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| 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar | |
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| 6 | |
| 7 Editing files *edit-files* | |
| 8 | |
| 9 1. Introduction |edit-intro| | |
| 10 2. Editing a file |edit-a-file| | |
| 39 | 11 3. The argument list |argument-list| |
| 12 4. Writing |writing| | |
| 13 5. Writing and quitting |write-quit| | |
| 14 6. Dialogs |edit-dialogs| | |
| 15 7. The current directory |current-directory| | |
| 7 | 16 8. Editing binary files |edit-binary| |
| 17 9. Encryption |encryption| | |
| 18 10. Timestamps |timestamps| | |
| 39 | 19 11. File Searching |file-searching| |
| 7 | 20 |
| 21 ============================================================================== | |
| 22 1. Introduction *edit-intro* | |
| 23 | |
| 24 Editing a file with Vim means: | |
| 25 | |
| 39 | 26 1. reading the file into a buffer |
| 7 | 27 2. changing the buffer with editor commands |
| 28 3. writing the buffer into a file | |
| 29 | |
| 30 *current-file* | |
| 31 As long as you don't write the buffer, the original file remains unchanged. | |
| 32 If you start editing a file (read a file into the buffer), the file name is | |
| 22 | 33 remembered as the "current file name". This is also known as the name of the |
| 39 | 34 current buffer. It can be used with "%" on the command line |:_%|. |
| 7 | 35 |
| 36 *alternate-file* | |
| 37 If there already was a current file name, then that one becomes the alternate | |
| 39 | 38 file name. It can be used with "#" on the command line |:_#| and you can use |
| 39 the |CTRL-^| command to toggle between the current and the alternate file. | |
| 40 However, the alternate file name is not changed when |:keepalt| is used. | |
| 5510 | 41 An alternate file name is remembered for each window. |
| 22 | 42 |
| 43 *:keepalt* *:keepa* | |
| 44 :keepalt {cmd} Execute {cmd} while keeping the current alternate file | |
| 45 name. Note that commands invoked indirectly (e.g., | |
| 46 with a function) may still set the alternate file | |
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| 22 | 48 |
| 39 | 49 All file names are remembered in the buffer list. When you enter a file name, |
| 236 | 50 for editing (e.g., with ":e filename") or writing (e.g., with ":w filename"), |
| 39 | 51 the file name is added to the list. You can use the buffer list to remember |
| 52 which files you edited and to quickly switch from one file to another (e.g., | |
| 53 to copy text) with the |CTRL-^| command. First type the number of the file | |
| 16610 | 54 and then hit CTRL-^. |
| 39 | 55 |
| 7 | 56 |
| 57 CTRL-G or *CTRL-G* *:f* *:fi* *:file* | |
| 268 | 58 :f[ile] Prints the current file name (as typed, unless ":cd" |
| 59 was used), the cursor position (unless the 'ruler' | |
| 60 option is set), and the file status (readonly, | |
| 61 modified, read errors, new file). See the 'shortmess' | |
| 62 option about how to make this message shorter. | |
| 7 | 63 |
| 14 | 64 :f[ile]! like |:file|, but don't truncate the name even when |
| 65 'shortmess' indicates this. | |
| 66 | |
| 7 | 67 {count}CTRL-G Like CTRL-G, but prints the current file name with |
| 68 full path. If the count is higher than 1 the current | |
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69 buffer number is also given. |
| 7 | 70 |
| 71 *g_CTRL-G* *word-count* *byte-count* | |
| 161 | 72 g CTRL-G Prints the current position of the cursor in five |
| 73 ways: Column, Line, Word, Character and Byte. If the | |
| 74 number of Characters and Bytes is the same then the | |
| 75 Character position is omitted. | |
| 76 If there are characters in the line that take more | |
| 77 than one position on the screen (<Tab> or special | |
| 78 character), both the "real" column and the screen | |
| 79 column are shown, separated with a dash. | |
