annotate runtime/doc/starting.txt @ 20788:072ad890c227 v8.2.0946

patch 8.2.0946: cannot use "q" to cancel a number prompt Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/eebd555733491cb55b9f30fe28772c0fd0ebacf7 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Jun 10 15:45:57 2020 +0200 patch 8.2.0946: cannot use "q" to cancel a number prompt Problem: Cannot use "q" to cancel a number prompt. Solution: Recognize "q" instead of ignoring it.
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:00:05 +0200
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1 *starting.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2020 Feb 04
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Starting Vim *starting*
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9 1. Vim arguments |vim-arguments|
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10 2. Vim on the Amiga |starting-amiga|
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11 3. Running eVim |evim-keys|
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12 4. Initialization |initialization|
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13 5. $VIM and $VIMRUNTIME |$VIM|
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14 6. Suspending |suspend|
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16 8. Saving settings |save-settings|
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17 9. Views and Sessions |views-sessions|
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18 10. The viminfo file |viminfo-file|
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20 ==============================================================================
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21 1. Vim arguments *vim-arguments*
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23 Most often, Vim is started to edit a single file with the command
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24
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25 vim filename *-vim*
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27 More generally, Vim is started with:
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29 vim [option | filename] ..
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31 Option arguments and file name arguments can be mixed, and any number of them
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32 can be given. However, watch out for options that take an argument.
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34 For compatibility with various Vi versions, see |cmdline-arguments|.
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36 Exactly one out of the following five items may be used to choose how to
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37 start editing:
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39 *-file* *---*
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40 filename One or more file names. The first one will be the current
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41 file and read into the buffer. The cursor will be positioned
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42 on the first line of the buffer.
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43 To avoid a file name starting with a '-' being interpreted as
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44 an option, precede the arglist with "--", e.g.: >
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45 vim -- -filename
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46 < All arguments after the "--" will be interpreted as file names,
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47 no other options or "+command" argument can follow.
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48 For behavior of quotes on MS-Windows, see |win32-quotes|.
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50 *--*
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51 - This argument can mean two things, depending on whether Ex
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52 mode is to be used.
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54 Starting in Normal mode: >
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55 vim -
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56 ex -v -
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57 < Start editing a new buffer, which is filled with text
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58 that is read from stdin. The commands that would normally be
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59 read from stdin will now be read from stderr. Example: >
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60 find . -name "*.c" -print | vim -
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62 < The buffer will be marked as modified, so that you are
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63 reminded to save the text when trying to exit. If you don't
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64 like that, put this these lines in your vimrc: >
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65 " Don't set 'modified' when reading from stdin
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66 au StdinReadPost * set nomodified
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67 <
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68 Starting in Ex mode: >
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69 ex -
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70 vim -e -
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71 exim -
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72 vim -E
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73 < Start editing in silent mode. See |-s-ex|.
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75 *-t* *-tag*
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76 -t {tag} A tag. "tag" is looked up in the tags file, the associated
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77 file becomes the current file, and the associated command is
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78 executed. Mostly this is used for C programs, in which case
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79 "tag" often is a function name. The effect is that the file
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81 cursor is positioned on the start of the function (see
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82 |tags|).
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84 *-q* *-qf*
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85 -q [errorfile] QuickFix mode. The file with the name [errorfile] is read
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86 and the first error is displayed. See |quickfix|.
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87 If [errorfile] is not given, the 'errorfile' option is used
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94 The startup mode can be changed by using another name instead of "vim", which
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95 is equal to giving options:
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96 ex vim -e Start in Ex mode (see |Ex-mode|). *ex*
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97 exim vim -E Start in improved Ex mode (see |Ex-mode|). *exim*
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99 view vim -R Start in read-only mode (see |-R|). *view*
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100 gvim vim -g Start the GUI (see |gui|). *gvim*
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102 gview vim -Rg Start the GUI in read-only mode. *gview*
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103 rvim vim -Z Like "vim", but in restricted mode (see |-Z|) *rvim*
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104 rview vim -RZ Like "view", but in restricted mode. *rview*
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106 rgview vim -RgZ Like "gview", but in restricted mode. *rgview*
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107 evim vim -y Easy Vim: set 'insertmode' (see |-y|) *evim*
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108 eview vim -yR Like "evim" in read-only mode *eview*
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109 vimdiff vim -d Start in diff mode |diff-mode|
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110 gvimdiff vim -gd Start in diff mode |diff-mode|
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112 Additional characters may follow, they are ignored. For example, you can have
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113 "gvim-8" to start the GUI. You must have an executable by that name then, of
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116 On Unix, you would normally have one executable called Vim, and links from the
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120 alias view vim -R
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121 alias gvim vim -g
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123 *startup-options*
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124 The option arguments may be given in any order. Single-letter options can be
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125 combined after one dash. There can be no option arguments after the "--"
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128 On VMS all option arguments are assumed to be lowercase, unless preceded with
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129 a slash. Thus "-R" means recovery and "-/R" readonly.
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131 --help *-h* *--help* *-?*
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132 -?
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133 -h Give usage (help) message and exit.
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134 See |info-message| about capturing the text.
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138 |:version| command.
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139 See |info-message| about capturing the text.
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141 *--noplugin*
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142 --noplugin Skip loading plugins. Resets the 'loadplugins' option.
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145 argument load: vimrc files plugins defaults.vim ~
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146 (nothing) yes yes yes
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148 -u DEFAULTS no no yes
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149 -u NORC no yes no
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150 --noplugin yes no yes
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152 --startuptime {fname} *--startuptime*
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153 During startup write timing messages to the file {fname}.
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154 This can be used to find out where time is spent while loading
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156 When {fname} already exists new messages are appended.
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157 {only available when compiled with the |+startuptime|
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160 *--literal*
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161 --literal Take file names literally, don't expand wildcards. Not needed
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163 shell expands wildcards).
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164 Applies to all the names, also the ones that come before this
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165 argument.
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167 *-+*
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168 +[num] The cursor will be positioned on line "num" for the first
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190 <
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226 be prevented from accidentally overwriting a file. If you
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231 Subsequent edits will not be done in readonly mode. Calling
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249 *-Z* *restricted-mode* *E145* *E981*
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252 ":sh", filtering, the system() function, backtick expansion
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253 and libcall().
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254 Also disallowed are delete(), rename(), mkdir(), job_start(),
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256 Interfaces, such as Python, Ruby and Lua, are also disabled,
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262 *-g*
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266 -v Start Ex in Vi mode. Only makes a difference when the
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267 executable is called "ex" or "gvim". For gvim the GUI is not
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271 -e Start Vim in Ex mode |Q|. Only makes a difference when the
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275 -E Start Vim in improved Ex mode |gQ|. Only makes a difference
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278 *-s-ex*
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279 -s Silent or batch mode. Only when Vim was started as "ex" or
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282 To be used when Vim is used to execute Ex commands from a file
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286 :print
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287 :list
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288 :number
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290 When 'verbose' is non-zero messages are printed (for
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292 'term' and $TERM are not used.
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319 and exits}
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328 Vim gives an error message and exits}
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336 vim -V8 foobar
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341 {filename}. {filename} must not start with a digit.
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343 vim -V20vimlog foobar
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346 -D Debugging. Go to debugging mode when executing the first
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347 command from a script. |debug-mode|
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348 {not available when compiled without the |+eval| feature}
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349
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350 *-C*
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351 -C Compatible mode. Sets the 'compatible' option. You can use
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352 this to get 'compatible', even though a .vimrc file exists.
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353 Keep in mind that the command ":set nocompatible" in some
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354 plugin or startup script overrules this, so you may end up
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355 with 'nocompatible' anyway. To find out, use: >
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356 :verbose set compatible?
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357 < Several plugins won't work with 'compatible' set. You may
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358 want to set it after startup this way: >
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359 vim "+set cp" filename
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360 < Also see |compatible-default|.
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362 *-N*
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364 use this to get 'nocompatible', when there is no .vimrc file
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365 or when using "-u NONE".
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366 Also see |compatible-default|.
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368 *-y* *easy*
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369 -y Easy mode. Implied for |evim| and |eview|. Starts with
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370 'insertmode' set and behaves like a click-and-type editor.
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371 This sources the script $VIMRUNTIME/evim.vim. Mappings are
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372 set up to work like most click-and-type editors, see
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373 |evim-keys|. The GUI is started when available.
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374
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375 *-n*
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376 -n No swap file will be used. Recovery after a crash will be
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377 impossible. Handy if you want to view or edit a file on a
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378 very slow medium (e.g., a floppy).
