Re: Status of sound support in Vim

On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 4:05:41 AM UTC-4 Lifepillar wrote: > On 2020-07-05, Lifepillar wrote: > > >>> Lifepillar wrote: > >>> > >>> > What is the status of +sound in Vim? In particular, is anyone > working on > >>> > adding support for macOS? > > For the record, this was something as s

Re: best library for data forms entry in vim

I would think sed is best choice as the entire substitution could be scripted. On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 2:40:26 PM UTC-5 hor...@gmail.com wrote: > All, > > I need to quickly enter data for thousands of structured documents - ie: > where I know the bulk of the document but there are plac

Re: best library for data forms entry in vim

This discussion comes up repeatedly (so shows using the conversation search in google groups). One suggestion was to use a split panel. One panel would have user entered keywords and the other the combined document. When saving the keywords, a script would auto run to do the substitutions and

Re: python syntax highlighting

If you're not going to use Syntastic, why not un-install it? Have you considered learning what Synstatic is trying to show you, could make you a better programmer. On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 10:55:27 AM UTC-5 mth...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > OK you're right, the problem was syntastic.

Re: Markdown with LSD-hallucinations... :)

I've never done anything stronger than aspirin, could you post a screen shot of this experience? On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 1:42:26 PM UTC-5 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > > I often come across markdown files - mostly wth github repos. > When browsing those with vim I often feel like I had

Re: Documentation: braces or parentheses

Early on ( ~88 ) someone told me { } were called buzzard wings. Might not have caught on, but is a lot more fun. On Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 12:18:17 PM UTC-5 un.yu...@gmail.com wrote: > Ahh, I see. Right, bracket is generic and if the documentation used > braces for parenthesis, it is inc

Re: Markdown with LSD-hallucinations... :)

Felipe wasn't the one complaining, he was showing a good colorization example. On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 10:11:14 AM UTC-5 stevelitt wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 16:33:13 -0800 (PST) > Felipe Contreras wrote: > > > > > This is how asciidoc markdown looks on my side with my colorscheme: > >

YouCompleteMe with vim scp://

Is there a setting to get YouCompleteMe to work when using vim scp://host//file ? It doesn't highlight errors, but if go to a line with an error and type ```:YcmShowDetailedDiagnostic``` It will correctly show the error in the status line. I've tried: ```:let g:ycm_filetype_blacklist.netrw=0```

vim-scripts/Add-to-Word-Search

I use the plugin: inkarkat/vim-SearchHighlighting One of its features I really like is '*' does not advance the cursor to the next matching word. Another plugin I use is: vim-scripts/Add-to-Word-Search This allows easily adding new words to a search with ** It works great, but it advances the cu

Re: do plugins affect performance?

I open MacVim once and leave it up for days, if not weeks. Load and close files in tabs as needed. Startup time is seldom an issue. On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 2:17:44 PM UTC-5 cbl...@256bit.org wrote: > > On Do, 07 Jan 2021, David Lowry-Duda wrote: > > > Aside from startup time (especiall

Re: sorting lines by two first virtual column

This worked for me. Put the cursor on the first line and type: !}sort See the unix man page on sort for any additional options you may want to through at it. The ! tells vim you want want process a block of text thru an external program The } tells vim to send this paragraph 'sort' is the co

Re: sorting lines by two first virtual column

The input isn't it order. The lines ending in BAR should get intermixed with FOO. On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 11:25:56 AM UTC-5 aro...@vex.net wrote: > > > > > I would like to sort lines by order ascendant by the alphabetical value > of > > the two first columns. > > > > Are you on Windoe

Re: mapping :W to :w...

"I use in much the same way and just call :update.* I also save automatically when the Vim window loses focus*." Tell me more about this. On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 2:54:17 AM UTC-5 Salman Halim wrote: > I use in much the same way and just call :update. I also save > automatically whe

tabedit and closing

I have multiple tabs open using :tabedit I'm in a tab other than the right most. :tabedit opens a new tab to the right of the current tab :q closes that tab but also advances the current tab again to the right. Is there a setting to instead advance the current tab to the left? I'd prefer to retur

Re: tabedit and closing

Does that require using the F12 key or does it somehow also work when just using :wq ? On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:51:20 AM UTC-4 BPJ wrote: > Den tors 18 mars 2021 15:03rwmit...@gmail.com skrev: > >> I have multiple tabs open using :tabedit >> I'm in a tab other than the right most. >>

Re: tabedit and closing

On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 12:14:43 PM UTC-4 Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2021-03-18,gmail.com wrote: > > On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:51:20 AM UTC-4 BPJ wrote: > > > >> Den tors 18 mars 2021 15:...@gmail.com> skrev: > >> > >> I have multiple tabs open using :tabedit > >> I'm in a tab o

Re: VimDIFF - ONLY on the first field of two files ?

