Vim is an open-source text editor which is typically run from the command line. Questions should relate to using Vim on Ubuntu.
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Caps-Lock remaps to ESC doesn't desactivate the capslocking
I'm the happy owner of a Asus ZenBook Prime UX31A-R4005P running kubuntu 13.04.
I'm also a happy vim user, that mean I'm lazy and don't like for my hands to move more than they should.
I did remap ...
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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 ...
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How to paste text from Vim editor to browser?
I need to copy text from vim to web browser since I'm not able to use gedit as I'm opening an sql file. How do I get this done?
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Problem installing latest vim on ubuntu 12.10
I am trying to install the latest version of vim on Ubuntu 12.10. But when I use this command
sudo apt-get install vim
It gives me such an error
How to solve this?
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Problem selecting Vim version:
I use ubuntu 12.04.
I want to install the latest version of Vim(7.3) with all its important plugins. So, which version of Vim should I install?: Vim or Vim-Gnome or Vim-athena or any other version?
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Why the same arabic string shows differently in Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux?
The same arabic string, in windows 7 Notepad:
in ubuntu linux vi:
They are the same string in a file, but the display order is opposite, why?
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More up to date vim repo
The vim I currently have installed is version 7.3.547, however I need at least version 7.3.584. I cannot find a repo for a more up to date version.
Does one exist or must I build vim myself?
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Terminal Vim no longer starts after upgrading from 12.04 -> 12.10 -> 13.04: undefined symbol: init_hashlib
When I attempt to run Vim from a terminal, I get the following error:
vim: symbol lookup error: vim: undefined symbol: init_hashlib
I did some searching and the general consensus is that this is ...
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Unable to install VIM
I am running Ubuntu 13.04 and I assumed that vim comes by default. There is a /etc/vim on my system (assuming it refers to the same thing). However, I was unable to do a vim abc.txt. Instead, I got a ...
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How can I add a PPA from a previous release?
I've been trying to get vim with the breakindent patch applied, but it's only available through Quantal, and I'm running Raring. Is there a way to force-install a PPA from a previous release? I tried ...
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Powerline: How to add weather indicator to vim
I'm new to powerline. How to add weather indicator to vim. I'm following official documents but I get following errors: powerline 'module' object has no attribute 'weather'
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Can't recover my desktop environment
Good evening Everyone, I am having problems recovering my desktop.
Before it came to this desktop without the taskbar at the top, and the sidebar. Also the title bar for applications are gone.
What ...
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Powerline fonts aren't working
I have installed powerline and installed the Ubuntu Mono Powerline fonts and selected the font as the font to use in the terminal. The special characters still aren't working after installing the ...
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vim color theme does not color “=” and other operators
I'm switching from sublimetext2 to vim for my python coding, and I try to use vim version of the color scheme monokai which I like. unfortunately none of the vim monokai/molokai color schemes do not ...
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vim and consolle in the same terminal tab
i'm not an experienced programmer but i'd like to become, one day : )
i've seen a video in which a programmer is using a vim session with 2 tab (and i know how to do, with :vsplit) and another ...
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How can I install and use powerline plugin?
Powerline is a plug-in to display informational and beautiful statusline for vim, tmux and shell prompt for bash, zsh.
Vim statusline:
How can I install and setup Powerline for different ...
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txt file and linebreaks
I used
antiword >filename.txt
To convert a .doc word document to a txt file. Then I edited the file in nano (also tried vim) and when the document is viewed in libre office and gvim or even text ...
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What is the difference between the different vim packages available in Ubuntu
The difference between vim-gtk and vim-gnome has been discussed here.
Ubuntu usually offers more than these two options for vim :
vim-nox
vim-athena
vim-*
It is not clear which one depends on ...
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disable a key on an OS level
I have a volume control wheel on the basse of my laptop which I always spin by mistake.
When spun, the letters 6~ start to pop up in rapid succession.
Annoying as this is, when in my vim ...
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How do I enable full-color support in Terminal?
I have a lovely Vim colorscheme (xoria256) and it looks brilliant in GVim, but when I use normal vim in Terminal, the colorscheme is only partially supported -- for example, the default ...
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After quitting vim show the original text in vim
Either quitting vim or ctrl-z vim, should display the content and not display the previous commands in xterm.
I am pretty sure it's a vimrc setting and not Xresources setting but can't remember...
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/sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id is unchangable
I got my newly purchased wireless stick to work, but I had to change the /sys/bus/usb/drivers/r8712u/new_id file during the process. I somehow managed to add the string "050d 11f1" to it, but it seems ...
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Does vim support unicode?
I recently changed my system language to Tamil (a language used in India) from English. While I was enjoying Ubuntu in Tamil, my favorite editor vim has run into an issue because of the system ...
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How to see object code generated by g++?
g++ -c xyz.cpp
creates an object file xyz.o
But when I open it in vim editor it shows some crazy text...
How can I see the machine code?
What package can use to open and see that machine code?
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Birds of Paradise in vim - doesn't work
I want to add this theme Birds of Paradise to vim.
I tried to it do with sudo gedit birds_of_paradise.vim in /usr/share/vim/vim73/colors. Then I tried colorscheme birds_of_paradise in .vimrc , but ...