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379 Can also be done with ":set updatecount=0". You can switch it
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380 on again by setting the 'updatecount' option to some value,
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381 e.g., ":set uc=100".
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382 NOTE: Don't combine -n with -b, making -nb, because that has a
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383 different meaning: |-nb|.
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384 'updatecount' is set to 0 AFTER executing commands from a
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385 vimrc file, but before the GUI initializations. Thus it
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386 overrides a setting for 'updatecount' in a vimrc file, but not
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387 in a gvimrc file. See |startup|.
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388 When you want to reduce accesses to the disk (e.g., for a
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389 laptop), don't use "-n", but set 'updatetime' and
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390 'updatecount' to very big numbers, and type ":preserve" when
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391 you want to save your work. This way you keep the possibility
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392 for crash recovery.
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393
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394 *-o*
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395 -o[N] Open N windows, split horizontally. If [N] is not given,
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396 one window is opened for every file given as argument. If
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397 there is not enough room, only the first few files get a
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398 window. If there are more windows than arguments, the last
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399 few windows will be editing an empty file.
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400
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401 *-O*
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402 -O[N] Open N windows, split vertically. Otherwise it's like -o.
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403 If both the -o and the -O option are given, the last one on
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404 the command line determines how the windows will be split.
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405
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406 *-p*
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407 -p[N] Open N tab pages. If [N] is not given, one tab page is opened
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408 for every file given as argument. The maximum is set with
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409 'tabpagemax' pages (default 10). If there are more tab pages
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410 than arguments, the last few tab pages will be editing an
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411 empty file. Also see |tabpage|.
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412
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413 *-T*
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414 -T {terminal} Set the terminal type to "terminal". This influences the
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415 codes that Vim will send to your terminal. This is normally
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416 not needed, because Vim will be able to find out what type
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417 of terminal you are using. (See |terminal-info|.)
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419 *--not-a-term*
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420 --not-a-term Tells Vim that the user knows that the input and/or output is
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423 Also avoids the "Reading from stdin..." message.
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424 Also avoids the "N files to edit" message.
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426 *--ttyfail*
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427 --ttyfail When the stdin or stdout is not a terminal (tty) then exit
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428 right away.
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429
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430 *-d*
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431 -d Start in diff mode, like |vimdiff|.
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432 {not available when compiled without the |+diff| feature}
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434 -d {device} Only on the Amiga and when not compiled with the |+diff|
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435 feature. Works like "-dev".
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436 *-dev*
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437 -dev {device} Only on the Amiga: The {device} is opened to be used for
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438 editing.
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439 Normally you would use this to set the window position and
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440 size: "-d con:x/y/width/height", e.g.,
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441 "-d con:30/10/600/150". But you can also use it to start
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442 editing on another device, e.g., AUX:.
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443 *-f*
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444 -f GUI: Do not disconnect from the program that started Vim.
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445 'f' stands for "foreground". If omitted, the GUI forks a new
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446 process and exits the current one. "-f" should be used when
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447 gvim is started by a program that will wait for the edit
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448 session to finish (e.g., mail or readnews). If you want gvim
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449 never to fork, include 'f' in 'guioptions' in your |gvimrc|.
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450 Careful: You can use "-gf" to start the GUI in the foreground,
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451 but "-fg" is used to specify the foreground color. |gui-fork|
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452
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453 Amiga: Do not restart Vim to open a new window. This
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454 option should be used when Vim is started by a program that
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455 will wait for the edit session to finish (e.g., mail or
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456 readnews). See |amiga-window|.
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458 MS-Windows: This option is not supported. However, when
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459 running Vim with an installed vim.bat or gvim.bat file it
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460 works.
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462
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463 *--nofork*
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464 --nofork GUI: Do not fork. Same as |-f|.
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465 *-u* *E282*
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466 -u {vimrc} The file {vimrc} is read for initializations. Most other
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467 initializations are skipped; see |initialization|.
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468
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469 This can be used to start Vim in a special mode, with special
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470 mappings and settings. A shell alias can be used to make
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471 this easy to use. For example: >
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472 alias vimc vim -u ~/.c_vimrc !*
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473 < Also consider using autocommands; see |autocommand|.
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474
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475 When {vimrc} is equal to "NONE" (all uppercase), all
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476 initializations from files and environment variables are
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478 starts. Loading plugins is also skipped.
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479
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481 same effect as "NONE", but loading plugins is not skipped.
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483 When {vimrc} is equal to "DEFAULTS" (all uppercase), this has
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484 the same effect as "NONE", but the |defaults.vim| script is
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485 loaded, which will also set 'nocompatible'. Also see
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486 |--clean|.
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487
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488 Using the "-u" argument with another argument than DEFAULTS
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490 default. This can have unexpected effects. See
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491 |'compatible'|.
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493 *-U* *E230*
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494 -U {gvimrc} The file {gvimrc} is read for initializations when the GUI
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497 all. |gui-init|
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498 Exception: Reading the system-wide menu file is always done.
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500 *-i*
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501 -i {viminfo} The file "viminfo" is used instead of the default viminfo
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504 ":rv" or ":wv" are used. See also |viminfo-file|.
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505
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506 *--clean*
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507 --clean Similar to "-u DEFAULTS -U NONE -i NONE":
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508 - initializations from files and environment variables is
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509 skipped
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510 - 'runtimepath' and 'packpath' are set to exclude home
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511 directory entries (does not happen with -u DEFAULTS).
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512 - the |defaults.vim| script is loaded, which implies
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513 'nocompatible': use Vim defaults
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514 - no |gvimrc| script is loaded
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515 - no viminfo file is read or written
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516
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517 *-x*
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518 -x Use encryption to read/write files. Will prompt for a key,
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519 which is then stored in the 'key' option. All writes will
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520 then use this key to encrypt the text. The '-x' argument is
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521 not needed when reading a file, because there is a check if
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522 the file that is being read has been encrypted, and Vim asks
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523 for a key automatically. |encryption|
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524
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525 *-X*
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526 -X Do not try connecting to the X server to get the current
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527 window title and copy/paste using the X clipboard. This
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528 avoids a long startup time when running Vim in a terminal
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529 emulator and the connection to the X server is slow.
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530 See |--startuptime| to find out if affects you.
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531 Only makes a difference on Unix or VMS, when compiled with the
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532 |+X11| feature. Otherwise it's ignored.
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533 To disable the connection only for specific terminals, see the
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534 'clipboard' option.
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535 When the X11 Session Management Protocol (XSMP) handler has
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536 been built in, the -X option also disables that connection as
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537 it, too, may have undesirable delays.
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538 When the connection is desired later anyway (e.g., for
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539 client-server messages), call the |serverlist()| function.
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540 This does not enable the XSMP handler though.
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541
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542 *-s*
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543 -s {scriptin} The script file "scriptin" is read. The characters in the
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544 file are interpreted as if you had typed them. The same can
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545 be done with the command ":source! {scriptin}". If the end
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546 of the file is reached before the editor exits, further
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547 characters are read from the keyboard. Only works when not
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548 started in Ex mode, see |-s-ex|. See also |complex-repeat|.
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549
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550 *-w_nr*
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551 -w {number}
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552 -w{number} Set the 'window' option to {number}.
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553
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554 *-w*
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555 -w {scriptout} All the characters that you type are recorded in the file
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556 "scriptout", until you exit Vim. This is useful if you want
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557 to create a script file to be used with "vim -s" or
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558 ":source!". When the "scriptout" file already exists, new
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559 characters are appended. See also |complex-repeat|.
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560 {scriptout} cannot start with a digit.
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561
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562 *-W*
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563 -W {scriptout} Like -w, but do not append, overwrite an existing file.
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564
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565 --remote [+{cmd}] {file} ...
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566 Open the {file} in another Vim that functions as a server.
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567 Any non-file arguments must come before this.
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568 See |--remote|.
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569
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570 --remote-silent [+{cmd}] {file} ...
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571 Like --remote, but don't complain if there is no server.
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572 See |--remote-silent|.
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573
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574 --remote-wait [+{cmd}] {file} ...
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575 Like --remote, but wait for the server to finish editing the
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576 file(s).
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577 See |--remote-wait|.
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578
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579 --remote-wait-silent [+{cmd}] {file} ...
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580 Like --remote-wait, but don't complain if there is no server.
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581 See |--remote-wait-silent|.
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582
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583 --servername {name}
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584 Specify the name of the Vim server to send to or to become.
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585 See |--servername|.
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586
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587 --remote-send {keys}
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588 Send {keys} to a Vim server and exit.
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589 See |--remote-send|.