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| 7 | 82 |
| 83 *v_g_CTRL-G* | |
| 161 | 84 {Visual}g CTRL-G Similar to "g CTRL-G", but Word, Character, Line, and |
| 85 Byte counts for the visually selected region are | |
| 86 displayed. | |
| 87 In Blockwise mode, Column count is also shown. (For | |
| 7 | 88 {Visual} see |Visual-mode|.) |
| 89 | |
| 90 *:file_f* | |
| 14 | 91 :f[ile][!] {name} Sets the current file name to {name}. The optional ! |
| 92 avoids truncating the message, as with |:file|. | |
| 28 | 93 If the buffer did have a name, that name becomes the |
| 94 |alternate-file| name. An unlisted buffer is created | |
| 95 to hold the old name. | |
| 139 | 96 *:0file* |
| 14 | 97 :0f[ile][!] Remove the name of the current buffer. The optional ! |
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| 7 | 99 |
| 100 :buffers | |
| 101 :files | |
| 102 :ls List all the currently known file names. See | |
| 18016 | 103 |windows.txt| |:files| |:buffers| |:ls|. |
| 7 | 104 |
| 105 Vim will remember the full path name of a file name that you enter. In most | |
| 106 cases when the file name is displayed only the name you typed is shown, but | |
| 107 the full path name is being used if you used the ":cd" command |:cd|. | |
| 108 | |
| 109 *home-replace* | |
| 110 If the environment variable $HOME is set, and the file name starts with that | |
| 111 string, it is often displayed with HOME replaced with "~". This was done to | |
| 112 keep file names short. When reading or writing files the full name is still | |
| 113 used, the "~" is only used when displaying file names. When replacing the | |
| 114 file name would result in just "~", "~/" is used instead (to avoid confusion | |
| 42 | 115 between options set to $HOME with 'backupext' set to "~"). |
| 7 | 116 |
| 117 When writing the buffer, the default is to use the current file name. Thus | |
| 118 when you give the "ZZ" or ":wq" command, the original file will be | |
| 119 overwritten. If you do not want this, the buffer can be written into another | |
| 120 file by giving a file name argument to the ":write" command. For example: > | |
| 121 | |
| 122 vim testfile | |
| 123 [change the buffer with editor commands] | |
| 124 :w newfile | |
| 125 :q | |
| 126 | |
| 127 This will create a file "newfile", that is a modified copy of "testfile". | |
| 128 The file "testfile" will remain unchanged. Anyway, if the 'backup' option is | |
| 129 set, Vim renames or copies the original file before it will be overwritten. | |
| 130 You can use this file if you discover that you need the original file. See | |
| 131 also the 'patchmode' option. The name of the backup file is normally the same | |
| 132 as the original file with 'backupext' appended. The default "~" is a bit | |
| 133 strange to avoid accidentally overwriting existing files. If you prefer ".bak" | |
| 18972 | 134 change the 'backupext' option. Extra dots are replaced with '_' on MS-Windows |
| 7 | 135 machines, when Vim has detected that an MS-DOS-like filesystem is being used |
| 136 (e.g., messydos or crossdos) or when the 'shortname' option is on. The | |
| 137 backup file can be placed in another directory by setting 'backupdir'. | |
| 138 | |
| 139 *auto-shortname* | |
| 140 Technical: On the Amiga you can use 30 characters for a file name. But on an | |
| 141 MS-DOS-compatible filesystem only 8 plus 3 characters are | |
| 142 available. Vim tries to detect the type of filesystem when it is | |
| 143 creating the .swp file. If an MS-DOS-like filesystem is suspected, | |
| 144 a flag is set that has the same effect as setting the 'shortname' | |
| 145 option. This flag will be reset as soon as you start editing a | |
| 146 new file. The flag will be used when making the file name for the | |
| 147 ".swp" and ".~" files for the current file. But when you are | |
