Ok, so lets say I spawned a new terminal in vim using :terminal and I want to immediately have a shell enviroment with different/additional enviroment variables within that new terminal window without typing for example VAR=”something”. How do i do that? Answer You can set an environment variable in vim and then open a terminal, which will inherit all environment
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How can I resolve these errors when I open a file with vim?
So when I open a file (i.e., vi examples.R) on my Ubuntu 20.04 laptop, I get the following string of errors: My ~/.vimrc file is: I don’t even know where to begin when diagnosing this issue. Do any of you have any thoughts? Thank you! Answer It looks like you broke your .vimrc, and that your vi is just an
don’t apply current options to new opened file vim
I frequntly open many files in vim. The problem is some files have their own options. For example: settings for make files settings for C files So, if I open makefile first and then :tabe main.c I can see invisble character that were turned on from makefile. I understand that I can :set nolist but imagine if I have many
How to make vi/vim execute “rewrite filter on write” for given file extension?
I would like to be able to write handy “short version” in configuration file. The obvious way to achieve it would be “on save filter” executed by vi/vim. The filter script would rewrite “short version” to “long version” expected by the app. Answer Assuming code is an ex command that does your filtering (which could be calling a vimscript function,
vim: how to copy a word in vim visual mode, but paste it in visual block mode?
I want to copy a simple text using visual mode of vim, but then paste it into multiple lines using block mode. How can I achieve this. example: I want to acheive: I tried by highlighting the comment section (using v right_arrow combination), and yanked . Now I want this yanked result to be pasted infront of all intended lines.
How to set ctag in vim editor one time
I have created ctags for my project. Now every time, I open file in vim editor I set ctag location. Is it possible to set the ctag location for one time in some where that I don’t know, So that when I open a file from my project in vim, it will start working, I do not need to fire
How to switch from terminal back to editor in vim?
I am new to vim, and I learn that you can interact with the terminal two ways while in vim. The first is to type: ! . The second is :term, when you have a terminal side by side with your source code. As soon as I press :term, my cursor is in the terminal. How do I switch back
Why does running C code in Vim skip scanf()?
I’m using neovim in arch linux with the gcc C compiler, this is what I use in my .vimrc to compile and run map <F5> :w <CR> :!gcc % -o %< && ./%< <CR> The issue is that my code will run fine but any scanf() functions won’t prompt an input and will be ignored as the program will runs.
Replace every occurrence of the regular expression matching with a particular in VI editor?
suppose I have a text file as follows. I need to obtain that text file as follows by replacing every table owner name occurrences replace witha same name called “informix”. out put should be like in vi editor , :%s/”kevin”/”informix”/g I can replace them individually but I need to do all of them at once. Answer Explanation:
mouse select copy from “vim” and “less” show different results
Case1: Open file1 in vi. Select a few lines(select copy is enabled). Paste in a different place. Case 2: run the command less file1. From the console, select some lines. Paste in a different place. In case2, I see that there are new lines introduced at where the line display shifts to new line. So, if the terminal width is