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590
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591 --remote-expr {expr}
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592 Evaluate {expr} in another Vim that functions as a server.
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593 The result is printed on stdout.
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594 See |--remote-expr|.
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595
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596 --serverlist Output a list of Vim server names and exit. See
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597 |--serverlist|.
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598
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599 --socketid {id} *--socketid*
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600 GTK+ GUI Vim only. Make gvim try to use GtkPlug mechanism, so
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601 that it runs inside another window. See |gui-gtk-socketid|
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602 for details.
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603
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604 --windowid {id} *--windowid*
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605 Win32 GUI Vim only. Make gvim try to use the window {id} as a
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606 parent, so that it runs inside that window. See
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607 |gui-w32-windowid| for details.
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608
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609 --echo-wid *--echo-wid*
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610 GTK+ GUI Vim only. Make gvim echo the Window ID on stdout,
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611 which can be used to run gvim in a kpart widget. The format
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612 of the output is: >
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613 WID: 12345\n
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614
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615 --role {role} *--role*
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616 GTK+ 2 GUI only. Set the role of the main window to {role}.
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617 The window role can be used by a window manager to uniquely
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618 identify a window, in order to restore window placement and
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619 such. The --role argument is passed automatically when
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620 restoring the session on login. See |gui-gnome-session|
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621
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622 -P {parent-title} *-P* *MDI* *E671* *E672*
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623 Win32 only: Specify the title of the parent application. When
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624 possible, Vim will run in an MDI window inside the
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625 application.
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626 {parent-title} must appear in the window title of the parent
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627 application. Make sure that it is specific enough.
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628 Note that the implementation is still primitive. It won't
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629 work with all applications and the menu doesn't work.
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630
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631 -nb *-nb*
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632 -nb={fname}
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633 -nb:{hostname}:{addr}:{password}
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634 Attempt connecting to Netbeans and become an editor server for
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635 it. The second form specifies a file to read connection info
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636 from. The third form specifies the hostname, address and
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637 password for connecting to Netbeans. |netbeans-run|
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638 {only available when compiled with the |+netbeans_intg|
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639 feature; if not then -nb will make Vim exit}
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640
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641 If the executable is called "view", Vim will start in Readonly mode. This is
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642 useful if you can make a hard or symbolic link from "view" to "vim".
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643 Starting in Readonly mode can also be done with "vim -R".
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644
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645 If the executable is called "ex", Vim will start in "Ex" mode. This means it
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646 will accept only ":" commands. But when the "-v" argument is given, Vim will
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647 start in Normal mode anyway.
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648
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649 Additional arguments are available on unix like systems when compiled with
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650 X11 GUI support. See |gui-resources|.
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651
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652 ==============================================================================
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653 2. Vim on the Amiga *starting-amiga*
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654
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655 Starting Vim from the Workbench *workbench*
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656 -------------------------------
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657
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658 Vim can be started from the Workbench by clicking on its icon twice. It will
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659 then start with an empty buffer.
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660
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661 Vim can be started to edit one or more files by using a "Project" icon. The
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662 "Default Tool" of the icon must be the full pathname of the Vim executable.
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663 The name of the ".info" file must be the same as the name of the text file.
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664 By clicking on this icon twice, Vim will be started with the file name as
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665 current file name, which will be read into the buffer (if it exists). You can
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666 edit multiple files by pressing the shift key while clicking on icons, and
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667 clicking twice on the last one. The "Default Tool" for all these icons must
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668 be the same.
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669
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670 It is not possible to give arguments to Vim, other than file names, from the
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671 workbench.
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672
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673 Vim window *amiga-window*
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674 ----------
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675
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676 Vim will run in the CLI window where it was started. If Vim was started with
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677 the "run" or "runback" command, or if Vim was started from the workbench, it
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678 will open a window of its own.
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679
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680 Technical detail:
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681 To open the new window a little trick is used. As soon as Vim
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682 recognizes that it does not run in a normal CLI window, it will
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683 create a script file in "t:". This script file contains the same
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684 command as the one Vim was started with, and an "endcli" command.
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685 This script file is then executed with a "newcli" command (the "c:run"
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686 and "c:newcli" commands are required for this to work). The script
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687 file will hang around until reboot, or until you delete it. This
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688 method is required to get the ":sh" and ":!" commands to work
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689 correctly. But when Vim was started with the -f option (foreground
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690 mode), this method is not used. The reason for this is that
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691 when a program starts Vim with the -f option it will wait for Vim to
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692 exit. With the script trick, the calling program does not know when
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693 Vim exits. The -f option can be used when Vim is started by a mail
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694 program which also waits for the edit session to finish. As a
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695 consequence, the ":sh" and ":!" commands are not available when the
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696 -f option is used.
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697
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698 Vim will automatically recognize the window size and react to window
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699 resizing. Under Amiga DOS 1.3, it is advised to use the fastfonts program,
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700 "FF", to speed up display redrawing.
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701
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702 ==============================================================================
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703 3. Running eVim *evim-keys*
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704
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705 EVim runs Vim as click-and-type editor. This is very unlike the original Vi
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706 idea. But it helps for people that don't use Vim often enough to learn the
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707 commands. Hopefully they will find out that learning to use Normal mode
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708 commands will make their editing much more effective.
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709
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710 In Evim these options are changed from their default value:
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711
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712 :set nocompatible Use Vim improvements
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713 :set insertmode Remain in Insert mode most of the time
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714 :set hidden Keep invisible buffers loaded
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715 :set backup Keep backup files (not for VMS)
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716 :set backspace=2 Backspace over everything
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717 :set autoindent auto-indent new lines
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718 :set history=50 keep 50 lines of Ex commands
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719 :set ruler show the cursor position
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720 :set incsearch show matches halfway typing a pattern
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721 :set mouse=a use the mouse in all modes
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722 :set hlsearch highlight all matches for a search pattern
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723 :set whichwrap+=<,>,[,] <Left> and <Right> wrap around line breaks
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724 :set guioptions-=a non-Unix only: don't do auto-select
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725
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726 Key mappings:
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727 <Down> moves by screen lines rather than file lines
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728 <Up> idem
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729 Q does "gq", formatting, instead of Ex mode
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730 <BS> in Visual mode: deletes the selection
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731 CTRL-X in Visual mode: Cut to clipboard
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732 <S-Del> idem
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733 CTRL-C in Visual mode: Copy to clipboard
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734 <C-Insert> idem
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735 CTRL-V Pastes from the clipboard (in any mode)
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736 <S-Insert> idem
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737 CTRL-Q do what CTRL-V used to do
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738 CTRL-Z undo
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739 CTRL-Y redo
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740 <M-Space> system menu
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741 CTRL-A select all
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742 <C-Tab> next window, CTRL-W w
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743 <C-F4> close window, CTRL-W c
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744
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745 Additionally:
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746 - ":behave mswin" is used |:behave|
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747 - syntax highlighting is enabled
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748 - filetype detection is enabled, filetype plugins and indenting is enabled
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749 - in a text file 'textwidth' is set to 78
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750
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751 One hint: If you want to go to Normal mode to be able to type a sequence of
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752 commands, use CTRL-L. |i_CTRL-L|
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753
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754 ==============================================================================
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755 4. Initialization *initialization* *startup*
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756
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757 This section is about the non-GUI version of Vim. See |gui-fork| for
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758 additional initialization when starting the GUI.
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759
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760 At startup, Vim checks environment variables and files and sets values
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761 accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order:
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762
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763 1. Set the 'shell' and 'term' option *SHELL* *COMSPEC* *TERM*
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764 The environment variable SHELL, if it exists, is used to set the
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765 'shell' option. On Win32, the COMSPEC variable is used
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766 if SHELL is not set.
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767 The environment variable TERM, if it exists, is used to set the 'term'
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768 option. However, 'term' will change later when starting the GUI (step
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769 8 below).
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770
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771 2. Process the arguments
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772 The options and file names from the command that start Vim are
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773 inspected. Buffers are created for all files (but not loaded yet).
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774 The |-V| argument can be used to display or log what happens next,
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775 useful for debugging the initializations.
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776
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777 3. Execute Ex commands, from environment variables and/or files
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778 An environment variable is read as one Ex command line, where multiple
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779 commands must be separated with '|' or "<NL>".
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780 *vimrc* *exrc*
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781 A file that contains initialization commands is called a "vimrc" file.
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782 Each line in a vimrc file is executed as an Ex command line. It is
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783 sometimes also referred to as "exrc" file. They are the same type of
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784 file, but "exrc" is what Vi always used, "vimrc" is a Vim specific
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785 name. Also see |vimrc-intro|.