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How can I get colors in TTY working correctly?
I use vim a lot and it occurs to me that most of the time I don't even really need a GUI, since I'll only use my computer to take notes in VIM. The problem is, though, is that colors don't show up ...
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I want to add background color to vimrc but it's not working
I am forced to run this in my vim editor everytime I work.
highlight Normal ctermfg=grey ctermbg=black
What I want is for this to be automatic, I already have background set to dark but nothing is ...
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How can I make '/etc/vim/vimrc' writeable?
I tried with chmod u+w vimrc but it doesn't work. I also tried :w! and still doesn't work.
The point is that I make a mistake deleting some " in vimrc and now I don't know how to write it back there.
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How can I make F9 key to compile (in C++) in VIM?
I tried imap < F9 > :!g++ % - (without spaces), but it doesn't work.
EDITED: So stupid, I wanted to say map < F9 > :!g++ % - without spaces...
But I figured out that the spaces are the ...
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How can I test if a variable matches another value and move to another function?
I am writing a script where I store a predetermined line of text into a string (we will call abc). I am storing the results from grep -iqs $USER file (we will call def) into another string.
How can ...
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I can't save my vim file?
I'm new in VIM editor, and i want to know how to save a file after editing, i entered :x
after finishing my modification, but nothing is happening !! so where should i put this command :x to be ...
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How to copy data between different instances of vim?
If I use the first vim to copy a line (with yy), how do I paste to another terminal's vim (with p)? Is there any command or settings can do it? Can I copy and paste into the global system clipboard?
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running python in vim
I have tried Googling but I couldn't find anything relevant.
Is it possible to program in Python on VIM and do something like
:!iPython
to have Python execute the code?
Last time I tried that, ...
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guake terminal cuts off at the right
Is there a way to keep the guake terminal from cutting off text at the far right?
At the edge of the terminal I have the words elevator that and on the right all I see is elevato and continuing on ...
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setting up vim with latex suite
I am trying to setup vim with latex suite. I have installed vim from the terminal prompt
sudo apt-get install vim
but
sudo apt-get install latex-suite or latexsuite
doesn't do anything. What ...
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How do I format code from the web using Vim?
For example, to render:
while (head == tail) { head++; a[head] = 0 }
into
while (head == tail)
{
head++;
a[head] = 0
}
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How do I install the runtime version of vim?
How do I go about installing the runtime version of Vim?
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Start vim automatically as root in home folder
Is it possible to start vim automatically with root permission if I start it in my home folder (or in a subdirectory of that folder)?
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bash prompt has become vim? How to reset?
I installed dotfiles from a guy on GitHub (https://github.com/sontek/dotfiles). I didn't like some of the customizations, so I tried uninstalling it by running
./install.sh restore
However... my ...
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Why doesn't ctrl-pgup and ctrl-pgdn change tabs in vim when started in byobu?
From what I have read of the documentation, byobu does not use ctrl-pgup or ctrl-pgdn for anything, so why is it that when I start "vim -p file1 file2", and try to move among the different tabs with ...
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How to make cursor change in different modes in vim?
How can I make Vim change cursor in different modes so that these conditions are satisfied:
Without using gconftool or such tools. I need this affect only one instance of Vim, not the whole ...
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Vim - up-down line movements the cursor changes column position
While editing a simple text file where every line is nearly to the end of screen, I was expecting vim to retain the column position as I used j and k to move up and down.
Surprisingly, it does not ...
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Why is Cinnamon blocking function keys? F1-12 aren't getting to the terminal
I map the function keys in vim to modify a ton of stuff, from syntax line numbering to autoindenting to changing the tab width and syntax highlighting.
Unity was a major problem here because if I ...
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What plugins are recommended for Vim for PHP developers? [closed]
As a PHP developer what plugins should I install for Vim? What functionalities I can expect from Vim?
From Oli: Per this meta topic, "infinite list" questions must follow a strict outline. If you ...
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Changing Vim editor settings?
How do I change default settings of Vim editor such as setting auto indent, setting Tab space to 4 and changing text colors? Also how to set vim as the default code editor?
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How to fix an error using a colorscheme for gvim? [closed]
My vim directory:
>:/usr/share/vim$ ls -al
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-09-26 00:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 352 root root 12288 2010-09-25 14:35 ..
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2010-09-25 ...
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How to install the taglist plugin in Vim?
I downloaded the taglist plugin and extracted it in my .vim folder.
I also installed exuberant-ctags from Synaptic.
I did :TlistToggle but it gives me the following message:
/bin/bash: ...
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How to disable or replace a specific vim plugin while using the spf13 vimrc?
I use spf13 as my vim plugin collection. Here is the spf13 .vimrc file.
How can I only override just 'general' group bundles?
Or to be specific, how can I disable or replace just one plugin ?
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Error trying to install vim on ubuntu 12.04 w:failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu [closed]
I am trying to install vim on ubuntu 12.04
w:failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en something wicked happened resolving ...
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terminal vim colours broken on focuslost
My vim setup uses the csexact plugin to fix match the colors for color schemes that would normally only work in gvim. Everything works fine until gnome-terminal loses focus, and suddenly everything ...
