On 10 May 2011 11:48, Andrew Stewart wrote: > > On 9 May 2011, at 21:33, fs_tigre wrote: >> I’m trying to learn MacVim and I like it so far, the thing is that I’m >> learning it watching some videos from http://net.tutsplus.com/?s=vim >> but I >> don’t fully understand some things. For instance the “startup >> settings” I >> went and add some parameter for different font, color scheme, auto >> indent >> etc. but as I said I don’t know where this code came from I just >> followed >> the author and I would like to understand what type of language is >> this or >> where can I find a list with all of the available parameters. >> >> Where can I find more parameters and what language is that? > > These settings all come from different places which is a bit overwhelming > when you're learning (Mac)Vim. > > Things like font and color scheme are called "options" in Vim-speak, and you > can read about them in Vim's help by typing `:help options`. You can set and > unset options as you use Vim; and you store option settings you always want > in your .vimrc (general settings) and .gvimrc (graphical settings) files. > > You can see where any particular option was set by typing, for example, > `:verbose set backspace` (to inspect the backspace option). Type `:help > set-verbose` for more information. > > You can see a list of all the available options by typing `:options`.
Let me also add that the "language" is called Vim script, or VimL. I've yet to find a good intro to writing Vim script but the official reference manual is at ":h eval" and user manual at ":h usr_41". Björn -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