| 148 editing a file in a normal filesystem and write to an MS-DOS-like | |
| 149 filesystem the flag will not have been set. In that case the | |
| 150 creation of the ".~" file may fail and you will get an error | |
| 151 message. Use the 'shortname' option in this case. | |
| 152 | |
| 153 When you started editing without giving a file name, "No File" is displayed in | |
| 154 messages. If the ":write" command is used with a file name argument, the file | |
| 155 name for the current file is set to that file name. This only happens when | |
| 633 | 156 the 'F' flag is included in 'cpoptions' (by default it is included) |cpo-F|. |
| 157 This is useful when entering text in an empty buffer and then writing it to a | |
| 158 file. If 'cpoptions' contains the 'f' flag (by default it is NOT included) | |
| 159 |cpo-f| the file name is set for the ":read file" command. This is useful | |
| 160 when starting Vim without an argument and then doing ":read file" to start | |
| 161 editing a file. | |
| 162 When the file name was set and 'filetype' is empty the filetype detection | |
| 163 autocommands will be triggered. | |
| 7 | 164 *not-edited* |
| 165 Because the file name was set without really starting to edit that file, you | |
| 166 are protected from overwriting that file. This is done by setting the | |
| 167 "notedited" flag. You can see if this flag is set with the CTRL-G or ":file" | |
| 168 command. It will include "[Not edited]" when the "notedited" flag is set. | |
| 169 When writing the buffer to the current file name (with ":w!"), the "notedited" | |
| 170 flag is reset. | |
| 171 | |
| 172 *abandon* | |
| 173 Vim remembers whether you have changed the buffer. You are protected from | |
| 174 losing the changes you made. If you try to quit without writing, or want to | |
| 175 start editing another file, Vim will refuse this. In order to overrule this | |
| 176 protection, add a '!' to the command. The changes will then be lost. For | |
| 177 example: ":q" will not work if the buffer was changed, but ":q!" will. To see | |
| 178 whether the buffer was changed use the "CTRL-G" command. The message includes | |
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| 7 | 181 |
| 182 If you want to automatically save the changes without asking, switch on the | |
| 183 'autowriteall' option. 'autowrite' is the associated Vi-compatible option | |
| 184 that does not work for all commands. | |
| 185 | |
| 186 If you want to keep the changed buffer without saving it, switch on the | |
| 5277 | 187 'hidden' option. See |hidden-buffer|. Some commands work like this even when |
| 188 'hidden' is not set, check the help for the command. | |
| 7 | 189 |
| 190 ============================================================================== | |
| 191 2. Editing a file *edit-a-file* | |
| 192 | |
| 5277 | 193 *:e* *:edit* *reload* |
| 7 | 194 :e[dit] [++opt] [+cmd] Edit the current file. This is useful to re-edit the |
| 195 current file, when it has been changed outside of Vim. | |
| 196 This fails when changes have been made to the current | |
| 197 buffer and 'autowriteall' isn't set or the file can't | |
| 198 be written. | |
| 199 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 200 | |
| 5277 | 201 *:edit!* *discard* |
| 7 | 202 :e[dit]! [++opt] [+cmd] |
| 203 Edit the current file always. Discard any changes to | |
| 204 the current buffer. This is useful if you want to | |
| 205 start all over again. | |
| 206 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 207 | |
| 208 *:edit_f* | |
| 209 :e[dit] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} | |
| 210 Edit {file}. | |
| 211 This fails when changes have been made to the current | |
| 212 buffer, unless 'hidden' is set or 'autowriteall' is | |
| 213 set and the file can be written. | |
