. When I run this it opens up a DOS window to show me the ok or error message. How do I get that to show up in the bottom of my window (is that the command area?). :Robert
Re: Output of a function...goes where?
Yakov Lerner wrote: On 7/26/06, Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Currently I have a couple functions defined that when I do \rc for example it checks my Perl code. When I run this it opens up a DOS window to show me the ok or error message. How do I get that to show up in the bottom of my window (is that the command area?). Somewhere inside the code that serves as rhs for your \rc, there is a code that invokes perl (probably via :!...). If you change it to something along these lines :let result=system(perl .) :echo result you'll get what you want. Yakov Thanks Yakov... :Robert
Clickable error messages
Is there a way Vim, when it displays an error and gives me a line number for me to click on that line number and Vim takes me there? :Robert
Re: Website Sign-up
From the Site Help link: http://vim.sourceforge.net/huh.php In order to upload scripts you must have an account with vim online. This is so there can be defined contact people for scripts to avoid confusion. User passwords are stored using one-way encryption. It took me about 30 seconds to find and I didn't even know if it was there or not. :Robert
Re: Anchoring in a regex
A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
Tim Chase wrote:
syn match tclV ttk\(\(::\)\?\([[:alnum:]_.]*::\)*\)\a[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*
I only want this to work ttk at the start. I know that ^ means the
start but I am not sure how to add that (I did try just adding it) to
make the regex start with ttk.
Just put it at the beginning:
^ttk...
just as you would use the dollar-sign at the end to anchor something
to the end of the line:
regexp$
-tim
Similarly, to allow it as long as it is the first non-whitespace
characters, add zero or more whitespace between ^ and ttk :
^\s*ttk...
See :help pattern.txt for more info on Vim regular expressions (and
dont forget the .txt extension, or you'll be brought to a formal syntax
definition instead of to the table of contents of the helpfile).
Note that $^ in the middle of a pattern usually matches dollar followed
by caret, not a linebreak. ( \n matches a linebreak IIUC; but in
substitute you must use :s/\n/\r/ to replace a linebreak by itself.)
Thanks Tony and welcome back. : )
I figured out that ttk:: can occur after a left [ as in [ttk:: and I
am looking at the others as well.
Is there a way to do an or so that I can put ttk in {} [] and it be
colored or is there a better way like a region?
:Robert
Help with a syntax region
syn match tclExternal \\(package\)\s\(forget\|ifneeded\|require\)\ I would like a region that looks at the word(s) coming after that match. package require Tk Tk in that would be the word to match (and color). :Robert
[OSX issue?] Re: Backups
set backup set backupdir=~/.vim/backup set dir=~/.vim/temp Configuration for savevers.vim http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=89 set patchmode=.prev let savevers_types=* let savevers_max=10 let savevers_purge=1 let savevers_dir=backupdir That is my config...and it doesn't work. It should dump them all in the backupidr but instead they show up in my home dir. I am on OSX. I have tried a full path /Users/robert/.vim/backup but that doesn't work either. :Robert
Re: [OSX issue?] Re: Backups
Robert Hicks wrote: set backup set backupdir=~/.vim/backup set dir=~/.vim/temp Configuration for savevers.vim http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=89 set patchmode=.prev let savevers_types=* let savevers_max=10 let savevers_purge=1 let savevers_dir=backupdir That is my config...and it doesn't work. It should dump them all in the backupidr but instead they show up in my home dir. I am on OSX. I have tried a full path /Users/robert/.vim/backup but that doesn't work either. :Robert Found it looking at my post...dirs...not dir.
Re: Creating a backup directory
Tim Chase wrote:
Is there a function to create a backup directory if there
isn't one when Vim tries to backup a file?
Well, you can use the following code:
--
function! EnsureDirExists(d)
let l:s = substitute(a:d, '[/\\]*$', '/', '')
let l:isDir = isdirectory(resolve(expand(l:s)))
if !l:isDir
echo Making directoryl:s
call system(mkdir .escape(s, ))
let l:isDir = isdirectory(resolve(expand(l:s)))
if !l:isDir
echoerr Could not create directory: .l:s. (is it already
a file?
endif
endif
remove the following line to cut down on
verbosity...more here for testing purposes.
echo a:d. [.l:s.] was .(l:isDir?: not ).a directory
endfunction
test our function with various lines of
data at the end of the file
$?^finish$?+,$v/^\s*/call EnsureDirExists(getline('.'))
finish
tests go here
a nonexistant directory
~/nonexistant
a directory
~/tmp
a directory with backslash
~/tmp/
a link to a directory
~/temp
a link to a directory with backslash
~/temp/
same as above, only using $HOME instead of ~ for paths
$HOME/nonexistant
$HOME/tmp
$HOME/tmp/
$HOME/temp
$HOME/temp/
test a directory with a space in its name
~/tmp/foo bar
test a directory with a space in its name and a backslash
~/tmp/foo bar/
test the root directory
/
test a blank line
test a file
~/tmp/foo.txt
--
The EnsureDirExists function will try its darndest to ensure that the
directory passed to it exists, after which point, you can set your
backupdir option. You might have to tweak the mkdir call to either
use -p or whatever the win32 version is to make all components of a
path if it's multiple levels deep.
