I'm trying to write a vim syntax file, one problem I'm dealing with is vim's regex syntax is different from most other languages(I think the one called "perl co
I know that you can use GWrite to stage current file. You can also use GStatus and - to stage the file you are selecting. Is there a way to GWrite all the file
I have the following line in ~/.vimrc Plugin 'valloric/youcompleteme' Running PluginInstall successfully installed the plugin. Then I ran python3 install.py
I got a new machine at work. The previous developer had macvim installed. When typing 'vim' in the terminal, the macvim program would open. I uninstalled macvim
I want to be able to quickly wrap entire sections of my HTML with other tags. I run into this a lot when I realize I need an outer div around my other divs, lik
I know gf opens the file under cursor, and CTRL-w f opens the file under cursor in a new split window. I'm probably being greedy but, how do you open it in a ne
I know gf opens the file under cursor, and CTRL-w f opens the file under cursor in a new split window. I'm probably being greedy but, how do you open it in a ne
I'm trying to make a key mapping in vim that (a) saves current file (b) performs a git action, using shell (c) quits current vim editor. I've tried the followi
When looking at a the Vimwiki docs, I see this image which shows a Vimwiki link as underlined. But when I make a link using [[linktosomething]], it shows up
I am trying to set the + and _ keys to increase or decrease the size of a window pane in vim. Here is what I have so far in my .vimrc: nnoremap + :res +5 nno
Is there a way to automatically close the current location list in Vim when the user selects an entry from it, i.e., navigates to a listed location? The scenari
I'm using putty on a Linux machine. My usual method for searching in vi is entering the slash /, then my search string, enter, then go through all the matches b
Using :map provides a list of all mappings in Vim. But, I am unable to search through the list. I am surprised to see it being opened in a different type of win
In Vim, the usual way to jump to the definition of the keyword under the cursor is to type CTRL-] (as claimed by :he CTRL-\]). But when you have a QWERTZ keybo
Is there any WORKING plugin for Vim 7.4 that would automatically close brackets ('{}', '[]', '()') and maybe insert some carriage returns (for
Is there any WORKING plugin for Vim 7.4 that would automatically close brackets ('{}', '[]', '()') and maybe insert some carriage returns (for
When signs are defined in Vim, a column appears at the left of the screen. From the Vim help: When signs are defined for a file, Vim will automatically add
So I was changing code from foo() { to foo() { and I noticed that the searching pattern required me to search for \n, but when I tried to replace it with
I have a ~/.vimrc file that vim doesn't seem to be reading. There is a file at /etc/vimrc, and it looks like it is using that one. My understanding is that the
I'm in the process of learning vim, and i just learned about marks. Before this i found it useful to have all the source code files i'm working on in their own