Marc Weber wrote:
Besides being potentially dangerous to Windows users,
distribution of .exe files as scripts runs counter to the
idea that scripts' execution depends on Vim alone, and not
on a particular operating system.
So do we all agree that Vim is missing a :call
Paul wrote:
Oh dear, this just appeared:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3816
Thanks for the report. I have deleted the script, and its
download package, and the associated user.
If you have viewed the script page, you may need to reload
(refresh) the browser to see an error
Ben Fritz wrote:
The wiki is correct.
Vim does NOT use %USERPROFILE% or %ProgramFiles%.
Sorry, John. Not quite true.
Although I don't think Vim uses USERPROFILE, it *does* use
the program files directory by default. If a _vimrc is not
found in $HOME, Vim looks it the $VIM directory, which
philipx wrote:
Either command opens a *new* tab with the file - I'd like it
to go to the tab that already has the file open.
reason is that the tabs often have certain window setups that
I'd like to go back to.
I haven't tried it, but you could investigate:
:set switchbuf=usetab
:sb
Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote:
I have the _vimrc file in these two locations:
%UserProfile%\_vimrc
%ProgramFiles%\Vim
The Wiki mentions $Home for Windows.
The wiki is correct.
Vim does NOT use %USERPROFILE% or %ProgramFiles%.
I also have these environment variables
Vim=C:\Program Files\Vim
Bram Moolenaar wrote:
Somehow the group was reported to contain spam. Weird. It
wasn't easy to find the way to get the group back. I did
manage to find someone who could do it. The group is back now!
http://groups.google.com/group/vim_announce
Problem: I think I was a member of that
Sapfeer wrote:
Thanks a lot! Your solution works great! I suppose I just
misunderstood some mapping features. Could you please explain
why you use i command? AFAIK, i stands for insert - I
don't understand how can you issue yank command, then go to
insert mode and select a word there. Also
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Bee wrote:
Ha! I did find out how to delete a message.
I see you saw it before I was able to delete.
The 'More options' on the right of a post has delete,
which can be done after posting.
Just to clarify, while an author might be able to remove their
message from the Google Groups archive,
Is there any standard function to get the word under cursor (
as */# search commands do ) or I should write it by myself
using getline('.')?
Use cword or cWORD. Some examples:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_all_search_pattern_matches
porphyry5 wrote:
One by one I have appended a number of lines to a register
(z). I need to sort them and then paste them at the start
of the document.
Without complaint, vim accepts the command :zsort but the
content of z is unchanged. Is it possible to do this in the
register, or must I
lessthanideal wrote:
function RangeTest() range
echo a:firstline . . a:lastline
endfunction
command -range=% CallRT line1,line2call RangeTest()
These two commands give the same output
:CallRT
:%CallRt
Could the function distinguish between the two?
I noticed your change at
Sean Creekmore wrote:
2.) How do you build the tags file for this document?
The command given at
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2628
looks correct, that is, run Vim and enter:
:helptags ~\vimfiles\doc
According to the list of files, one file is:
doc/r-plugin.txt
and you
lessthanideal wrote:
Suppose the current working directory is C:\ and I am
editing C:\temp\test.txt. I issue the command
:saveas test2.txt
The file is saved as C:\test2.txt, hHow can I make it be
saved as C:\temp\test2.txt?
The way :saveas is working is correct because if you do not
Daryl Lee wrote:
Can someone tell me how to configure gVim so it handles
Win7 security?
I do not follow Windows any more, but have not been able to
avoid noticing talk about some features, and I believe there is
nothing an application like Vim can do. Windows simply
rearranges the view of the
Asis Hallab wrote:
vimgrep validate app/models/*
:Qfdo %s/validate/VALIUM/ge | update
...
com! -nargs=1 -bang -bar Qfdo :call QFDo(bang0,q-args)
Interesting function!
I think you need to remove the -bar from the last line.
Don't know why Christian included that.
