Re: can't diffsplit

On May 31, 2007, at 3:02 PM, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Lev Lvovsky wrote: I have two files which I'd like to compare via diffsplit in an existing vim session - trying to do so by issuing ':diffsplit ' when the other one is already in the window gets me the error: E97: Cannot

can't diffsplit

I have two files which I'd like to compare via diffsplit in an existing vim session - trying to do so by issuing ':diffsplit ' when the other one is already in the window gets me the error: E97: Cannot create diffs I can properly open the diff in a separate instance via 'vimdiff', as wel

divvying up split windows

Is there a way for vim to resize windows automatically after a terminal has been resized (or reattached from a different computer as in the case of 'screen')? thanks! -lev

.gz files not unzipping

I'm having a problem with help files which are gzipped not decompressing. I get the error message 'can't find tag pattern' after which the gz binary appears on screen. Does anyone know why this is? thanks! -lev

Re: fold acting strangely

On Apr 4, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Tim Chase wrote: The visual indicator of the fold-column can help you prevent overlapping sections, which in turn, should help you avoid the behavior you see. Very cool - I didn't have a good idea of what was going on with folding until I turned this on - thank

fold acting strangely

I'm experiencing a problem when folding visual blocks - if I have a section folded directly above another section that I want to fold, they end up merging once I fold the second section, sometimes they even add unfolded text to the fold - am I doing something wrong? thanks! -lev

Re: need help with xml.vim plugin

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: need help with xml.vim plugin Date: March 9, 2007 1:00:00 PM PST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mar 9, 2007, at 12:36 PM, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: ":ftplugin type on" should get you "E492: Not an editor command:

Re: need help with xml.vim plugin

On Mar 9, 2007, at 12:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lev, (I should probably know, but...) Can I use this with Vim 6.x? I'm one of those who takes forever to get around to sharpening the saw and just haven't bothered with 7 yet. Russ You know, it looks like it's specified for version 6.0

need help with xml.vim plugin

I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem, as it would be really nice to get the XML plugin working. I've downloaded the plugin described here: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=301 I've put the file both in my local ftplugin, and plugin directory, and set ':ftplugin ty

Re: pulling text to the right?

On Feb 27, 2007, at 6:57 AM, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: Lev Lvovsky wrote: I'm sure there's a fancy word for this, but is there any way to pull text to the right? suppose I have the following: COL1 INT, COL2 INT, COL3 INT, I'd like to get "CO

Re: pulling text to the right?

Thank you for everyone's help so far (reply below) On Feb 27, 2007, at 12:48 AM, Yakov Lerner wrote: On 2/26/07, Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm sure there's a fancy word for this, but is there any way to pull text to the right? suppose I have the follow

visual selection Q's

I've a couple of visual selection questions: 1. with blockwise, is there any way when using 'p' after yanking, that it would add as many lines below the one I'm pasting to, as I'm pasting? Currently a blockwise yank and subsequent paste simply replaces that a block of the same size in the

pulling text to the right?

I'm sure there's a fancy word for this, but is there any way to pull text to the right? suppose I have the following: COL1 INT, COL2 INT, COL3 INT, I'd like to get "COL3" aligned to "COL1" and "COL2", but to do that, I need to put the cursor behind "COL3", hit space severa

moving buffer changes to new file?

I often times rename a file that I'm working on after I realize (or am told ;) that renaming it is in order. Is there any way I can take the changes to that "new" file from the buffer along with the new name? thanks! -lev

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

On Feb 21, 2007, at 4:15 PM, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: [snip very useful advice] See the other replies in this thread for details. blargh! I only saw the one reply from Gene (sent to me directly), and completely missed the long thread actually going on in my vim folder - reading up on that n

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

Hi Gene - sorry for the delay in replying - On Feb 16, 2007, at 8:11 AM, Gene Kwiecinski wrote: I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is there any way to cut/paste text into the command area when

entering copied text into command mode?

I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is there any way to cut/paste text into the command area when I have it highlighted with just the keyboard? thanks! -lev

[OT?] copying on a mac

Hello, I'm almost positive that this is OT, but if someone point me in the right direction, that would be great - I'm finding (through the help of vim actually), that text highlighted and copied from Terminal (or even X11 xterm) on OS X ends up with an extra space at the end of a line where

xml files

I'm looking for a simple XML plugin that'll do highlighting of XML documents I've tried both of the following plugins: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1397 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=301 And am unable to get even block navigation (%) working. Does the XML

Re: anything similar to emacs patch mode?

On Dec 11, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Yakov Lerner wrote: On 12/11/06, Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The feature that I'm looking for specifically is being able to edit a patch, and have vim do the line numbering math for me. Also the splitting or combining of hunks. Isn

Re: anything similar to emacs patch mode?

On Dec 11, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Yakov Lerner wrote: You get syntax coloring when editing patches/diffs. Regarding jumping by chunks and file boundaries -- it's fairly easy to to map some your 4 keys to these jumps: Just map your 4 favourite keys to ?^@@@? /^@@@/

anything similar to emacs patch mode?

I know I've asked this before, however I might not have explained my question well enough. Can vim do something like what's described here: http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/patch-mode.html This is apparently a built-in ability of emacs now, it would be super- sweet if I could find some

aligning text to a certain column

how can I align text under and after the cursor position to a specific column number? and probably just as important, how can I find out which column number a cursor is at ;)? thanks! -lev

Re: highlighting tabs

On Dec 1, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Yakov Lerner wrote: On 12/2/06, Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can anyone suggest the best way to be able to highlight tabs (versus softtabs) selectively? meaning, at the push of a button I can have that feature turned on, and pressing it again turns

highlighting tabs

Can anyone suggest the best way to be able to highlight tabs (versus softtabs) selectively? meaning, at the push of a button I can have that feature turned on, and pressing it again turns it off - all the while not messing with my search buffer? thanks! -lev

Re: [Miata] seat covers, floor mats, touch up paint?