| 214 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 215 | |
| 216 *:edit!_f* | |
| 217 :e[dit]! [++opt] [+cmd] {file} | |
| 218 Edit {file} always. Discard any changes to the | |
| 219 current buffer. | |
| 220 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 221 | |
| 222 :e[dit] [++opt] [+cmd] #[count] | |
| 39 | 223 Edit the [count]th buffer (as shown by |:files|). |
| 224 This command does the same as [count] CTRL-^. But ":e | |
| 225 #" doesn't work if the alternate buffer doesn't have a | |
| 226 file name, while CTRL-^ still works then. | |
| 7 | 227 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. |
| 228 | |
| 229 *:ene* *:enew* | |
| 230 :ene[w] Edit a new, unnamed buffer. This fails when changes | |
| 231 have been made to the current buffer, unless 'hidden' | |
| 232 is set or 'autowriteall' is set and the file can be | |
| 233 written. | |
| 234 If 'fileformats' is not empty, the first format given | |
| 235 will be used for the new buffer. If 'fileformats' is | |
| 236 empty, the 'fileformat' of the current buffer is used. | |
| 237 | |
| 238 *:ene!* *:enew!* | |
| 239 :ene[w]! Edit a new, unnamed buffer. Discard any changes to | |
| 240 the current buffer. | |
| 241 Set 'fileformat' like |:enew|. | |
| 242 | |
| 243 *:fin* *:find* | |
| 244 :fin[d][!] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} | |
| 245 Find {file} in 'path' and then |:edit| it. | |
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247 disabled at compile time} |
| 7 | 248 |
| 249 :{count}fin[d][!] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} | |
| 250 Just like ":find", but use the {count} match in | |
| 251 'path'. Thus ":2find file" will find the second | |
| 252 "file" found in 'path'. When there are fewer matches | |
| 253 for the file in 'path' than asked for, you get an | |
| 254 error message. | |
| 255 | |
| 256 *:ex* | |
| 257 :ex [++opt] [+cmd] [file] | |
| 258 Same as |:edit|. | |
| 259 | |
| 260 *:vi* *:visual* | |
| 261 :vi[sual][!] [++opt] [+cmd] [file] | |
| 42 | 262 When used in Ex mode: Leave |Ex-mode|, go back to |
| 7 | 263 Normal mode. Otherwise same as |:edit|. |
| 264 | |
| 265 *:vie* *:view* | |
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| 11160 | 267 When used in Ex mode: Leave |Ex-mode|, go back to |
| 7 | 268 Normal mode. Otherwise same as |:edit|, but set |
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269 'readonly' option for this buffer. |
| 7 | 270 |
| 271 *CTRL-^* *CTRL-6* | |
| 2725 | 272 CTRL-^ Edit the alternate file. Mostly the alternate file is |
| 273 the previously edited file. This is a quick way to | |
| 274 toggle between two files. It is equivalent to ":e #", | |
| 275 except that it also works when there is no file name. | |
| 276 | |
| 7 | 277 If the 'autowrite' or 'autowriteall' option is on and |
| 278 the buffer was changed, write it. | |
| 279 Mostly the ^ character is positioned on the 6 key, | |
| 280 pressing CTRL and 6 then gets you what we call CTRL-^. | |
| 281 But on some non-US keyboards CTRL-^ is produced in | |
| 282 another way. | |
| 283 | |
| 39 | 284 {count}CTRL-^ Edit [count]th file in the buffer list (equivalent to |
| 285 ":e #[count]"). This is a quick way to switch between | |
| 286 files. | |
| 287 See |CTRL-^| above for further details. | |
| 288 | |
| 7 | 289 [count]]f *]f* *[f* |
| 290 [count][f Same as "gf". Deprecated. | |
| 291 | |
| 292 *gf* *E446* *E447* | |
| 293 [count]gf Edit the file whose name is under or after the cursor. | |
| 294 Mnemonic: "goto file". | |
| 295 Uses the 'isfname' option to find out which characters | |
| 296 are supposed to be in a file name. Trailing | |
| 6647 | 297 punctuation characters ".,:;!" are ignored. Escaped |
| 298 spaces "\ " are reduced to a single space. | |
| 1668 | 299 Uses the 'path' option as a list of directory names to |