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I want to insert the following line after the current line:
abc def ghi
This command works (each quote is escaped):
:put ='abc \def\ ghi'
These commands also work (no escaping):
:let line = 'abc def ghi'
:put =line
But this command fails (the first quote starts a comment):
sinbad wrote:
how to pass the contents of a register in a vim script to the
p command.
There is an example using -register at:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Copy_the_search_results_into_clipboard
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Charles Campbell wrote:
I'm moving my website...
FROM: http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/...
TO: http://drchip.0sites.net/astronaut/...
For anyone wondering about the links at the Vim Tips wiki,
I have changed all the links at vim.wikia.com, and checked
that they work.
All pages have
sinbad wrote:
why doesn't the / register filled with the current search.
with the following mapping. should i do something special
nmap \jj :call Jj()
See the second solution at:
http://vim.wikia.com/index.php?title=Search_for_visually_selected_text
You put this at the end of the mapping:
sinbad wrote:
it doesn't seem to be working. if you don't mind can you
provide more info.
I can't explain why the tip works given the Help text quoted by
Gary Johnson (which I have puzzled over before). However, it
does, and using its technique, the following works.
Matthew Pettis wrote:
I'm editing python files, and want to enable folding. Found
the script here to help me with that:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1494
I put this file at:
~/.vim/ftplugin/python_editing.vim
I don't know, but you might try moving the file to
ranousse wrote:
1) If I understand right, :append is used this way
:append
line1
line2
.
I suspect that :append is not used much. Try these examples:
:let var = 'Hello world'
:put =var
:let list = ['one', 'two', 'three', var]
:put =list
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skeept wrote:
Is there another place where I can get the binary with the
latest patches that is compiled against python 2.7?
If not is there a guide for compiling vim against with visual
studio?
I finaly wrote a guide:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Build_Vim_in_Windows_with_Visual_Studio
It
Tobbe Lundberg wrote:
So the general consensus seems to be that it would be nice to
have a more modern GUI, if it's all optional and doesn't
limit the uses of vim in any way. You all also seem to agree
that this is a big undertaking and that I shouldn't do it alone.
There is one more wet
Mark Larwill wrote:
I often need to make a large list of XML quickly and was
wondering if there is a fast way to do this with VIM. For
example suppose I have the XML:
useruser1/user
useruser2/user
useruser3/user
Use the following, adapted from tip:
Harsh J wrote:
...COPY OF SPAM...
Please do not do that! The spam was sufficiently irritating.
I have banned the original sender and removed their posts (and
the copy from the above) from the Google vim_use archive.
I do not know how the spammer got their message posted. It seems
unlikely that
Alexandre Martani wrote:
:python import win32api
I receive the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File string, line 1, in module
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
I think sc is correct. In Vim, use :version and carefully
inspect
Ben Fritz wrote:
I know I can use the chcp command in a cmd.exe shell to
output the current encoding, so prior to patch 203, I had a
system() command which grabs the output of this command in my
.vimrc. However, as a side effect, every time I launch Vim
with this call in the .vimrc, a cmd.exe
Asis Hallab wrote:
How do I do something like the following:
if(defined(tags))
return \c-x\c-]
endif
The tags-variable is the one set by :set tags=./tags.
if exists('tags')
:help exists()
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Reuven Sayag wrote:
I'm looking for a way to highlight words that match the word
under the cursor.
There is a good tip on this:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_multiple_words
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Jürgen Krämer wrote:
you can use \= in substitute():
:echo substitute('abc%41def', '%\(\x\x\)', '\=nr2char(0x.submatch(1))', 'g')
Brilliant, thanks! I must have known that years ago??
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I want some Vim script to remove percent encoding (where '%'
followed by two hex digits means the single character with the
given hex ASCII code, for example '%412' is 'A2').
It's easy to do this using :substitute with:
:s/%\(\x\x\)/\=nr2char('0x'.submatch(1))/g
However, submatch() does not
googler wrote:
I have a text file with a number of lines in it. Each line
has the same format, say something like below.
string1 string2 number string3
I want to sort this file based on the numerical value of the
number field. How can I do this in vim? Thanks.