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786
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787 Places for your personal initializations:
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788 Unix $HOME/.vimrc or $HOME/.vim/vimrc
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789 MS-Windows $HOME/_vimrc, $HOME/vimfiles/vimrc
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790 or $VIM/_vimrc
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791 Amiga s:.vimrc, home:.vimrc, home:vimfiles:vimrc
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792 or $VIM/.vimrc
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793 Haiku $HOME/config/settings/vim/vimrc
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794
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795 The files are searched in the order specified above and only the first
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796 one that is found is read.
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797
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798 RECOMMENDATION: Put all your Vim configuration stuff in the
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799 $HOME/.vim/ directory ($HOME/vimfiles/ for MS-Windows). That makes it
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800 easy to copy it to another system.
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801
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802 If Vim was started with "-u filename", the file "filename" is used.
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803 All following initializations until 4. are skipped. $MYVIMRC is not
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804 set.
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805 "vim -u NORC" can be used to skip these initializations without
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806 reading a file. "vim -u NONE" also skips loading plugins. |-u|
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807
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808 If Vim was started in Ex mode with the "-s" argument, all following
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809 initializations until 4. are skipped. Only the "-u" option is
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810 interpreted.
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811 *evim.vim*
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812 a. If vim was started as |evim| or |eview| or with the |-y| argument, the
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813 script $VIMRUNTIME/evim.vim will be loaded.
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814 *system-vimrc*
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815 b. For Unix, MS-Windows, VMS, Macintosh and Amiga the system vimrc file
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816 is read for initializations. The path of this file is shown with the
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817 ":version" command. Mostly it's "$VIM/vimrc". Note that this file is
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818 ALWAYS read in 'compatible' mode, since the automatic resetting of
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819 'compatible' is only done later. Add a ":set nocp" command if you
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820 like. For the Macintosh the $VIMRUNTIME/macmap.vim is read.
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821
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822 *VIMINIT* *.vimrc* *_vimrc* *EXINIT* *.exrc* *_exrc* *$MYVIMRC*
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823 c. Five places are searched for initializations. The first that exists
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825 set to the file that was first found, unless $MYVIMRC was already set
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826 and when using VIMINIT.
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827 I The environment variable VIMINIT (see also |compatible-default|) (*)
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828 The value of $VIMINIT is used as an Ex command line.
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829 II The user vimrc file(s):
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830 "$HOME/.vimrc" (for Unix) (*)
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831 "$HOME/.vim/vimrc" (for Unix) (*)
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832 "s:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*)
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833 "home:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*)
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834 "home:vimfiles:vimrc" (for Amiga) (*)
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835 "$VIM/.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*)
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836 "$HOME/_vimrc" (for Win32) (*)
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837 "$HOME/vimfiles/vimrc" (for Win32) (*)
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838 "$VIM/_vimrc" (for Win32) (*)
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839 "$HOME/config/settings/vim/vimrc" (for Haiku) (*)
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840
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841 Note: For Unix and Amiga, when ".vimrc" does not exist,
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843 system is used. For MS-Windows ".vimrc" is checked after
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844 "_vimrc", in case long file names are used.
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845 Note: For Win32, "$HOME" is checked first. If no "_vimrc" or
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846 ".vimrc" is found there, "$VIM" is tried. See |$VIM| for when
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847 $VIM is not set.
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848 III The environment variable EXINIT.
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849 The value of $EXINIT is used as an Ex command line.
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850 IV The user exrc file(s). Same as for the user vimrc file, but with
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851 "vimrc" replaced by "exrc". But only one of ".exrc" and "_exrc" is
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852 used, depending on the system. And without the (*)!
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853 V The default vimrc file, $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim. This sets up
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854 options values and has "syntax on" and "filetype on" commands,
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855 which is what most new users will want. See |defaults.vim|.
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857 d. If the 'exrc' option is on (which is NOT the default), the current
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858 directory is searched for three files. The first that exists is used,
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859 the others are ignored.
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860 - The file ".vimrc" (for Unix, Amiga) (*)
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861 "_vimrc" (for Win32) (*)
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862 - The file "_vimrc" (for Unix, Amiga) (*)
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863 ".vimrc" (for Win32) (*)
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864 - The file ".exrc" (for Unix, Amiga)
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865 "_exrc" (for Win32)
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866
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867 (*) Using this file or environment variable will cause 'compatible' to be
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868 off by default. See |compatible-default|.
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869
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870 Note: When using the |mzscheme| interface, it is initialized after loading
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871 the vimrc file. Changing 'mzschemedll' later has no effect.
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872
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873 4. Load the plugin scripts. *load-plugins*
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874 This does the same as the command: >
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875 :runtime! plugin/**/*.vim
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876 < The result is that all directories in the 'runtimepath' option will be
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877 searched for the "plugin" sub-directory and all files ending in ".vim"
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878 will be sourced (in alphabetical order per directory), also in
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879 subdirectories.
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880 However, directories in 'runtimepath' ending in "after" are skipped
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881 here and only loaded after packages, see below.
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882 Loading plugins won't be done when:
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883 - The 'loadplugins' option was reset in a vimrc file.
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884 - The |--noplugin| command line argument is used.
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885 - The |--clean| command line argument is used.
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886 - The "-u NONE" command line argument is used |-u|.
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887 - When Vim was compiled without the |+eval| feature.
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888 Note that using "-c 'set noloadplugins'" doesn't work, because the
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889 commands from the command line have not been executed yet. You can
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890 use "--cmd 'set noloadplugins'" or "--cmd 'set loadplugins'" |--cmd|.
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891
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892 Packages are loaded. These are plugins, as above, but found in the
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893 "start" directory of each entry in 'packpath'. Every plugin directory
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894 found is added in 'runtimepath' and then the plugins are sourced. See
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895 |packages|.
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896
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897 The plugins scripts are loaded, as above, but now only the directories
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898 ending in "after" are used. Note that 'runtimepath' will have changed
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899 if packages have been found, but that should not add a directory
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900 ending in "after".
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901
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902 5. Set 'shellpipe' and 'shellredir'
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903 The 'shellpipe' and 'shellredir' options are set according to the
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904 value of the 'shell' option, unless they have been set before.
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905 This means that Vim will figure out the values of 'shellpipe' and
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906 'shellredir' for you, unless you have set them yourself.
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907
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908 6. Set 'updatecount' to zero, if "-n" command argument used
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909
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910 7. Set binary options
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911 If the "-b" flag was given to Vim, the options for binary editing will
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912 be set now. See |-b|.
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913
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914 8. Perform GUI initializations
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915 Only when starting "gvim", the GUI initializations will be done. See
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916 |gui-init|.
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917
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918 9. Read the viminfo file
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919 If the 'viminfo' option is not empty, the viminfo file is read. See
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920 |viminfo-file|.
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921
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922 10. Read the quickfix file
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923 If the "-q" flag was given to Vim, the quickfix file is read. If this
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924 fails, Vim exits.
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925
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926 11. Open all windows
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927 When the |-o| flag was given, windows will be opened (but not
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928 displayed yet).
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929 When the |-p| flag was given, tab pages will be created (but not
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930 displayed yet).
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931 When switching screens, it happens now. Redrawing starts.
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932 If the "-q" flag was given to Vim, the first error is jumped to.
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933 Buffers for all windows will be loaded, without triggering |BufAdd|
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934 autocommands.
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935
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936 12. Execute startup commands
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937 If a "-t" flag was given to Vim, the tag is jumped to.
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938 The commands given with the |-c| and |+cmd| arguments are executed.
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939 If the 'insertmode' option is set, Insert mode is entered.
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940 The starting flag is reset, has("vim_starting") will now return zero.
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941 The |v:vim_did_enter| variable is set to 1.
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942 The |VimEnter| autocommands are executed.
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943
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944 The $MYVIMRC or $MYGVIMRC file will be set to the first found vimrc and/or
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945 gvimrc file.
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947
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948 Some hints on using initializations ~
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949
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950 Standard setup:
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951 Create a vimrc file to set the default settings and mappings for all your edit
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952 sessions. Put it in a place so that it will be found by 3b:
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953 ~/.vimrc (Unix)
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954 s:.vimrc (Amiga)
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955 $VIM\_vimrc (Win32)
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956 ~/config/settings/vim/vimrc (Haiku)
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957
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959 by default. See |compatible-default|.
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960
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961 Local setup:
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962 Put all commands that you need for editing a specific directory only into a
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963 vimrc file and place it in that directory under the name ".vimrc" ("_vimrc"
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964 for Win32). NOTE: To make Vim look for these special files you have to turn
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965 on the option 'exrc'. See |trojan-horse| too.