Just a few thoughts...
Wow, cool. I really need to learn Vim more. :-)
:Robert
Anchoring in a regex
syn match tclV ttk\(\(::\)\?\([[:alnum:]_.]*::\)*\)\a[a-zA-Z0-9_.]* I only want this to work ttk at the start. I know that ^ means the start but I am not sure how to add that (I did try just adding it) to make the regex start with ttk. Robert
Capturing source errors
When I statup Vim I am getting source errors for a syntax file I am modifying but they go away so fast I cannot read what the errors are. How do I get Vim to show me those errors? Robert
Adding keywords if a line starts with a certain word
I would like to add additional keywords if the first word or first 4
characters of the statement is snit.
snit::type dog {
method {tail wag} {} {return Wag, wag}
method {tail droop} {} {return Droop, droop}
}
Since snit is there then I would like to added method as a keyword.
Robert
Re: Adding keywords if a line starts with a certain word
Tim Chase wrote:
I would like to add additional keywords if the first word or first 4
characters of the statement is snit.
snit::type dog {
method {tail wag} {} {return Wag, wag}
method {tail droop} {} {return Droop, droop}
}
Since snit is there then I would like to added method as a keyword.
Your language here uses some definition/syntax with which I'm not
familiar (might be smalltalk?). I'm not sure what you mean that you
would like method added as a keyword. Do you want to add a third
method line? Having some before and after descriptions of the code
might help clarify matters.
Snit is an OO extension to Tcl.
If you just want to perform actions on snits, and assuming you use
consistent indentation such that snit:: is always at the beginning of
the line, and its closing } is also always at the beginning of the
line, you can do things like
What I am looking for is if snit is the first word then method will
be added as a keyword and colored.
snip
Or do you want to dynamically create syntax-highlighting definitions
based on things found in your method defintions?
Yes, I believe that is correct. Actually it might be easier to find if
snit is anywhere in the file at the beginning of the line (it will
always be at the beginning) and then adding some extra keywords in to be
colored.
With a bit of clarification, there's likely a fairly easy solution.
Did I clarify anything? I hope so.
Robert
Re: Colorschemes on HP/UX
Yakov Lerner wrote: On 6/20/06, Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Vim7 on HP/UX and if I use gVim all is well when I set colorschemes. However, if I want to use Vim then the HP terminal doesn't seem to set colors properly. I have set background=dark but that background (when a colorscheme is applied doesn't change). I have read that the HP terminal is funky with colors. How can I get it to accept the scheme I want and color it properly? I don't think 'set background=...' changes the color of background. It doesn't, for me. Yes, I know that. In case you're using hpterm or something proprietary, you can try to run xterm (the widely used thing) on the same computer and see whether vim behaves differently or similarly on xterm vs hpterm. I am pretty sure it is hpterm since I haven't added anything. I mean, this way you can tell whether the problem is hpterm-specific, or not. Yakov
Re: syntax match question
Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: snip Is it possible to create a keyword group and then do a match with those words and if they are prefixed with a - to color them a certain way? A couple of the actual ones would be: -command -menu -fill -pady -padx -tearoff -label -text -height -width -justify and the list goes on. And you can see why I was hoping a simple match would do it. :-) You can get the effect I think you want with: syn match OptionMatcher \%(^\|\s\)\zs-\w\+ contains=SpecificOptionList,OptionStarter syn keyword SpecificOptionList contained command menu fill pady padx tearoff label text height width justify syn match OptionStarter contained - hi link OptionMatcher Error hi link SpecificOptionList Statement hi link OptionStarter SpecificOptionList These commands will highlight your options; ones that aren't in the keyword list (ex. -junk) would get highlighted as Error. Well that kind of worked. Every word that start with - is highlighted as an Error, including those in the SpecificOptionList. :Robert
Re: syntax match question
If I do this: syn match OptionMatcher \%(^\|\s\)\zs-\w\+ contains=OptionStarter syn match OptionStarter contained - hi link OptionMatcher Special That colorizes all the words that start with -. So in a round about way, it works! :-) :Robert
syntax region question
In Tcl if you do this:
if {0} {
Other code you want to comment
out is in here.