If there are no numbers in
cyboman wrote:
i'm trying to write a small vim function which will modify a
copyright year each time i'm opening a file.
You might want to look at the ideas here:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Automatically_Update_Copyright_Notice_in_Files
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cyboman wrote:
does anybody know if there is a way to capture the result of
a global search in vim.
See:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Copy_the_search_results_into_clipboard
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Tim Chase wrote:
let s=substitute(s, '\w\+', '\u\1', 'g')
The above is intended to change each word in s, making the first
letter uppercase and not changing the rest.
The search pattern needs brackets, or the \1 should be replaced.
The following works:
let s=substitute(s, '\w\+', '\u',
I thought defining a user command with '-nargs=1' would mean
that using more than one argument would give an error, however
I can't see a difference between nargs=1 and nargs=*.
command! -nargs=1 Test call Test('args')
function! Test(args)
call append('$', 'args: ' . a:args . '')
endfunction
googler wrote:
I have a file where I have words like X1, X2, ..., X16, X17, X18,
I want to find out occurences of words containing a number
greater than, say, 17. So basically, I want to find X18, X19,
X20, etc. How can I do this in vim? In other words, can we
use arithmetic expressions
Kai Weber wrote:
1. Go to Visual mode
2. Select text
3. y'ank
4. :%s/c-r*/foo/g
One problem with this workflow I have to check if my selected
text contains special characters I have to escape (e.g. /).
I use this tip:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_for_visually_selected_text
That tip is
googler wrote:
I have one question related to the solution given there.
:let i=1 | g/foo/s//\=blah_.i/ | let i=i+1
That is two commands:
:let i=1
:g/foo/s//\=blah_.i/ | let i=i+1
and the second of these is:
:g/foo/
:s//\=blah_.i/
:let i=i+1
:g works by flagging each line
Clive Moncrieff wrote:
Does anyone know how one can get vim to stop sending emails
to an address.I have repeatedly sent unsubscribe messages
and they get automatically bounced. The email which I am
trying to unsubscribe will cease to operate soon and from
then on all emails will be
googler wrote:
This is what I actually used after posting the question. But
I was wondering if there is a better way.
Use Tim's approach but modify the replacement using:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Substitute_with_incrementing_numbers
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Richard Livornese wrote:
I'm trying to figure out how the correct command to search
for a string and have the cursor positioned at the end(or
beginning) of that string.
From the documentation, it seems to me this should work:
/string/e
But when I try that I get the message: E481: No
Luke wrote:
I read the thread and nowhere in it does it argue that
vim.org should not resolve. Where do you get the opinion
that the DNS manager disagrees with resolving vim.org?
It's a little subtle but correct. I think that what happened is
that someone mailed the DNS manager directly, then
giacomo wrote:
some days ago I was wondering on the best way to search
for full *NIX path (something like /path/to/file) in a file.
The easier solution, a back-slash before each slash, is not
that comfortable, especially if using the mouse for copy and paste.
I looked around and summarized my
Makro Tech wrote:
...spam...
No idea how this got sent. I have just banned the sender and
removed the post from the archive.
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lazloman wrote:
After I do a search, the results remain highlighted. I've
found I can clear the results doing this:
:let @/ =
But, upon restarting vim those search results are again
highlighted. I found that using :nohlsearch in .vimrc
prevents the old search results from being highlighted
lucentjames wrote:
What I need to do is have some list of keyword group (keyword
that have special chararters eg / . ? [ ])and use VIM to mark
to different color.
Syntax rules can be used, or highlighting with matchad().
One approach would be to use this tip (it uses matchadd()):
Ben Schmidt wrote:
It's annoying that it should get copied from Firefox at all,
though. I wonder if that's a problem we can address on the
Wiki, as it's going to cause a lot of users really confusing
problems if when they copy+paste code it has a bunch of
invisible things causing errors!
I
Gerardo Marset wrote:
Why is it that the cursor doesn't go beyond the last
character when in command mode?