| 300 look for the file. See the 'path' option for details | |
| 301 about relative directories and wildcards. | |
| 7 | 302 Uses the 'suffixesadd' option to check for file names |
| 303 with a suffix added. | |
| 304 If the file can't be found, 'includeexpr' is used to | |
| 305 modify the name and another attempt is done. | |
| 306 If a [count] is given, the count'th file that is found | |
| 307 in the 'path' is edited. | |
| 308 This command fails if Vim refuses to |abandon| the | |
| 309 current file. | |
| 820 | 310 If you want to edit the file in a new window use |
| 311 |CTRL-W_CTRL-F|. | |
| 7 | 312 If you do want to edit a new file, use: > |
| 313 :e <cfile> | |
| 314 < To make gf always work like that: > | |
| 315 :map gf :e <cfile><CR> | |
| 316 < If the name is a hypertext link, that looks like | |
| 317 "type://machine/path", you need the |netrw| plugin. | |
| 318 For Unix the '~' character is expanded, like in | |
| 319 "~user/file". Environment variables are expanded too | |
| 320 |expand-env|. | |
| 321 {not available when the |+file_in_path| feature was | |
| 322 disabled at compile time} | |
| 323 | |
| 324 *v_gf* | |
| 325 {Visual}[count]gf Same as "gf", but the highlighted text is used as the | |
| 326 name of the file to edit. 'isfname' is ignored. | |
| 327 Leading blanks are skipped, otherwise all blanks and | |
| 328 special characters are included in the file name. | |
| 329 (For {Visual} see |Visual-mode|.) | |
| 330 | |
| 681 | 331 *gF* |
| 332 [count]gF Same as "gf", except if a number follows the file | |
| 333 name, then the cursor is positioned on that line in | |
| 18972 | 334 the file. |
| 335 The file name and the number must be separated by a | |
| 336 non-filename (see 'isfname') and non-numeric | |
| 337 character. " line " is also recognized, like it is | |
| 338 used in the output of `:verbose command UserCmd` | |
| 339 White space between the filename, the separator and | |
| 340 the number are ignored. | |
| 852 | 341 Examples: |
| 342 eval.c:10 ~ | |
| 343 eval.c @ 20 ~ | |
| 344 eval.c (30) ~ | |
| 345 eval.c 40 ~ | |
| 346 | |
| 681 | 347 *v_gF* |
| 348 {Visual}[count]gF Same as "v_gf". | |
| 349 | |
| 7 | 350 These commands are used to start editing a single file. This means that the |
| 351 file is read into the buffer and the current file name is set. The file that | |
| 352 is opened depends on the current directory, see |:cd|. | |
| 353 | |
| 354 See |read-messages| for an explanation of the message that is given after the | |
| 355 file has been read. | |
| 356 | |
| 357 You can use the ":e!" command if you messed up the buffer and want to start | |
| 358 all over again. The ":e" command is only useful if you have changed the | |
| 359 current file name. | |
| 360 | |
| 361 *:filename* *{file}* | |
| 1620 | 362 Besides the things mentioned here, more special items for where a filename is |
| 363 expected are mentioned at |cmdline-special|. | |
| 364 | |
| 1668 | 365 Note for systems other than Unix: When using a command that accepts a single |
| 366 file name (like ":edit file") spaces in the file name are allowed, but | |
| 367 trailing spaces are ignored. This is useful on systems that regularly embed | |
| 368 spaces in file names (like MS-Windows and the Amiga). Example: The command | |
| 369 ":e Long File Name " will edit the file "Long File Name". When using a | |
| 370 command that accepts more than one file name (like ":next file1 file2") | |
| 371 embedded spaces must be escaped with a backslash. | |
| 7 | 372 |
| 1121 | 373 *wildcard* *wildcards* |
| 3682 | 374 Wildcards in {file} are expanded, but as with file completion, 'wildignore' |
| 375 and 'suffixes' apply. Which wildcards are supported depends on the system. | |
| 376 These are the common ones: | |
| 444 | 377 ? matches one character |
| 7 | 378 * matches anything, including nothing |