'so' would be short for 'source' On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 7:55:16 AM UTC-4 Philip Rhoades wrote: > Christian, > > I have installed your plugin, set diffopt in .vimrc and all the tests > work and > > :EnhancedDiff histogram > > command from your web page works but I can't get > > EnhancedDiffI

Re: Syntax highlighting of multiple languages in a single program

On Friday, April 9, 2021 at 4:10:33 PM UTC-4 joesc...@yahoo.com wrote: > Forgot to mention in the original post. > > I am testing this wtih VIM 7.4 > Why not try updating to something recent? 8.2 is current. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! T

Re: How to use vim to open stdin and not to reset itself when switching between terminals

On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:22:25 AM UTC-4 Peng Yu wrote: > Hi, > > When I use the following command to open something from stdin, it will > reset the content on the screen when I switch between terminals. Is > there a way to keep the content persistent while I switch between > terminals

Re: How to use vim to open stdin and not to reset itself when switching between terminals

What does that do that: seq 10 | vim - doesn't? On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:22:25 AM UTC-4 Peng Yu wrote: > Hi, > > When I use the following command to open something from stdin, it will > reset the content on the screen when I switch between terminals. Is > there a way to keep the conte

Re: Why vimdiff <() <() reset when terminal is switched?

I think there (or at least in my case) is some plugin causing the issue. I didn't even have to change terminals, just 'j' to the bottom of the first diff file and the screen went blank. reran again using: vimdiff -u NONE -U NONE and it worked as expected. I have nearly 50 plugins, so my motivatio

Re: How to remove paragraphs with specific text from my text file?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32379801/grep-whole-paragraphs-of-a-text-containing-a-specific-keyword suggests using either awk for sed and gives examples. On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 8:30:42 AM UTC-4 Salman Halim wrote: > Try (untested): > > :g/SQL command completed successfully/normal

Re: What is fuzzy matching?

In other places, it means a non-exact match is found, allowing for misspellings or transposed letters. What it means in this specific instance, ie: how fuzzy, how different from the original, I do not know - which is probably what you wanted to know. On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 6:07:37 AM UT

Re: Highlight and annotate plaintext

I would have agreed with Phillip's initial assessment. Goes to show there is always something new to learn. And you never know when asking a question, how many other people might be interested in the answers. On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 10:33:33 AM UTC-4 cbl...@256bit.org wrote: > > On Di, 08

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

That link returns a 404 for me. I was able to backup to just ```http://www.drchip.org``` but now that is hanging. (no error, just not returning) On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 7:56:56 PM UTC-4 Charles Campbell wrote: > L A Walsh wrote: > > If I use split, I can create a separate panel that > > is

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

I tried it. I'm using MacVim. I edited the plugin replacing 'gvim' with 'mvim'. It closes the current tab (good), opens a new macvim window (good) that is empty (bad). I'm guessing the purpose of creating a new tmpname is to hold the contents of the current buffer without forcing it to be sa

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

t seems to work for me. I'm assuming mvim is lacking something gvim automatically does. On Friday, June 11, 2021 at 11:47:15 AM UTC-4 rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > > I tried it. I'm using MacVim. I edited the plugin replacing 'gvim' with > 'mvim'. > >

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

I suspect it isn't supportable due to decisions early on and the evolution of the code over many years. Making the change properly would require changes throughout the code. If Bram says it can't be done, I believe him. Campbell has a very straightforward approach of accomplishing the same en

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

The source code is available - you're free to use to make what ever changes make you happy. On Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 4:56:21 AM UTC-4 v...@tlinx.org wrote: > On 2021/06/28 21:07, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > > > Well, one copy of Vim means one panel and that's that, > but I can use split and