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966
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967 System setup:
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968 This only applies if you are managing a Unix system with several users and
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969 want to set the defaults for all users. Create a vimrc file with commands
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970 for default settings and mappings and put it in the place that is given with
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971 the ":version" command.
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972
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974 Saving the current state of Vim to a file ~
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975
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976 Whenever you have changed values of options or when you have created a
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977 mapping, then you may want to save them in a vimrc file for later use. See
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978 |save-settings| about saving the current state of settings to a file.
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979
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981 Avoiding setup problems for Vi users ~
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982
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983 Vi uses the variable EXINIT and the file "~/.exrc". So if you do not want to
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984 interfere with Vi, then use the variable VIMINIT and the file "vimrc" instead.
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985
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987 Amiga environment variables ~
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988
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989 On the Amiga, two types of environment variables exist. The ones set with the
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990 DOS 1.3 (or later) setenv command are recognized. See the AmigaDos 1.3
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991 manual. The environment variables set with the old Manx Set command (before
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992 version 5.0) are not recognized.
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994
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995 MS-Windows line separators ~
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996
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997 On MS-Windows, Vim assumes that all the vimrc files have <CR> <NL> pairs as
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998 line separators. This will give problems if you have a file with only <NL>s
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999 and have a line like ":map xx yy^M". The trailing ^M will be ignored.
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1001
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1002 Vi compatible default value ~
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1003 *compatible-default*
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1005 starts its initializations. But as soon as:
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1006 - a user vimrc file is found, or
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1007 - a vimrc file in the current directory is found, or
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1008 - the "VIMINIT" environment variable is set, or
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1009 - the "-N" command line argument is given, or
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1010 - the "--clean" command line argument is given, or
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1011 - the |defaults.vim| script is loaded, or
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1012 - a gvimrc file was found,
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1013 then the option will be set to 'nocompatible'.
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1014
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1015 Note that this does NOT happen when a system-wide vimrc file was found.
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1016
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1017 This has the side effect of setting or resetting other options (see
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1018 'compatible'). But only the options that have not been set or reset will be
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1019 changed. This has the same effect like the value of 'compatible' had this
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1020 value when starting Vim.
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1021
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1022 'compatible' is NOT reset, and |defaults.vim| is not loaded:
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1023 - when Vim was started with the |-u| command line argument, especially with
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1024 "-u NONE", or
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1025 - when started with the |-C| command line argument, or
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1026 - when the name of the executable ends in "ex". (This has been done to make
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1027 Vim behave like "ex", when it is started as "ex")
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1028
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1029 But there is a side effect of setting or resetting 'compatible' at the moment
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1030 a .vimrc file is found: Mappings are interpreted the moment they are
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1031 encountered. This makes a difference when using things like "<CR>". If the
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1032 mappings depend on a certain value of 'compatible', set or reset it before
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1033 giving the mapping.
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1034
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1035
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1036 Defaults without a .vimrc file ~
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1037 *defaults.vim*
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1038 If Vim is started normally and no user vimrc file is found, the
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1039 $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim script is loaded. This will set 'compatible' off,
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1040 switch on syntax highlighting and a few more things. See the script for
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1041 details. NOTE: this is done since Vim 8.0, not in Vim 7.4. (it was added in
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1042 patch 7.4.2111 to be exact).
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1043
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1044 This should work well for new Vim users. If you create your own .vimrc, it is
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1045 recommended to add these lines somewhere near the top: >
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1046 unlet! skip_defaults_vim
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1047 source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim
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1048 Then Vim works like before you had a .vimrc. Copying $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example
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1049 is way to do this. Alternatively, you can copy defaults.vim to your .vimrc
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1050 and modify it (but then you won't get updates when it changes).
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1051
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1052 If you don't like some of the defaults, you can still source defaults.vim and
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1053 revert individual settings. See the defaults.vim file for hints on how to
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1054 revert each item.
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1055 *skip_defaults_vim*
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1056 If you use a system-wide vimrc and don't want defaults.vim to change settings,
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1057 set the "skip_defaults_vim" variable. If this was set and you want to load
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1058 defaults.vim from your .vimrc, first unlet skip_defaults_vim, as in the
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1059 example above.
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1060
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1062 Avoiding trojan horses ~
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1063 *trojan-horse*
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1065 commands can be disabled for security reasons by setting the 'secure' option.
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1066 This is always done when executing the command from a tags file. Otherwise it
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1067 would be possible that you accidentally use a vimrc or tags file that somebody
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1068 else created and contains nasty commands. The disabled commands are the ones
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1070 commands are echoed, so you can see which keys are being mapped.
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1071 If you want Vim to execute all commands in a local vimrc file, you
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1072 can reset the 'secure' option in the EXINIT or VIMINIT environment variable or
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1074 "exrc" in the current directory, for obvious reasons.
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1075 On Unix systems, this only happens if you are not the owner of the
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1076 vimrc file. Warning: If you unpack an archive that contains a vimrc or exrc
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1077 file, it will be owned by you. You won't have the security protection. Check
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1078 the vimrc file before you start Vim in that directory, or reset the 'exrc'
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1079 option. Some Unix systems allow a user to do "chown" on a file. This makes
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1081 Be careful!
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1082 When using tag search commands, executing the search command (the last
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1083 part of the line in the tags file) is always done in secure mode. This works
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1084 just like executing a command from a vimrc/exrc in the current directory.
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1085
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1087 If Vim startup is slow ~
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1089 If Vim takes a long time to start up, use the |--startuptime| argument to find
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1090 out what happens. There are a few common causes:
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1092 of ":version" for "+GUI" and "+X11"), it may need to load shared libraries
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1093 and connect to the X11 server. Try compiling a version with GUI and X11
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1094 disabled. This also should make the executable smaller.
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1095 Use the |-X| command line argument to avoid connecting to the X server when
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1096 running in a terminal.
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1097 - If you have "viminfo" enabled, the loading of the viminfo file may take a
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1099 moment (use the Vim argument "-i NONE", |-i|). Try reducing the number of
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1103 Intro message ~
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1104 *:intro*
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1105 When Vim starts without a file name, an introductory message is displayed (for
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1106 those who don't know what Vim is). It is removed as soon as the display is
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1107 redrawn in any way. To see the message again, use the ":intro" command (if
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1108 there is not enough room, you will see only part of it).
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1109 To avoid the intro message on startup, add the 'I' flag to 'shortmess'.
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1110
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1111 *info-message*
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1112 The |--help| and |--version| arguments cause Vim to print a message and then
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1113 exit. Normally the message is sent to stdout, thus can be redirected to a
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1115
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1116 vim --help >file
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1117
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1118 From inside Vim: >
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1119
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1121
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1122 When using gvim, it detects that it might have been started from the desktop,
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1123 without a terminal to show messages on. This is detected when both stdout and
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1124 stderr are not a tty. This breaks the ":read" command, as used in the example
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1126 ">&": >
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1127
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1128 :set shellredir=>
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1129 :read !gvim --help
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1130
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1131 This still won't work for systems where gvim does not use stdout at all
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1132 though.
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1133
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1134 ==============================================================================
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1135 5. $VIM and $VIMRUNTIME
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1136 *$VIM*
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1137 The environment variable "$VIM" is used to locate various user files for Vim,
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1138 such as the user startup script ".vimrc". This depends on the system, see
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1139 |startup|.
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1140
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1141 To avoid the need for every user to set the $VIM environment variable, Vim
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1142 will try to get the value for $VIM in this order:
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1143 1. The value defined by the $VIM environment variable. You can use this to
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1144 make Vim look in a specific directory for its support files. Example: >
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1145 setenv VIM /home/paul/vim
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1146 2. The path from 'helpfile' is used, unless it contains some environment
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1147 variable too (the default is "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt": chicken-egg
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1148 problem). The file name ("help.txt" or any other) is removed. Then
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1149 trailing directory names are removed, in this order: "doc", "runtime" and
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1150 "vim{version}" (e.g., "vim82").
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1151 3. For Win32 Vim tries to use the directory name of the executable. If it
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1152 ends in "/src", this is removed. This is useful if you unpacked the .zip
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1153 file in some directory, and adjusted the search path to find the vim
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1154 executable. Trailing directory names are removed, in this order: "runtime"
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1155 and "vim{version}" (e.g., "vim82").
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1156 4. For Unix the compile-time defined installation directory is used (see the
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1157 output of ":version").