I find it kind of wierd, and because of that I have to use
either a or A to append something to a line (instead of i).
There is also:
:set virtualedit=all
:help virtualedit
One
Badmagic replied to Bram:
The Vim website is still half-broken. The connection to the
database is not working. I have filed a ticket:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/ticket/17514
I'm afraid I have no clue how to speed this up. If you know
someone inside SourceForge, please
Scott Steele wrote:
If I want to append # Great line! to five consecutive
lines
Are you aware there is a built-in procedure for this:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Inserting_text_in_multiple_lines
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Kevin R. Bulgrien wrote:
+p
This sounds superior to using :paste as is what I have done
to avoid indentation. Will have to try it out.
Using +p requires that :version shows +clipboard (Vim compiled
with that feature). If you have -clipboard, see the following
tip (which shows the correct
Ben Fritz wrote:
I've installed Vim, probably with the Vim without Cream
installer for Windows (since that is normally what I use), on
a laptop where I have no admin rights. It worked fine, I just
needed to install to a directory to which I had access
(C:\Vim actually, which struck me as odd;
Ryan J M wrote:
Great, it works! Though it creates a split window, I will try
to create a new scratch TAB later.
Instead of 'new' use 'tabe' (or 'tabnew').
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AK wrote:
Subject: Re: vim: how to use set indentexpr
Vim thinks it's a modeline because it's in the top 5 lines
and it's ' vim: ..'. It's probably best to just ignore this
since it will only happen very rarely, or you can do ':set
nomodeline' when editing emails.
(for example by detecting
Ryan J M wrote:
Usually i use 'tabnew' to open several [No Name] tabs to do
tmp work, and when I try to quit vim, 'qa' feels unhappy for
the unsaved [No Name] buffers, and 'qa!' may do bad things
if i leave some important files unsaved.
I don't think there is any magic solution to this: it's
keith wrote:
I upgraded to 7.3 (on Fedora linux), but now two features
(which used to work in 7.2 and I liked) don't work :
- there is no display of the cursor row and column any more;
I have to get it with ctrl-g after every move
- search hits are not highlighted in yellow any more.
Vim 7.3
Zhanglistar wrote:
Vim manual says that to move to the start of the outer block
use the [[ command. But when I use [[, it jumps to the
head of file, which is a C program. And I when I use ]], it
jumps to the end of the C file.
Vim is not a compiler and it has no idea where functions start
and
statquant2 wrote:
silly question, is it possible to set the line numbers such
that you cannot copy them ?
I like to have the line number but I am fed up with having to
set nonu each time I want to copy with the mouse.
In most editors I know, line numbers are visible but you
cannot copy them
caruso_g wrote:
I am not able to find how to selectively close a buffer
keeping opened all another ones.
I mean, having several buffers opened, I understood I should
keep them in one windowtab and switch between them as I
need. But how can I close just one I don't need to keep
opened in the
Dotan Cohen wrote:
How about not including the last N characters? For instance,
in C# there may be a statement in which I wish to delete all
but the last 3 characters, such as:
Console.WriteLine(Lots of text here that I want to delete);
Before looking at your request, are you aware of text
Martin Braun wrote:
I was wondering if there's a way to concoct a command to
- Delete the current buffer and
- Move to the next
without destroying my split layout.
If you use ':set hidden', and you do not actually need to delete
the current buffer (just close its window), you could use:
Gianluca Ciccarelli wrote:
Recently, however, when I type :Texplore I get a new tab
opened with the list of files, but instead of starting from
the directory of the file opened at the moment of the command
being launched, it starts from the current directory (the one
echoed by :pwd).
':help
aki y wrote:
C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\gvim -u NONE -U NONE
And then on the Vim command line:
:echo system('echo foo')
Then the error I get is
E484: Can't open file C:\DOCUME~1\michiaki\Local
Settings\Temp \VIo2669.tmp
What is output from (not sure if this is relevant):
:set shell?
statquant2 wrote:
I would like to refactor code and to be able to replace
spaces that are on the begining of lines by tabs (lets say 4
spaces = 1 tab).