| 444 | 379 ** matches anything, including nothing, recurses into directories |
| 7 | 380 [abc] match 'a', 'b' or 'c' |
| 444 | 381 |
| 7 | 382 To avoid the special meaning of the wildcards prepend a backslash. However, |
| 383 on MS-Windows the backslash is a path separator and "path\[abc]" is still seen | |
| 384 as a wildcard when "[" is in the 'isfname' option. A simple way to avoid this | |
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| 7 | 386 |
| 444 | 387 *starstar-wildcard* |
| 388 Expanding "**" is possible on Unix, Win32, Mac OS/X and a few other systems. | |
| 389 This allows searching a directory tree. This goes up to 100 directories deep. | |
| 3750 | 390 Note there are some commands where this works slightly differently, see |
| 1668 | 391 |file-searching|. |
| 444 | 392 Example: > |
| 393 :n **/*.txt | |
| 394 Finds files: | |
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| 7 | 410 *backtick-expansion* *`-expansion* |
| 7013 | 411 On Unix and a few other systems you can also use backticks for the file name |
| 412 argument, for example: > | |
| 413 :next `find . -name ver\\*.c -print` | |
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| 13563 | 415 Vim will run the command in backticks using the 'shell' and use the standard |
| 416 output as argument for the given Vim command (error messages from the shell | |
| 417 command will be discarded). | |
| 418 To see what shell command Vim is running, set the 'verbose' option to 4. When | |
| 419 the shell command returns a non-zero exit code, an error message will be | |
| 420 displayed and the Vim command will be aborted. To avoid this make the shell | |
| 421 always return zero like so: > | |
| 422 :next `find . -name ver\\*.c -print \|\| true` | |
| 423 | |
| 7013 | 424 The backslashes before the star are required to prevent the shell from |
| 425 expanding "ver*.c" prior to execution of the find program. The backslash | |
| 426 before the shell pipe symbol "|" prevents Vim from parsing it as command | |
| 427 termination. | |
| 7 | 428 This also works for most other systems, with the restriction that the |
| 429 backticks must be around the whole item. It is not possible to have text | |
| 430 directly before the first or just after the last backtick. | |
| 431 | |
| 8 | 432 *`=* |
| 7013 | 433 You can have the backticks expanded as a Vim expression, instead of as an |
| 434 external command, by putting an equal sign right after the first backtick, | |
| 435 e.g.: > | |
| 39 | 436 :e `=tempname()` |
| 437 The expression can contain just about anything, thus this can also be used to | |
| 3682 | 438 avoid the special meaning of '"', '|', '%' and '#'. However, 'wildignore' |
| 4119 | 439 does apply like to other wildcards. |
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| 3682 | 447 If the expression returns a string then names are to be separated with line |
| 448 breaks. When the result is a |List| then each item is used as a name. Line | |
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| 7 | 452 |
| 453 *++opt* *[++opt]* | |
| 595 | 454 The [++opt] argument can be used to force the value of 'fileformat', |
| 455 'fileencoding' or 'binary' to a value for one command, and to specify the | |
| 456 behavior for bad characters. The form is: > | |
| 819 | 457 ++{optname} |
| 458 Or: > | |
| 7 | 459 ++{optname}={value} |
| 460 | |
| 819 | 461 Where {optname} is one of: *++ff* *++enc* *++bin* *++nobin* *++edit* |
| 7 | 462 ff or fileformat overrides 'fileformat' |
| 463 enc or encoding overrides 'fileencoding' | |
| 464 bin or binary sets 'binary' | |
| 465 nobin or nobinary resets 'binary' | |
| 856 | 466 bad specifies behavior for bad characters |
| 819 | 467 edit for |:read| only: keep option values as if editing |
| 856 | 468 a file |
| 7 | 469 |
| 470 {value} cannot contain white space. It can be any valid value for these | |