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1158
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1159 Once Vim has done this once, it will set the $VIM environment variable. To
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1160 change it later, use a ":let" command like this: >
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1161 :let $VIM = "/home/paul/vim/"
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1162 <
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1163 *$VIMRUNTIME*
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1164 The environment variable "$VIMRUNTIME" is used to locate various support
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1165 files, such as the on-line documentation and files used for syntax
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1166 highlighting. For example, the main help file is normally
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1167 "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt".
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1168 You don't normally set $VIMRUNTIME yourself, but let Vim figure it out. This
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1169 is the order used to find the value of $VIMRUNTIME:
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1170 1. If the environment variable $VIMRUNTIME is set, it is used. You can use
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1171 this when the runtime files are in an unusual location.
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1172 2. If "$VIM/vim{version}" exists, it is used. {version} is the version
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1173 number of Vim, without any '-' or '.'. For example: "$VIM/vim82". This is
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1174 the normal value for $VIMRUNTIME.
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1175 3. If "$VIM/runtime" exists, it is used.
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1176 4. The value of $VIM is used. This is for backwards compatibility with older
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1177 versions.
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1178 5. When the 'helpfile' option is set and doesn't contain a '$', its value is
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1179 used, with "doc/help.txt" removed from the end.
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1180
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1181 For Unix, when there is a compiled-in default for $VIMRUNTIME (check the
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1182 output of ":version"), steps 2, 3 and 4 are skipped, and the compiled-in
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1183 default is used after step 5. This means that the compiled-in default
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1184 overrules the value of $VIM. This is useful if $VIM is "/etc" and the runtime
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1185 files are in "/usr/share/vim/vim82".
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1187 Once Vim has done this once, it will set the $VIMRUNTIME environment variable.
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1188 To change it later, use a ":let" command like this: >
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1189 :let $VIMRUNTIME = "/home/piet/vim/vim82"
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1191 In case you need the value of $VIMRUNTIME in a shell (e.g., for a script that
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1192 greps in the help files) you might be able to use this: >
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1193
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1194 VIMRUNTIME=`vim -e -T dumb --cmd 'exe "set t_cm=\<C-M>"|echo $VIMRUNTIME|quit' | tr -d '\015' `
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1195
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1196 Don't set $VIMRUNTIME to an empty value, some things may stop working.
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1197
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1199 6. Suspending *suspend*
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1200
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1201 *iconize* *iconise* *CTRL-Z* *v_CTRL-Z*
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1202 CTRL-Z Suspend Vim, like ":stop".
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1203 Works in Normal and in Visual mode. In Insert and
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1204 Command-line mode, the CTRL-Z is inserted as a normal
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1205 character. In Visual mode Vim goes back to Normal
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1206 mode.
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1207 Note: if CTRL-Z undoes a change see |mswin.vim|.
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1209
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1210 :sus[pend][!] or *:sus* *:suspend* *:st* *:stop*
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1211 :st[op][!] Suspend Vim.
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1212 If the '!' is not given and 'autowrite' is set, every
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1213 buffer with changes and a file name is written out.
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1214 If the '!' is given or 'autowrite' is not set, changed
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1215 buffers are not written, don't forget to bring Vim
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1216 back to the foreground later!
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1217
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1218 In the GUI, suspending is implemented as iconising gvim. In MS-Windows, gvim
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1219 is minimized.
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1221 On many Unix systems, it is possible to suspend Vim with CTRL-Z. This is only
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1222 possible in Normal and Visual mode (see next chapter, |vim-modes|). Vim will
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1223 continue if you make it the foreground job again. On other systems, CTRL-Z
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1224 will start a new shell. This is the same as the ":sh" command. Vim will
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1225 continue if you exit from the shell.
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1226
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1227 In X-windows the selection is disowned when Vim suspends. this means you
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1228 can't paste it in another application (since Vim is going to sleep an attempt
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1229 to get the selection would make the program hang).
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1231 ==============================================================================
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1232 7. Exiting *exiting*
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1234 There are several ways to exit Vim:
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1235 - Close the last window with `:quit`. Only when there are no changes.
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1236 - Close the last window with `:quit!`. Also when there are changes.
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1237 - Close all windows with `:qall`. Only when there are no changes.
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1238 - Close all windows with `:qall!`. Also when there are changes.
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1239 - Use `:cquit`. Also when there are changes.
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1241 When using `:cquit` or when there was an error message Vim exits with exit
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1242 code 1. Errors can be avoided by using `:silent!` or with `:catch`.
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1244 ==============================================================================
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1245 8. Saving settings *save-settings*
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1247 Mostly you will edit your vimrc files manually. This gives you the greatest
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1248 flexibility. There are a few commands to generate a vimrc file automatically.
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1249 You can use these files as they are, or copy/paste lines to include in another
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1250 vimrc file.
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1251
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1252 *:mk* *:mkexrc*
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1253 :mk[exrc] [file] Write current key mappings and changed options to
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1254 [file] (default ".exrc" in the current directory),
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1255 unless it already exists.
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1256
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1257 :mk[exrc]! [file] Always write current key mappings and changed
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1258 options to [file] (default ".exrc" in the current
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1259 directory).
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1261 *:mkv* *:mkvi* *:mkvimrc*
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1262 :mkv[imrc][!] [file] Like ":mkexrc", but the default is ".vimrc" in the
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1263 current directory. The ":version" command is also
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1264 written to the file.
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1265
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1266 These commands will write ":map" and ":set" commands to a file, in such a way
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1267 that when these commands are executed, the current key mappings and options
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1268 will be set to the same values. The options 'columns', 'endofline',
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1269 'fileformat', 'key', 'lines', 'modified', 'scroll', 'term', 'textmode',
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1270 'ttyfast' and 'ttymouse' are not included, because these are terminal or file
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1271 dependent. Note that the options 'binary', 'paste' and 'readonly' are
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1272 included, this might not always be what you want.
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1273
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1274 When special keys are used in mappings, The 'cpoptions' option will be
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1275 temporarily set to its Vim default, to avoid the mappings to be
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1276 misinterpreted. This makes the file incompatible with Vi, but makes sure it
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1277 can be used with different terminals.
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1278
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1279 Only global mappings are stored, not mappings local to a buffer.
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1280
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1281 A common method is to use a default ".vimrc" file, make some modifications
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1282 with ":map" and ":set" commands and write the modified file. First read the
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1283 default ".vimrc" in with a command like ":source ~piet/.vimrc.Cprogs", change
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1284 the settings and then save them in the current directory with ":mkvimrc!". If
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1285 you want to make this file your default .vimrc, move it to your home directory
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1286 (on Unix), s: (Amiga) or $VIM directory (MS-Windows). You could also use
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1287 autocommands |autocommand| and/or modelines |modeline|.
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1288
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1289 *vimrc-option-example*
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1290 If you only want to add a single option setting to your vimrc, you can use
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1291 these steps:
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1292 1. Edit your vimrc file with Vim.
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1293 2. Play with the option until it's right. E.g., try out different values for
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1294 'guifont'.
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1295 3. Append a line to set the value of the option, using the expression register
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1296 '=' to enter the value. E.g., for the 'guifont' option: >
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1297 o:set guifont=<C-R>=&guifont<CR><Esc>
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1298 < [<C-R> is a CTRL-R, <CR> is a return, <Esc> is the escape key]
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1299 You need to escape special characters, esp. spaces.
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1300
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1301 Note that when you create a .vimrc file, this can influence the 'compatible'
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1302 option, which has several side effects. See |'compatible'|.
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1303 ":mkvimrc", ":mkexrc" and ":mksession" write the command to set or reset the
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1304 'compatible' option to the output file first, because of these side effects.
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1305
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1306 ==============================================================================
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1307 9. Views and Sessions *views-sessions*
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1308
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1309 This is introduced in sections |21.4| and |21.5| of the user manual.
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1310
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1311 *View* *view-file*
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1312 A View is a collection of settings that apply to one window. You can save a
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1313 View and when you restore it later, the text is displayed in the same way.
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1314 The options and mappings in this window will also be restored, so that you can
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1315 continue editing like when the View was saved.
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1316
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1317 *Session* *session-file*
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1318 A Session keeps the Views for all windows, plus the global settings. You can
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1319 save a Session and when you restore it later the window layout looks the same.
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1320 You can use a Session to quickly switch between different projects,
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1321 automatically loading the files you were last working on in that project.
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1322
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1323 Views and Sessions are a nice addition to viminfo-files, which are used to
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1324 remember information for all Views and Sessions together |viminfo-file|.