Unfortunatelly I can't find a prpoer way to do it...
I red about retab but couldn't find a clear tutorial...
Our tip is:
Heefan wrote:
How do I fold the if in following code? I typed 'zc' but it
folded all main function.
If filetype is cpp (or c) and foldmethod is syntax, you should
be able to use zc to close an if(){...} block (or za to toggle
it open/closed).
When viewing the cpp file, what is the output
Aaron Lewis wrote:
Hmm , I tried this one ,
iabbr mif if () {} /* IF */
I'll have to type in mif , press ESC , and TAB then , i
could see it expanded , but as document said iabbrev works
for insert mode only , am i making some mistakes here ? ( i
thought pressing ESC button is not actually
ThG wrote:
I would like to highlight the words to define and for that purpose use
matchadd() with a more specific separator, such as :: instead
of : and thus have :
zo :: opens a fold on the cursor (with zo :: highlighted)
zc :: closes a fold on the cursor (d°)
I have put in my .vimrc :
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like, call it a condition).
See the
Ben Fritz wrote:
I personally like the fact that we don't need to worry about
the heavy spam filtering, server security, server
maintenance, version upgrades, etc. I like having a team of
(presumably paid?) support people that can come to our aid
when needed. The changes that are coming are,
Oivvio Polite wrote:
Just out of curiosity, how was the decision made that the vim
wiki should be hosted at wikia? Wouldn't be natural for a
project of this size to have a wiki completely under its own
control?
Some history of the wiki is available here:
Ven Tadipatri wrote:
I was wondering if there was a way to paste the contents
of a buffer when in command line mode. For example, if I want
to search for the word that I'm on, I was thinking of
highlighting it in visual mode, yanking it into a buffer,
then searching for what I yanked.
So everyone can share the pain, here is advance notice of what
Wikia are planning for the Vim Tips wiki http://vim.wikia.com/
Wikia have several large wikis (much larger than ours), with
often young participants. Wikia want to boost kiddie
participation, which leads to more page views on
rob wrote:
Can vim capture key up/down events and have mappings?
No, you cannot map a key up/down event (Vim works on a very wide
range of platforms where such things are not possible).
It is best to learn Vim techniques. If the buffer switching
procedures do not appeal, you can always tearoff
Milan Radovich wrote:
How can I prevent vim from printing the stack trace, only the
error itself: in an example above only E257: cstag: tag not found
A function can use try...catch to handle errors and display any
message it wants. An example is here:
Dotan Cohen wrote:
Despite the fact that the version is supposed to include
vimtutor, I cannot find it! I have googled for the vimtutor
file to download, but I cannot find it online! From where can
one download the vimtutor file?
In Vim, enter ':help vimtutor'.
Most Windows installs create a
HermannHeilner wrote:
Search a specific pattern A, then search a specific pattern
B, then mark the letters between these two patterns and copy
these into a new file.
While a general solution is tricky, if certain restraints apply,
this might work well.
For example, suppose you know in advance
Thomas Adam wrote:
Let's say I'm editing a filetype (regardless) and the tw
value is set to 78. This works fine on new lines where I
am typing new text -- when I d this the line I am typing
wraps at 78 chars, and all is happy with world.
This falls apart though when I then decide I need to
Brian Sullivan wrote:
What *exactly* does :behave mswin do?
At ':help :behave' we see that it sets behavior for mouse and
selection. It then shows what I believe are the precise changes
(it sets certain values for four options). It has nothing to do
with Ctrl-C etc.
It is a long time since I
albert kao wrote:
How to indent a selection of lines in gvim 7.2 on windows XP
SP3?
Please read the following and try it, particularly the
Indenting examples section.
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Shifting_blocks_visually
There are many misguided explanations for how to indent text,
but it is
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yoru.007 wrote:
Did anyone come into this problem? I typed d2w and 3d2w
in normal mode and :echo v:count, the result were all 0.