On Nov 15, 2006, at 4:41 PM, Mike Rollins wrote: That much is true. I guess I kept thinking of how bad my carpeted mats looked instead of thinking brand new carpeted mats...then again, for the money invested, I'm still not convinced - ~$20 for rubber mats that look great or at least doub

Re: clearing out an appended-to register

On Nov 9, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Tim Chase wrote: It's helpful to understand that the uppercase and lowercase registers are exactly the same place of storage. Uppercase just instructs Vim to append rather than overwrite any preexisting contents. :help :let-register :help qu

clearing out an appended-to register

So I just discovered the wonders of being able to append to named registers - how though, do I then clear them out once I'm done with their contents? thanks! -lev

path is changing mysteriously...

For some reason, with the many buffers that I have open, the path that a particular file takes, is instead of the initial directory where I started from (which is what I want), the directory that the file resides in. Trying ":cd", or ":lcd" only temporarily changes it, and in a few seconds

Re: search visual block

On Oct 17, 2006, at 4:36 PM, David Thompson wrote: Why go to the trouble of highlighting it? Have you discovered the * key? Just press the * key while in normal mode and vim searches for the word under the cursor. I have indeed, very useful, however this is for multiple words separated by

search visual block

Is it possible to search for a string by selecting that string in visual mode? Meaning, if I highlight something, and then want to search for that thing which is highlighted in the rest of the doc? otherwise, is there a way to copy that string so that I can later put it into the :/ command

Re: cursor moves back with ESC

On Oct 16, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Peter Hodge wrote: You can also try: inoremap l which will work a little quicker in a terminal Vim. works great, thanks! -lev

Re: cursor moves back with ESC

On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: Seems a reasonable choice, to me. Any choice would be arbitrary. Now, to turn it off: don't use insert. Use append. if you mean 'a' as opposed to 'i' for the modes, it still does the same thing in my version. thanks, -lev

cursor moves back with ESC

Hello, I've never actually figured out why upon after typing in insert mode, the cursor moves back one character to the left after pressing escape. What's the reason behind this, and is there any way to turn it off? thanks! -lev

vimdiff functionality

I'm using a version control app called darcs, which allows me to view a diff hunk by hunk, to pick and choose the changes that I want to apply. darcs aside, is there an in-depth howto for editing patches and such? Specifically, I'm looking for a way to split single hunks into two hunks, w

Re: automatically appending options to vimrc?

cool, thanks for the help guys! -lev On Aug 28, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Tim Chase wrote: for the lazy, is there any way to automatically append vim options to the ~/.vimrc file? I presume that there are select options that you want to preserve. You could do something like this *untested* script

automatically appending options to vimrc?

for the lazy, is there any way to automatically append vim options to the ~/.vimrc file? thanks :) -lev

reopen?

assuming a file has been changed underneath vim, and I know about it, how can I reopen that file replacing the current file's buffer contents? thank you! -lev

Re: window split from tag?

On Aug 24, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: Does this only work horizontally? Seems that there is limited ctrl-w vertical functionality. :vert sta word does a vertical split. You may define a mapping to do that in your <.vimrc> if you wish. ahh, perfect! the "vert" wa

"previous" buffer?

In regards to moving around buffers, is there any way to move between the last two buffers that were worked on? Meaning, if I have 10 files in buffers, and I'm working on buffer 5, switch to buffer 8, how can I switch back to buffer 5 without knowing its number (but knowing it was the last

buffer history

can vim keep track of each file's undo history, so that when switching between two or more files, the undo history is reloaded, or does one need to write the history to a file before switching? thanks! -lev

Re: window split from tag?

On Aug 8, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: Lev Lvovsky wrote: When following a tag through to the file where it's defined, is there any way to get vim to keep the existing window open, and simply open (vertically and/or horizontally) a new window as opposed to repl

window split from tag?

When following a tag through to the file where it's defined, is there any way to get vim to keep the existing window open, and simply open (vertically and/or horizontally) a new window as opposed to replacing the existing one? Also, somewhat related - I'm using the TagList plugin, and I'd l

Re: can vim do this?

On Aug 4, 2006, at 10:56 AM, Tim Chase wrote: Thanks Tim - is that to say that this functionality doesn't exist in vim? It doesn't exist exactly as you describe. You can highlight all hits of the thing actually searched for (":set hls"), and you can highlight the current word incremental

Re: can vim do this?

Thanks Tim - is that to say that this functionality doesn't exist in vim? -lev On Aug 4, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Tim Chase wrote: :help incsearch :help hls Using 'incsearch' doesn't highlight them all as you type, just the current match. However, with 'hls' set, once you hit enter, it will h

Re: can vim do this?

Thanks everyone for your help on this! The advice below seems to be all that I need. I forgot to ask one last thing - if I'm searching for something in a text file, can I have vim select every existing string that matches up to what I've typed at that point? Meaning, if the first two ch

can vim do this?

I recently started work at a company where the predominant text editor happens to be emacs. I've been using vim for a while now, though only recently started getting into the more advanced functionality beyond simple editing (highlighting, folding, tags etc...). Watching one of my co-work