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Vim is an advanced text editor successor to vi, used by many programmers for its versatility and ubiquity in Linux distributions.
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viewsHow to save Ctrl+S to Vim?
When I use Vim in the terminal Ctrl+S, or the terminal hangs or something else strange happens. How to squeeze Ctrl+S is already almost an instinct to save, how to map this shortcut to save the…
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viewsHow is an agile way to add and remove code comments in VIM?
I don’t want to remove the entire line of code in VIM, what I want is to work with the comment codes. I have 3 purpose cases: Comments with which open and close (usually multiple lines): /*…
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viewsLike saving and getting out on VIM?
I have a problem (I think it’s a problem) in the text editor of vim. When I create a file readme.md and then I take command vim readme.md, open the editor and then the problem begins. When I type…
vimasked 6 years, 7 months ago Matheus Macedo 135 -
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viewsHow to paste clipboard text into vim?
Researching the Cheat sheet of some places, I discovered how to see the transfer area (the Registers) no vim, :reg. However, I could not use these records, even using the commands demonstrated on…
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viewsSwitch TAB indentation to spaces in Vim
I have a project where some files are indented with tab and others with 4 spaces. Is there any way in Vim to reindentate all files for 4 spaces?
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viewsHow to Show the file path opened in VIM
Sometimes I leave the file open for a long time, and I don’t know which directory it is in because the environments of my application are separated by path. Ex: prod /loja/prod/app/index.php teste…
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viewsHow to include one vim configuration file in another?
I am reorganizing/redoing my vim configuration files and would like to leave different language settings in separate files. Something like that: .vimrc .vimrc.python .vimrc.ruby .vimrc.cpp .vimrc.js…
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viewsYourcompleteme did Enables Function error?
Good evening, it is the following, I installed the famous yourcompleteme of the came to assist me in some snippets that I configured in the editor and others of third, when I start the editor it…
vimasked 9 years, 1 month ago Caio Cutrim 21 -
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viewsWhat is the way to configure VI to autocomplete and format the files in a standardized way according to each language?
I’ve been using VI for some years, I think about 20 years, at the time still in XCO Unix and Xenix, but I never took the initiative to make my environment fully parameterized to program in languages…
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viewsWhat is the linux text editor command that I can see output in real time?
What is the linux text editor command that I can see output in real time? For example I want to give a "vim" in the access log of my apache I want to see GET entering the log in real time which…
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viewsOpen recent files in vim
What is the most efficient way to open a file ever opened before in vim? I have using the following feature :browse oldfiles But you need to go to the bottom of the page to enter the document number…
vimasked 5 years, 2 months ago Thiago VedoVatto 23 -
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viewsHow to add Dart syntactic highlight to VIM?
I am starting the studies of Flutter. For this, I am using as editor the vim. I consider it an option to use an IDE, but for quick and small things, use the vim is mandatory for how I am studying.…
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viewsRemotely access another Unix machine with Vim
According to this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN-GCcnI9Es it is possible to access another Unix machine with Vim and continue to edit the file from where I left off. Like I can do?…
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viewsVIM Ctrlp - Looking for files with the same name
I have a difficulty in using the VIM Ctrlp plugin, in case I have two files with the name "database", but Ctrlp only finds one of them as shown in the image. I am using the following setting in my .…
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viewsHow to remove multiple blank lines in sequence with vim?
I have the following problem, I have a file with all scrambled code, many blank lines. I tried to remove the blank lines according to the post post about line deletion, but it removed all blank…
vimasked 7 years ago Hans Zimermann 63 -
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viewsUsing Vundle on VIM
I recently installed VIM 8.0 on my Ubuntu 18.10. Then, I installed via this tutorial https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim a plugin manager for vim. There is therefore the directory ~/.vim which…
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viewsModify VIM cursor by running on Console2
I cannot change the cursor type of VIM when I enter Insert mode, when I use Console2. I wanted him to do as he does in the cmd, as the figure below: Does anyone know if it’s possible, and if it’s…
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viewsAutomatically indent all code in vim
It is possible to automatically make vim indent an entire file? For example, in Eclipse you can use the shortcut Ctrl+A + Ctrl+I.
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viewsCorrection in the presentation of the status bar created with the Airline plugin
I installed the plugin Airline in order to have a custom status bar in my editor, as seen in the figure below: However, my editor’s status bar is displaying the <, >> and <symbols. How…
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viewsHow can I leave him like that?
I would like to configure my vim to leave as in the image. I already have Macvim installed. My greatest need is the file explorer.…
vimasked 6 years, 9 months ago Álvaro Felipe 13 -
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viewsGems autocomplete in text editor
Personal is it possible to get an autocomplete experience in some free text editor, similar to what Rubymine does by indexing the Gems code? I tried several alternatives in vscode, like using cTag,…
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viewsI came keymap to paste something copied out in normal mode
I’m trying to make a shortcut to paste something copied from the outside in Vim in normal mode but I’m not getting it: nnoremap <C-S-p> i<C-S-v><ESC>
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viewsProblems with VIM editor
Hello, I’m having a simple problem at VIM that I just noticed. When trying to select a block of content to crop (using x or d in view mode), and later try to paste into an external file using p key…
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viewsHow to put two words in the same line?
Good morning, community! I’m studying what I came for. I would like to put two words (right to left and left to right) on the same line on vim. For example: def br(esq, dir): would like to put with…
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viewsHow to save a file in Vim
I am logging into the UOL hosting by SSH to schedule a task with cron. I can type in the schedule, only I don’t know how to save, give a CTRL+S on the terminal I think it doesn’t work and I don’t…