}
That if statement works just like a multi-line comment (i.e. /* */ ) in
other languages.
Is it possible to color that the same way as a comment?
:Robert
Re: syntax region question
Eric Arnold wrote:
Just a suggestion: the C syntax knows enough to color
#if 0
...
#endif
as a comment. You can look at how it does that.
It's easy to do if you don't have anything nested inside the if block.
I.e. something like
syntax match comment /if\s*(\s*0\s*)\s*{[^}]\_*}/
Otherwise, it gets more complicated, and I haven't figured that out yet.
I will look into that.
:Robert
Re: syntax match question
Tim Chase wrote: I would like to match all options that start with a hyphen like: -one -two So all those would be a match from the - to the end of the word. Looks like a simple /\-\w\+\/ It makes some presumptions where your description falls silent. What constitutes a word for you? The vim defintion of a word is embodied by the \w atom. However, it includes numbers and an underscore. If that's no good, you can change the \w to the set of desired characters with a character-class /\-[a-zA-Z]\+\/ Adjust accordingly. -tim A word can be anything really, so it would be from - to the end. So something like: syn match MyVarOption \-\w\+\ :Robert
Re: syntax match question
Robert Hicks wrote: Tim Chase wrote: I would like to match all options that start with a hyphen like: -one -two So all those would be a match from the - to the end of the word. Looks like a simple /\-\w\+\/ It makes some presumptions where your description falls silent. What constitutes a word for you? The vim defintion of a word is embodied by the \w atom. However, it includes numbers and an underscore. If that's no good, you can change the \w to the set of desired characters with a character-class /\-[a-zA-Z]\+\/ Adjust accordingly. -tim A word can be anything really, so it would be from - to the end. So something like: syn match MyVarOption \-\w\+\ :Robert I should say this is for a syntax file...so it needs to work from that. :Robert
detecting a readonly file and not doing something...
I currently have this: autocmd BufEnter * :%s/[ \t\r]\+$//e get rid of the pesky ^M However, it gives me an error I have to enter through when I open a readonly file. I want to be able to turn that off when the file is RO. :Robert
Detecting if I am on Windows
let MSWIN = has(win16) || has(win32) || has(win64) || has(win95) || has(win32unix) Is there a windows variable that has all these in it? :Robert
Re: detecting a readonly file and not doing something...
James Vega wrote: On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 09:16:38AM -0400, James Vega wrote: On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 09:04:15AM -0400, Robert Hicks wrote: I currently have this: autocmd BufEnter * :%s/[ \t\r]\+$//e get rid of the pesky ^M However, it gives me an error I have to enter through when I open a readonly file. Something along the lines of autocmd BufEnter * :if ro | %s/[ \t\r]\+$//e | endif That should actually be autocmd BufEnter * :if !ro | %s/[ \t\r]\+$//e | endif since you want the replacement performed only when the buffer is not readonly. James I actually caught that. :-) :Robert
gvimrc vs vimrc
I have never used a gvimrc. Does that get parsed by gVim only? :Robert
Re: Extending Vim7 with plugins
Yakov Lerner wrote: On 5/19/06, Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some tutorial out there for a newbie starting with Vim7 to learn how to program for it? The Write a Vim script tutorial is bundled with vim. You only need to know how to open it in vim. Here is how: :he usr_41 vim will open document titled Write a Vim script. To read the document full-screen, enter this command: :on The beginning of the document is below. Yakov *usr_41.txt*For Vim version 7.0g. Last change: 2006 Apr 30 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar Write a Vim script The Vim script language is used for the startup vimrc file, syntax files, and many other things. This chapter explains the items that can be used in a Vim script. There are a lot of them, thus this is a long chapter. |41.1| Introduction |41.2| Variables |41.3| Expressions |41.4| Conditionals |41.5| Executing an expression |41.6| Using functions |41.7| Defining a function |41.8| Lists and Dictionaries |41.9| Exceptions |41.10| Various remarks |41.11| Writing a plugin |41.12| Writing a filetype plugin |41.13| Writing a compiler plugin |41.14| Writing a plugin that loads quickly |41.15| Writing library scripts |41.16| Distributing Vim scripts Next chapter: |usr_42.txt| Add new menus Previous chapter: |usr_40.txt| Make new commands Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt| Cool, I will run with that... Robert
Re: HTML editing with vim: where to start ?