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

On Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 12:17:08 PM UTC-4 v...@tlinx.org wrote: > On 2021/06/29 03:05, rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > > The source code is available - you're free to use to make what ever > > changes make you happy. > > How many people do you think would

Re: Find unnamed swap file

I remember installing a plugin that made all of that .swap stuff mostly go away. It may have been: https://github.com/gioele/vim-autoswap On Monday, July 5, 2021 at 11:45:19 AM UTC-4 ailenseb...@gmail.com wrote: > Dont make me say more things in public. > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 11:26 PM Aile

Re: Command Line Bookmark manager

On Friday, July 16, 2021 at 5:37:44 AM UTC-4 rameo wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a possibility in Vim or a script that allows us to Bookmark or > Pin Command Line commands? > > I know there is such a thing for files and directories (eg FavMenu) but is > there something similar for search and execut

Re: Vim mindmap functionality

Some one previously wanted to do something similar with forms and only being allowed to edit certain blocks. The consensus (of those much smarter than me) was this is not feasible in how vim works. (cue someone who will now provide a plugin to do exactly that) On Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 11:46

Re: How to replace pattern with shell command's output using matched pattern

I'm just curious, is the file being otherwise edited in vim? I usually just use less to view logs, in which case, a command line filter would be more efficient (for me). If you're writing a report, makes sense to keep it in vim. On Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 11:23:28 AM UTC-4 Tim Chase wro

Re: Sort lines, then tag, then unsort

Interesting, I did not know about text properties although it only seems marginally useful: ```When a buffer is unloaded, all the text properties are gone. There is no way to store the properties in a file. You can only re-create them``` What would it take to save them to a shadow file? On T

Re: Sort lines, then tag, then unsort

To be fair, I was thinking of ad-hoc creating properties, not using a script parsing a file. On Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 8:52:33 AM UTC-4 rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > Interesting, I did not know about text properties although it only seems > marginally useful: > > ```When

Re: Vim backup files

There are options to change the location and to disable backup files for certain filetypes. My .vimrc file has: autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead /tmp/crontab* set nobackup nowritebackup set backupdir=~/Library/Caches/vim/backup// set backup On Monday, October 18, 2021 at 5:31:34 A

Re: Dry run for 'make install`?

while that is technically correct, 'make -n install' typically outputs a lot of text that can be tedious to sort thru, when the real questions is - I just want to see where files are going to be copied. On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 7:28:19 AM UTC-4 creature...@gmail.com wrote: > hi, > > On Mon,

Re: Patterns: balanced parentheses

As far as I know '%' auto-jumps to matching parens/etc. However, I am also using: https://github.com/andymass/vim-matchup On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 8:53:37 AM UTC-4 Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: > Is there any way to match nested balanced parentheses or other delimiters > in Vim patterns? I

Re: VimConf 2022 ?

weren't they held split across discord and twitch ? I remember watching them both remotely, but this year they seem to be focusing on neovim, so I have less cares. On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 10:31:48 AM UTC-5 xigb...@gmail.com wrote: > Seems like VimConf for 2020 an

Re: VimConf 2022 ?

This year it is: https://neovimconf.live Dec 9/10th On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 3:42:10 PM UTC-5 rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > weren't they held split across discord and twitch ? I remember watching > them both remotely, but this year they seem to be focusing on neovim, so I

Re: VimConf 2022 ?

:06:06 AM UTC-5 c.willis111 wrote: > Hi > > FireFox says this is a dodgy site. (Settings on the site not good) > > > regards - Chris > > > > -- Original Message -- > From: "rwmit...@gmail.com" > To: "vim_use" > Sent: Wednesd

automatic C // comments

Vim automatically continues comments to the next line. I think this is coming from c.vim. When using // comments, it'll automatically create the second line as: some-code // my comment // I found this article: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Disable_automatic_comment_insert

Re: automatic C // comments

that happen. On Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 1:36:34 PM UTC-5 rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > Vim automatically continues comments to the next line. I think this is > coming from c.vim. When using // comments, it'll automatically create the > second line as: > > some-code //

Re: automatic C // comments

Perfect! Thanks!! On Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 3:20:12 PM UTC-5 Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2022-12-07, rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > > Reading runtime/changes.doc, I see using U immediately after an > indented > > comment line is created, undoes the auto comment and puts th

Re: Neovim conf - where are the recordings?