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1325
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1326 You can quickly start editing with a previously saved View or Session with the
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1327 |-S| argument: >
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1328 vim -S Session.vim
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1329 <
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1330 All this is {not available when compiled without the |+mksession| feature}.
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1331
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1332 *:mks* *:mksession*
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1333 :mks[ession][!] [file] Write a Vim script that restores the current editing
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1334 session.
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1335 When [!] is included an existing file is overwritten.
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1336 When [file] is omitted "Session.vim" is used.
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1337
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1338 The output of ":mksession" is like ":mkvimrc", but additional commands are
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1339 added to the file. Which ones depends on the 'sessionoptions' option. The
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1340 resulting file, when executed with a ":source" command:
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1341 1. Restores global mappings and options, if 'sessionoptions' contains
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1342 "options". Script-local mappings will not be written.
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1343 2. Restores global variables that start with an uppercase letter and contain
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1344 at least one lowercase letter, if 'sessionoptions' contains "globals".
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1345 3. Unloads all currently loaded buffers.
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1346 4. Restores the current directory if 'sessionoptions' contains "curdir", or
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1347 sets the current directory to where the Session file is if 'sessionoptions'
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1348 contains "sesdir".
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1349 5. Restores GUI Vim window position, if 'sessionoptions' contains "winpos".
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1350 6. Restores screen size, if 'sessionoptions' contains "resize".
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1351 7. Reloads the buffer list, with the last cursor positions. If
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1352 'sessionoptions' contains "buffers" then all buffers are restored,
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1353 including hidden and unloaded buffers. Otherwise only buffers in windows
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1354 are restored.
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1355 8. Restores all windows with the same layout. If 'sessionoptions' contains
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1356 "help", help windows are restored. If 'sessionoptions' contains "blank",
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1357 windows editing a buffer without a name will be restored.
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1358 If 'sessionoptions' contains "winsize" and no (help/blank) windows were
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1359 left out, the window sizes are restored (relative to the screen size).
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1360 Otherwise, the windows are just given sensible sizes.
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1361 9. Restores the Views for all the windows, as with |:mkview|. But
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1362 'sessionoptions' is used instead of 'viewoptions'.
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1363 10. If a file exists with the same name as the Session file, but ending in
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1364 "x.vim" (for eXtra), executes that as well. You can use *x.vim files to
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1365 specify additional settings and actions associated with a given Session,
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1366 such as creating menu items in the GUI version.
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1367
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1368 After restoring the Session, the full filename of your current Session is
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1369 available in the internal variable "v:this_session" |this_session-variable|.
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1370 An example mapping: >
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1371 :nmap <F2> :wa<Bar>exe "mksession! " . v:this_session<CR>:so ~/sessions/
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1372 This saves the current Session, and starts off the command to load another.
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1374 A session includes all tab pages, unless "tabpages" was removed from
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1375 'sessionoptions'. |tab-page|
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1376
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1377 The |SessionLoadPost| autocmd event is triggered after a session file is
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1378 loaded/sourced.
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1379 *SessionLoad-variable*
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1380 While the session file is loading the SessionLoad global variable is set to 1.
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1381 Plugins can use this to postpone some work until the SessionLoadPost event is
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1382 triggered.
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1383
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1384 *:mkvie* *:mkview*
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1385 :mkvie[w][!] [file] Write a Vim script that restores the contents of the
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1386 current window.
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1387 When [!] is included an existing file is overwritten.
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1388 When [file] is omitted or is a number from 1 to 9, a
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1389 name is generated and 'viewdir' prepended. When the
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1390 last path part of 'viewdir' does not exist, this
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1391 directory is created. E.g., when 'viewdir' is
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1392 "$VIM/vimfiles/view" then "view" is created in
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1393 "$VIM/vimfiles".
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1394 An existing file is always overwritten then. Use
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1395 |:loadview| to load this view again.
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1396 When [file] is the name of a file ('viewdir' is not
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1397 used), a command to edit the file is added to the
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1398 generated file.
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1399
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1400 The output of ":mkview" contains these items:
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1401 1. The argument list used in the window. When the global argument list is
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1402 used it is reset to the global list.
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1403 The index in the argument list is also restored.
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1404 2. The file being edited in the window. If there is no file, the window is
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1405 made empty.
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1406 3. Restore mappings, abbreviations and options local to the window if
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1407 'viewoptions' contains "options" or "localoptions". For the options it
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1408 restores only values that are local to the current buffer and values local
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1409 to the window.
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1410 When storing the view as part of a session and "options" is in
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1411 'sessionoptions', global values for local options will be stored too.
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1412 4. Restore folds when using manual folding and 'viewoptions' contains
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1413 "folds". Restore manually opened and closed folds.
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1414 5. The scroll position and the cursor position in the file. Doesn't work very
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1415 well when there are closed folds.
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1416 6. The local current directory, if it is different from the global current
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1417 directory and 'viewoptions' contains "curdir".
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1418
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1419 Note that Views and Sessions are not perfect:
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1420 - They don't restore everything. For example, defined functions, autocommands
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1421 and ":syntax on" are not included. Things like register contents and
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1422 command line history are in viminfo, not in Sessions or Views.
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1423 - Global option values are only set when they differ from the default value.
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1424 When the current value is not the default value, loading a Session will not
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1425 set it back to the default value. Local options will be set back to the
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1426 default value though.
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1427 - Existing mappings will be overwritten without warning. An existing mapping
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1429 - When storing manual folds and when storing manually opened/closed folds,
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1430 changes in the file between saving and loading the view will mess it up.
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1431 - The Vim script is not very efficient. But still faster than typing the
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1432 commands yourself!
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1433
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1434 *:lo* *:loadview*
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1435 :lo[adview] [nr] Load the view for the current file. When [nr] is
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1436 omitted, the view stored with ":mkview" is loaded.
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1437 When [nr] is specified, the view stored with ":mkview
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1438 [nr]" is loaded.
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1439
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1440 The combination of ":mkview" and ":loadview" can be used to store up to ten
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1441 different views of a file. These are remembered in the directory specified
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1442 with the 'viewdir' option. The views are stored using the file name. If a
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1443 file is renamed or accessed through a (symbolic) link the view will not be
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1444 found.
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1445
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1446 You might want to clean up your 'viewdir' directory now and then.
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1447
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1448 To automatically save and restore views for *.c files: >
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1449 au BufWinLeave *.c mkview
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1450 au BufWinEnter *.c silent loadview
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1451
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1452 ==============================================================================
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1454 *E575* *E576* *E577*
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1455 If you exit Vim and later start it again, you would normally lose a lot of
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1456 information. The viminfo file can be used to remember that information, which
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1457 enables you to continue where you left off.
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1458
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1459 This is introduced in section |21.3| of the user manual.
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1460
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1461 The viminfo file is used to store:
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1462 - The command line history.
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1463 - The search string history.
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1464 - The input-line history.
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1465 - Contents of non-empty registers.
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1466 - Marks for several files.
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1467 - File marks, pointing to locations in files.
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1468 - Last search/substitute pattern (for 'n' and '&').
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1469 - The buffer list.
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1470 - Global variables.
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1471
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1472 The viminfo file is not supported when the |+viminfo| feature has been
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1473 disabled at compile time.
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1474
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1475 You could also use a Session file. The difference is that the viminfo file
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1476 does not depend on what you are working on. There normally is only one
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1477 viminfo file. Session files are used to save the state of a specific editing
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1478 Session. You could have several Session files, one for each project you are
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1479 working on. Viminfo and Session files together can be used to effectively
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1480 enter Vim and directly start working in your desired setup. |session-file|
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1481
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1482 *viminfo-read*
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1483 When Vim is started and the 'viminfo' option is non-empty, the contents of
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1484 the viminfo file are read and the info can be used in the appropriate places.
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1485 The |v:oldfiles| variable is filled. The marks are not read in at startup
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1486 (but file marks are). See |initialization| for how to set the 'viminfo'
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1487 option upon startup.
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1488
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1489 *viminfo-write*
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1490 When Vim exits and 'viminfo' is non-empty, the info is stored in the viminfo
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1491 file (it's actually merged with the existing one, if one exists). The
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1492 'viminfo' option is a string containing information about what info should be
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1493 stored, and contains limits on how much should be stored (see 'viminfo').
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1494
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1495 Merging happens in two ways. Most items that have been changed or set in the
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1496 current Vim session are stored, and what was not changed is filled from what
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1497 is currently in the viminfo file. For example:
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1498 - Vim session A reads the viminfo, which contains variable START.