The problem is that when you type :echo v:count there is
no count (it was a previous command which had a count).
Borrowing from ':help v:count', you could try this:
livim wrote:
I can't understand It might be nice to have tabs after the
first non- blank inserted as spaces if you do this though.
Who can give me some illustration?
I do not know what the help text is saying. However, see:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Indent_with_tabs%2C_align_with_spaces
yoru.007 wrote:
but 3d2wF8 still gives the count is0
The point is that 3d2w is a complete command. The count is used
by that command. After that, you press F8, but that is a NEW
command and it has no count.
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sandeep kapse wrote:
I have to shift the following text to left or right with just
one place (space)
It would be best to ':setlocal' for this buffer:
:setl sts=1 sw=1 et
That's softtabstop and shiftwidth 1 character, expand tabs
(assuming you want only spaces for indents.
With the cursor
Oivvio Polite wrote:
I came up with this mapping to reformat the current paragraph
imap leader. Esc{V}!parCRi
Of course the par tool can do all sorts of clever things, but if
all you want is wrapping and perhaps a little more, the Vim
commands are good. To format the current paragraph type:
vtadipatri wrote:
To jump to a tag I think I should use ctrl+], but if I've
changed the file it keeps prompting me that I need to use !
to override.
You do not want '!' because if you managed to use it, your
changes to the file would be lost. You need to do some reading
about buffers and the
Kyro El wrote:
I have trouble forcing Vim to use findstr /N as grepprg on
Windows. I don't know what tricks does Vim do under the hood,
but my grepprg is set to 'grep -nH $*' by default. However,
while I do have a copy of grep in my path, it doesn't support
the '-H' option.
I then put 'set
Gusman wrote:
Can I create/write/read/delete file using vim script as
other programming language do?
Yes. Vim script takes a little bit of time to figure out. One
point is that (with suitable settings) you can simply put values
in certain global variables and they will be saved/restored
Gusman wrote:
When I use try :echo expand(cword), it return the correct value.
But when I put it in a function like below:
function! WordEcho()
echo expand(cWORD)
endfunction
nnoremap silent LocalLeaderk: call WordEcho() CR
Then I type \k in normal mode, it return wrong value, but
Steve Hall wrote:
I suppose some work with the NSIS installer config would allow an
option (default?) to register Vim during install?
Extremely easy to do this (two lines), but I'd need
overwhelming support here for me to add it since:
* The default Vim installer doesn't do this.
Martin Braun wrote:
Using this snippet in .vimrc
colorscheme delek
highlight WhiteSpaceEOL ctermbg=darkgreen guibg=lightgreen
highlight OverLength ctermbg=red ctermfg=white guibg=#592929
I can't use the highlight values WhiteSpaceEOL and OverLength
anywhere.
However, if I delete the
yschandra wrote:
Right click on the file lets take example 1.C and select open
with, in the pop opened window GVIM is not present as an app
for so select Browse button and navigate to gvim.exe and
select it and press ok, now GVIM should come in list
applications to handle this file type then
yschandra wrote:
I do not think VIM provide file associations when installing.
In windows you choose any application for a particular file
type by the process I have described. Once do that it will
create a file association, which is what not working with
7.3. I download VIM only from
Gary Johnson wrote:
From my experience, it appears that the installer from
vim.sf.net does set up the ability to make those associations
but the Cream installer does not.
Steve Hall: Would you please confirm this. I suppose some work
with the NSIS installer config would allow an option
yschandra wrote:
I updated from 7.2 to 7.3 on Windows 7 Prof. Generally I set
gvim as default program for .C, .H, .CPP file extensions.
This was working with 7.2 however I am unable to do this with
7.3. If I reinstall 7.2 then it is working fine. I think
there is some problem with 7.3 windows
Didlybom wrote:
Do you guys know if the regular vim installer installs the
vim documentation? Whenever I try to access the help by
typing :help I get the following error:
E434: Can't find tag pattern
Not sure. In Vim, look at result from:
:echo $VIMRUNTIME
Under that directory, there
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