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Vinay Doma wrote: A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Maybe I overreacted. OK, let's amend it: if you want a Windows-like editor, don't use Vim, use WordPad (in plaintext mode). I still won't recommend mswin.vim to anybody. But what about mswin.vim don't you like? All it has is a bunch of windows friendly mappings (Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All, Redo, Undo, etc). Looks pretty harmless to me. And you could always modify them to suit your need. vdoma What I don't like about it is that it interferes with standard Vim normal-mode commands, making Vim less Vim-like, and, in some cases, making some commands totally unavailable without unneeded extra work (such as creating noremaps for them and running the risk of hiding still other commands). One case in point is that of Ctrl-X which you (or someone else in this thread) noticed; there are others: almost every Ctrl-letter keystroke has a meaning in Vim; making them Windows-like hides the proper Vim command. There are Vim commands for everything you mentioned, and (IMO) those windows-like commands just stand in the way of learning the more versatile native Vim commands (for Cut: x = cut letter, dd = cut line, daw = cut word, [Visual]d = cut visual selection, etc.; prefix by + to place them into the clipboard. Select All is ggVG which breaks down as gg = go to top, V = start linewise visual, G = go to bottom. Undo is u, Redo is Ctrl-R [not r which is replace], And so on.) In the years I've been on this list, I don't count the number of times when newbies have come asking, in essence, Why doesn't Vim behave as advertised? and mswin.vim (which they unknowingly were sourcing in their vimrc) was the reason. Best regards, Tony. I never thought of that. I just started learning Vim on Windows because I was doing vi on HP/UX (now Vim7). I realize the handicap that mswin.vim gave me. I have commented it out for now to see if I can cut it, since my goal was to learn one editor on all the platform I am on (Windows, OSX, HP/UX). Robert
Unix source as a tar.gz
I do not have bzip2 on my HP servers. Could Vim7 be bundled up into a tar.gz just like the .bz2 distribution? Robert
Re: Unix source as a tar.gz
Bram Moolenaar wrote: Robert Hicks wrote: I do not have bzip2 on my HP servers. Could Vim7 be bundled up into a tar.gz just like the .bz2 distribution? If you are able to install Vim, aren't you also able to install bzip2/bunzip2? No, I got special consideration for Vim because I lobbied for it. :-) I ended up tar.gz it on my Windows box. I asked, not meaning to start a firestorm, because the Vim site for 6.4 said to get the tar.gz ones if you didn't want to get the big bz2 file. I thought maybe it was an oversight that the tar.gz ones were not out there as well. So I asked. Robert
Re: vim7: how to get spanish spell check
Juan Pablo Aqueveque wrote: Hi everyone. I just downloaded vim7 and i realize that Spanish spelling is not. how i can set it? (step by step please). -- juan pablo aqueveque www.juque.cl How about: :help spell : ) Robert
Re: Vim version 7.0g BETA has been released
Bram Moolenaar wrote: Gene Kwiecinski wrote: - Win32: Dropping a shortcut on the Vim icon edited the shortcut instead of the file it refers to (old problem). Any way to actually edit the shortcut? :D Yes, set 'binary' before editing the file. Well, that requires the -b argument somehow and you can't do that when dropping the link on the gvim icon. But you can start gvim first to do it. Why not? The target on the gvim icon is C:\Vim\vim70g\gvim.exe on my box. Can't I create another shortcut with C:\Vim\vim70g\gvim.exe -b and call it gVim binary or something? :) Robert
Starting Vim
If I open a file with a long enough path name Vim will stop loading until I hit enter to continue. How can I change this? Robert
Re: Vim 7.0e (beta) Windows installer
Steve Hall wrote: I have made available a Windows installer for Vim 7.0e (beta): http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cream/gvim-7-0e-beta-0.exe?download This contains only English language files, you'll need to download and manually install the lang\ and spell\ files for other options. These are similar in compiled features to the other packages we've built, described on http://cream.sourceforge.net/vim.html. Does this install cream using Vim7? Robert
How do I get rid of null characters?
I have a log that has embedded null characters (i.e ^@). I need to get rid of them all. Robert
Re: How do I get rid of null characters?
Yakov Lerner wrote: On 4/17/06, Robert Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a log that has embedded null characters (i.e ^@). I need to get rid of them all. :map F2 :s/C-V000//gcr Then press F2 Yakov Thank you! Rober
Re: How do I get rid of null characters?
Eric Arnold wrote: You've gotta be careful about nulls. Vim stores newlines (^J) as nulls in some cases, so you might be getting rid of more than you wanted. Thanks for the warning. I only want to do this for one file that I have so I am not going to permanently add it to my .vimrc. Robert