The two guys (primeagen was one) seem to be well known in that community, but was mostly serving as comedic banter between the speakers, which frequently didn't transition as nicely as hoped. On Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 11:39:23 AM UTC-5 3nan@gmail.com wrote: > On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:21

Re: version 9.0 and patches

macvim is available at: https://github.com/macvim-dev OP didn't mention an OS and for those looking for a (macOS) gui vi. It compiles to both terminal and gui versions. (not associated in anyway with it other than as a user) On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:34:36 AM UTC-5 antoine.m...@gmai

Re: Vim

Without knowing what you did when you installed it, I don't think it an be answered universally. What OS are you using? What command did you run to install vim? Assuming you're on a unix system, removing both $HOME/.vimrc and $HOME/.vim will likely remove anything you did to customize vim and i

Re: Quick Vim question

This is from my file where I configure the cursor for MacVim, probably works under windows too. You can either add it to your vimrc file or put it in a separate file and source it from there. or this will give ideas on where in help to look. ``` " Customize Cursor Settings " " Set cursor to b

Re: You Need VIM

No, no it isn't. Vim is the way. All else is peril. On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 11:40:33 PM UTC-4 Enan Ajmain wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 09:04:25 -0400 > Steve Litt wrote: > > meine said on Sun, 16 Apr 2023 09:57:20 +0200 > > > > >Something to enjoy on a Sunday morning... > > > > > >https:/

Re: Search multiple windows

https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=5875 was just announced (the update, anyway). Not sure if it auto advances to the next tab though. On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 3:38:10 PM UTC-4 Ben Mehmet wrote: > Hi All, > I have this searching within multiple windows open. > Basically, lets

Re: BUG: terminal vim 9.0.1506 x64 window 10

I use :tabedit FILE On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 12:36:09 PM UTC-4 jr wrote: > hi, > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 at 17:28, 'Susan McElheny' via vim_use > wrote: > > > > I have used VI on Unix for over 30 years ... how do I open another file > without having to go to the top with my mouse and select Fi

Re: BUG: terminal vim 9.0.1506 x64 window 10

Wow, that must have really hit a nerve for you to go into such lengths for a platform that is and has always been subpar, always several years behind everyone else. On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 2:27:59 AM UTC-4 Enan Ajmain wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 22:52:05 -0700 (PDT) > Steve Martin wrot

Re: Improving vim startuptime

How often are you starting vim? The great thing about current OSes vs those of the 30+ years ago, you can have multiple terminals and apps open at one time. When working on code, I keep a vim session up the entire time with the files I'm editing loaded and just switch terminals to compile and

expired certificate

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typewriter sounds

Lifepillar, Could you include a sample g:keysound configuration that makes use of the auxiliary typewriter-sounds ? It would be nice to start from a known interesting setup. ( the help file mentions using keyN.mp3 where all of the auxiliary sounds are keyNNN.mp3; yes, that is an easy conversi

Re: DirDiffVim for folders, but files are missed?

I'd recommend using something like md5 to generate unique hash values for every file into a single file. >From that, extract just the md5 values and pipe to " sort | uniq -c | sort -nr" This will generate a list of hash values reverse sorted by how often they occur. Anything occurring more tha

Re: DirDiffVim for folders, but files are missed?

you have your commands out of order. you need to use cut on the original file to extract just the md5 values, then pipe that to sort | uniq -c | sort -nr to generate a list of md5 values with their counts of how often they occur. counts greater than 1 indicate duplicates. >From that, select ea

Re: How to make gvim/vim-gtk3 behave exactly like vim

What keys combinations do you have to relearn? On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 9:25:42 AM UTC-5 Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Am 19/01/2024 um 13:26 schrieb jr: > > hi, > > > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 at 12:26, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use > > wrote: > >> I have installed and uninstalled gvim many times.

Spam Script submissions on vim.org

There are currently two obvious spam scripts submitted to vim.org. Who has the ability to remove them and require pre-approval for first time submitters? -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more

Re: Spam Script submissions on vim.org

stian Brabandt wrote: > > On Do, 29 Aug 2024, rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > > > There are currently two obvious spam scripts submitted to vim.org. Who > has the ability to remove them and require pre-approval for first time > submitters? > > Please share the links (script id a