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1499 - Vim session B does the same
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1500 - Vim session A sets the variables AAA and BOTH and exits
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1501 - Vim session B sets the variables BBB and BOTH and exits
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1502 Now the viminfo will have:
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1503 START - it was in the viminfo and wasn't changed in session A or B
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1504 AAA - value from session A, session B kept it
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1505 BBB - value from session B
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1506 BOTH - value from session B, value from session A is lost
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1507
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1508 *viminfo-timestamp*
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1509 For some items a timestamp is used to keep the last changed version. Here it
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1510 doesn't matter in which sequence Vim sessions exit, the newest item(s) are
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1511 always kept. This is used for:
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1512 - The command line history.
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1513 - The search string history.
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1514 - The input-line history.
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1515 - Contents of non-empty registers.
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1516 - The jump list
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1517 - File marks
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1518 The timestamp feature was added before Vim 8.0. Older versions of Vim,
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1519 starting with 7.4.1131, will keep the items with timestamp, but not use them.
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1520 Thus when using both an older and a newer version of Vim the most recent data
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1521 will be kept.
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1522
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1523 Notes for Unix:
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1524 - The file protection for the viminfo file will be set to prevent other users
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1525 from being able to read it, because it may contain any text or commands that
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1526 you have worked with.
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1527 - If you want to share the viminfo file with other users (e.g. when you "su"
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1529 Vim will preserve this when replacing the viminfo file. Be careful, don't
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1530 allow just anybody to read and write your viminfo file!
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1531 - Vim will not overwrite a viminfo file that is not writable by the current
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1532 "real" user. This helps for when you did "su" to become root, but your
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1533 $HOME is still set to a normal user's home directory. Otherwise Vim would
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1534 create a viminfo file owned by root that nobody else can read.
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1535 - The viminfo file cannot be a symbolic link. This is to avoid security
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1536 issues.
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1537
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1538 Marks are stored for each file separately. When a file is read and 'viminfo'
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1539 is non-empty, the marks for that file are read from the viminfo file. NOTE:
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1540 The marks are only written when exiting Vim, which is fine because marks are
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1541 remembered for all the files you have opened in the current editing session,
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1542 unless ":bdel" is used. If you want to save the marks for a file that you are
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1543 about to abandon with ":bdel", use ":wv". The '[' and ']' marks are not
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1544 stored, but the '"' mark is. The '"' mark is very useful for jumping to the
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1545 cursor position when the file was last exited. No marks are saved for files
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1546 that start with any string given with the "r" flag in 'viminfo'. This can be
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1547 used to avoid saving marks for files on removable media (for MS-Windows you
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1548 would use "ra:,rb:", for Amiga "rdf0:,rdf1:,rdf2:").
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1549 The |v:oldfiles| variable is filled with the file names that the viminfo file
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1550 has marks for.
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1552 *viminfo-file-marks*
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1553 Uppercase marks ('A to 'Z) are stored when writing the viminfo file. The
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1554 numbered marks ('0 to '9) are a bit special. When the viminfo file is written
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1555 (when exiting or with the ":wviminfo" command), '0 is set to the current cursor
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1556 position and file. The old '0 is moved to '1, '1 to '2, etc. This
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1557 resembles what happens with the "1 to "9 delete registers. If the current
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1558 cursor position is already present in '0 to '9, it is moved to '0, to avoid
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1560 back to the file and line where you exited Vim. To do that right away, try
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1561 using this command: >
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1563 vim -c "normal '0"
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1569 For a bash-like shell: >
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1570
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1571 alias lvim='vim -c "normal '\''0"'
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1574 remembered.
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1577 VIMINFO FILE NAME *viminfo-file-name*
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1580 "s:.viminfo" for Amiga, "$HOME\_viminfo" for Win32. For Win32, when $HOME
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1582 "c:\_viminfo" is used.
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1583 - The 'n' flag in the 'viminfo' option can be used to specify another viminfo
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1584 file name |'viminfo'|.
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1585 - The "-i" Vim argument can be used to set another file name, |-i|. When the
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1586 file name given is "NONE" (all uppercase), no viminfo file is ever read or
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1587 written. Also not for the commands below!
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1588 - The 'viminfofile' option can be used like the "-i" argument. In fact, the
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1589 value form the "-i" argument is stored in the 'viminfofile' option.
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1590 - For the commands below, another file name can be given, overriding the
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1591 default and the name given with 'viminfo' or "-i" (unless it's NONE).
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1592
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1593
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1594 CHARACTER ENCODING *viminfo-encoding*
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1595
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1596 The text in the viminfo file is encoded as specified with the 'encoding'
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1597 option. Normally you will always work with the same 'encoding' value, and
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1598 this works just fine. However, if you read the viminfo file with another
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1599 value for 'encoding' than what it was written with, some of the text
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1600 (non-ASCII characters) may be invalid. If this is unacceptable, add the 'c'
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1601 flag to the 'viminfo' option: >
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1602 :set viminfo+=c
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1603 Vim will then attempt to convert the text in the viminfo file from the
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1604 'encoding' value it was written with to the current 'encoding' value. This
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1605 requires Vim to be compiled with the |+iconv| feature. Filenames are not
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1606 converted.
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1607
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1608
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1609 MANUALLY READING AND WRITING *viminfo-read-write*
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1610
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1611 Two commands can be used to read and write the viminfo file manually. This
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1612 can be used to exchange registers between two running Vim programs: First
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1613 type ":wv" in one and then ":rv" in the other. Note that if the register
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1614 already contained something, then ":rv!" would be required. Also note
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1615 however that this means everything will be overwritten with information from
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1616 the first Vim, including the command line history, etc.
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1617
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1618 The viminfo file itself can be edited by hand too, although we suggest you
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1619 start with an existing one to get the format right. It is reasonably
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1620 self-explanatory once you're in there. This can be useful in order to
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1621 create a second file, say "~/.my_viminfo" which could contain certain
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1622 settings that you always want when you first start Vim. For example, you
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1623 can preload registers with particular data, or put certain commands in the
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1624 command line history. A line in your .vimrc file like >
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1625 :rviminfo! ~/.my_viminfo
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1626 can be used to load this information. You could even have different viminfos
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1627 for different types of files (e.g., C code) and load them based on the file
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1628 name, using the ":autocmd" command (see |:autocmd|).
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1629
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1630 *viminfo-errors*
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1631 When Vim detects an error while reading a viminfo file, it will not overwrite
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1632 that file. If there are more than 10 errors, Vim stops reading the viminfo
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1633 file. This was done to avoid accidentally destroying a file when the file
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1634 name of the viminfo file is wrong. This could happen when accidentally typing
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1635 "vim -i file" when you wanted "vim -R file" (yes, somebody accidentally did
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1636 that!). If you want to overwrite a viminfo file with an error in it, you will
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1637 either have to fix the error, or delete the file (while Vim is running, so
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1638 most of the information will be restored).
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1639
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1640 *:rv* *:rviminfo* *E195*
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1641 :rv[iminfo][!] [file] Read from viminfo file [file] (default: see above).
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1642 If [!] is given, then any information that is
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1644 will be overwritten
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1646 *:wv* *:wviminfo* *E137* *E138* *E574* *E886* *E929*
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1647 :wv[iminfo][!] [file] Write to viminfo file [file] (default: see above).
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1648 The information in the file is first read in to make
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1649 a merge between old and new info. When [!] is used,
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1650 the old information is not read first, only the
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1651 internal info is written. If 'viminfo' is empty, marks
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1652 for up to 100 files will be written.
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1653 When you get error "E929: Too many viminfo temp files"
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1654 check that no old temp files were left behind (e.g.
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1655 ~/.viminf*) and that you can write in the directory of
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1656 the .viminfo file.
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1657
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1658 *:ol* *:oldfiles*
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1659 :ol[dfiles] List the files that have marks stored in the viminfo
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1660 file. This list is read on startup and only changes
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1661 afterwards with `:rviminfo!`. Also see |v:oldfiles|.
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1662 The number can be used with |c_#<|.
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1663 The output can be filtered with |:filter|, e.g.: >
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1664 filter /\.vim/ oldfiles
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1665 < The filtering happens on the file name.
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1666 {only when compiled with the |+eval| feature}
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1667
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1668 :bro[wse] ol[dfiles][!]
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1669 List file names as with |:oldfiles|, and then prompt
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1670 for a number. When the number is valid that file from
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1671 the list is edited.
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1672 If you get the |press-enter| prompt you can press "q"
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1673 and still get the prompt to enter a file number.
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1674 Use ! to abandon a modified buffer. |abandon|
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1675 {not when compiled with tiny or small features}
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1676
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1677 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: