Questions about the text editor "vi" or "vim"
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Backspace in insert mode in vi doesn't erase the character
I am new to vi, actually I have started learning vi from today and I have got stuck at the behavior of the backspace key.
Actually when I fired up vi on my Ubuntu 12.04 for the first time my ...
0
votes
1answer
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Getting VI to auto syntax highlight and autoindent
I prefer using vi from tty1 as I hate GUI. I've just begun programming in C and would like to know how to get vi to auto indent for me. I would like the following code to appear just like the way I've ...
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vote
1answer
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ubuntu terminal is not working properly in vi editor
Recently I installed ubuntu in my laptop for using c programming. but when I open the terminal and typed vi test.c, It open it but it will not work properly. when i pressed backspace it will not work ...
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1answer
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vi, getting multiple “Sorry, the command is not available in this version…” after reinstall
From my .vimrc, getting:
line 16:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype on
line 17:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype plugin on
...
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0answers
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Search and Replace in vi is not working
I execute the following command in vi for search and replace:-
s/(searchPageEnhancements)?"|":((!isFirst)?" | ":"")/(searchPageEnhancements && ...
1
vote
1answer
273 views
How to delete the .swp files when working remotely
I opened a file in vi, but unfortunately while changing it the terminal crashed. Now when I Try to open the same file again in a new session it displays the following message
E325: ATTENTION
Found a ...
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votes
2answers
106 views
Terminal got hanged when editing something in vi
I was making some changes to a remote file in vi using the terminal when I accidently pressed Ctrl+S instead of :wq.
Now everything got hanged. I tried Escape,:q! and all sorts of vi commans but ...
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6answers
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How to copy paste contents in VI editor?
I tried using CTRL + V for pasting contents in a VI editor document, but CTRL + V is not interpreted as a paste.
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2answers
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Vi - Insert mode doesn't work in ubuntu 12.10
I am working on ubuntu 12.10, and my insert mode in vi isn't working.
When I hit i to go insert mode, nothing happens. On hitting i again writes i on terminal, but <-backspace doesn't remove ...
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votes
3answers
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How do I save files edited with vim?
I can't save changes after editing
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
Text before editing:
auto lo
iface lo inet ...
Edited to:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
What key combination or sequence ...
2
votes
2answers
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use output from alias command as filename to open in vi
I set up an alias this morning to help finding the latest log file in a directory. My alias looks like
alias latest="ls -lat | grep ^- | awk '{print \$8}' | head -1"
In my research so far this ...
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votes
3answers
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vim is not remembering last position
My Ubuntu LTS 12.04 has vim editor. If I open a file, move to a paragraph and reopen vim, then the cursor goes to beginning of the file always.
This is not the expected behavior. How the vim can ...
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2answers
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How to edit a file in vi editor? [closed]
i am open the index.php in vi
vi index.php
new pressed the 'i' mode after that i want to go
the next line is there any solution to go specified position .
Here the problem is i am press the down ...
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votes
1answer
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UNIX or Vi fixing list [closed]
this is in a file called numbers.txt in the current working directory. Starting from a UNIX prompt, give the sequence of UNIX/vi commands, that will "fix" the list of numbers in as few keystrokes as ...
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votes
2answers
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.viminfo owned by root?
The .viminfo file in my home directory is owned by root. Could anyone please explain how that could have happened without me asking it?
$ ls -la | grep .viminfo
-rw------- 1 root root 4175 ...
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vote
1answer
539 views
Problem with Vi editor
I am using Vi editor on my desktop Ubuntu 12.04, and do no have any problems. But a few days ago, I installed Vi editor to my beagleboard-xm which has both Angstrom and Ubuntu 12.04 available but ...
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vote
1answer
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How to open a file when 'vi' reports it is already open?
For some reason, when I am trying to edit vi .profile, the terminal keeps telling me that I already have the .profile in the edit mode.
E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name ".profile.swp"
...
0
votes
1answer
217 views
Writable permission is not writable
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 x64 server on ext4 partition.
I set a directory's permission to '766' as below.
sudo chmod 766 /archive
drwxrw-rw- 3 root root 4096 Sep 27 10:50 archive/
But, when I ...
4
votes
2answers
323 views
Copy command from vi to clipboard
What is the command to copy all the contents to the system clipboard from a file open in an instance of the vi editor on a remote server, accessed via SSH. Also, what is the shortcut for pasting from ...
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0answers
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Auto-Tab completion not working in vi effectively
The Tab functionality to auto_complete the file names doesn't work when i try to run java programs with java command (have to type in the complete filename) but it's working fine when I am compiling ...
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vote
4answers
258 views
Cannot execute shell /bin/zsh when execute a shell command in vi
I use bash. But it cannot find zsh. How to change this?
ps:I don't want to install zsh.
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vote
0answers
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Converting Vim Syntax Highlight For Gedit
I found a Custom Syntax For Vim. How can i use it with gedit?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32657135/alderz-smali-vim-ae77727.zip
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votes
5answers
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How to make Vi default?
Apparently Ubuntu 11.10 uses Vim when I type
vi filename
How do I force Ubuntu to use Vi instead?
