Questions tagged [vim8]
For questions specifically about usage of Vim version 8.
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Vim Colorscheme Not Loading [closed]
I created an 8 colour theme, put it in .vim/colors & told .vimrc to use it but the default colorscheme loads instead....
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Leave terminal normal mode
Once I'm in 'terminal normal mode' (where VIM has control on the terminal display), i can't come back to simple 'terminal mode' (where i can write BASH or launch process). How to leave the "...
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AutoPairsDelete() noise with vim plugins
I have been a vim user for years... I recently added a lot of plugins (see my ~/.vimrc) and I keep hitting a problem where I type a word (in this case, a string called cisco) and vim a) sees an ...
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a `nnoremap <buffer><silent>` on .vimrc make the curssor very slow on normal mode
To automate a bit the title creation for rst text I added this to my .vimrc: au FileType rst nnoremap <buffer><silent>h1 yypVr=o au ...
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Syntax coloring only works inside a particular directory
I have no idea what I did but syntax coloring only works when I open files with vim started inside a particular top level path (e.g. /Users/name/Source/git-repository/). If I open the same files when ...
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Vim local statusline doesn't set up correctly upon open new window
I tried to write a small script to give the statusline distinguishable appearance on current and non-current window. The local active and inactive statuslines are defined by the following code: ...
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Prevent Vim setting Application Keypad Mode on my VT520
I am attempting to use Vim via a serial console and every time I launch it, vim sends ESC= and instructs the console to enable Application Keypad Mode and my numpad stops working. How do I stop it ...
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fatal: no such path 'A' in HEAD using fugitive plugin
I've my little vim distro with tpope/vim-fugitive installed. Using Git blame in little project (little means with few folders) works fine. Used with files with a deep tree of folders give me a bad ...
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Trouble after NERDTree installation using vim8's package manager instead other plugin
I got this strange NERDTree error. The vim distro I am using that fall into this problem install vim using vim8's package manager. Error detected while processing function <SNR>42_onNERDTreeInit[...
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Vim 8.2 no user defined functions
Yesterday I updated Vim to version 8.2 thru my Linux distro repositories (Fedora). And now I noticed that no user defined functions exist. They worked just yesterday, before the update. I define ...
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^G appears on my NERDTree
I am building my personal and little distro of vim. I've just installed few plugins using this installer: The vimrc file " encoding set encoding=utf-8 " Tabs and spaces set expandtab set ...
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Vim8 && in :terminal's [command]
When running the vim command :!echo A && echo B the result is as expected A B Press ENTER or type command to continue However when I try to do the same thing with the new integrated terminal ...
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Is there any snippet generator available for vim?
In vscode/atom/sublime there is a snippet generator. https://snippet-generator.app/ Likewise any snippet generator or plugin to generate present in vim? Can I store snippet in my project github and ...
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Display file contents in a popup window upon pressing a key?
I am having a text file where I have a cheat sheet of commands I learned. When pressing some key ,it should be displayed in popup window. In Kakoune editor they display a help using Alt+i , like that ...
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How to show a terminal under all tabs?
I have opened few files in tab vim -p file1 file2 file3 When i have opened a tab contains file1, I open a terminal :botright terminal But this terminal is only available for file1 . when I open ...