| 471 options. Examples: > | |
| 472 :e ++ff=unix | |
| 473 This edits the same file again with 'fileformat' set to "unix". > | |
| 474 | |
| 475 :w ++enc=latin1 newfile | |
| 476 This writes the current buffer to "newfile" in latin1 format. | |
| 477 | |
| 595 | 478 There may be several ++opt arguments, separated by white space. They must all |
| 479 appear before any |+cmd| argument. | |
| 480 | |
| 481 *++bad* | |
| 482 The argument of "++bad=" specifies what happens with characters that can't be | |
| 483 converted and illegal bytes. It can be one of three things: | |
| 484 ++bad=X A single-byte character that replaces each bad character. | |
| 485 ++bad=keep Keep bad characters without conversion. Note that this may | |
| 856 | 486 result in illegal bytes in your text! |
| 595 | 487 ++bad=drop Remove the bad characters. |
| 488 | |
| 489 The default is like "++bad=?": Replace each bad character with a question | |
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| 595 | 494 |
| 7 | 495 Note that when reading, the 'fileformat' and 'fileencoding' options will be |
| 496 set to the used format. When writing this doesn't happen, thus a next write | |
| 497 will use the old value of the option. Same for the 'binary' option. | |
| 498 | |
| 499 | |
| 500 *+cmd* *[+cmd]* | |
| 501 The [+cmd] argument can be used to position the cursor in the newly opened | |
| 502 file, or execute any other command: | |
| 503 + Start at the last line. | |
| 504 +{num} Start at line {num}. | |
| 505 +/{pat} Start at first line containing {pat}. | |
| 506 +{command} Execute {command} after opening the new file. | |
| 507 {command} is any Ex command. | |
| 508 To include a white space in the {pat} or {command}, precede it with a | |
| 509 backslash. Double the number of backslashes. > | |
| 510 :edit +/The\ book file | |
| 511 :edit +/dir\ dirname\\ file | |
| 512 :edit +set\ dir=c:\\\\temp file | |
| 513 Note that in the last example the number of backslashes is halved twice: Once | |
| 514 for the "+cmd" argument and once for the ":set" command. | |
| 515 | |
| 516 *file-formats* | |
| 517 The 'fileformat' option sets the <EOL> style for a file: | |
| 518 'fileformat' characters name ~ | |
| 519 "dos" <CR><NL> or <NL> DOS format *DOS-format* | |
| 520 "unix" <NL> Unix format *Unix-format* | |
| 521 "mac" <CR> Mac format *Mac-format* | |
| 522 Previously 'textmode' was used. It is obsolete now. | |
| 523 | |
| 524 When reading a file, the mentioned characters are interpreted as the <EOL>. | |
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| 7 | 528 |
| 529 When writing a file, the mentioned characters are used for <EOL>. For DOS | |
| 530 format <CR><NL> is used. Also see |DOS-format-write|. | |
| 531 | |
| 532 You can read a file in DOS format and write it in Unix format. This will | |
| 533 replace all <CR><NL> pairs by <NL> (assuming 'fileformats' includes "dos"): > | |
| 534 :e file | |
| 535 :set fileformat=unix | |
| 536 :w | |
| 537 If you read a file in Unix format and write with DOS format, all <NL> | |
| 538 characters will be replaced with <CR><NL> (assuming 'fileformats' includes | |
| 539 "unix"): > | |
| 540 :e file | |
| 541 :set fileformat=dos | |
| 542 :w | |
| 543 | |
| 544 If you start editing a new file and the 'fileformats' option is not empty | |
| 545 (which is the default), Vim will try to detect whether the lines in the file | |
| 546 are separated by the specified formats. When set to "unix,dos", Vim will | |
| 547 check for lines with a single <NL> (as used on Unix and Amiga) or by a <CR> | |
| 18972 | 548 <NL> pair (MS-Windows). Only when ALL lines end in <CR><NL>, 'fileformat' is |
| 549 set to "dos", otherwise it is set to "unix". When 'fileformats' includes | |
| 550 "mac", and no <NL> characters are found in the file, 'fileformat' is set to | |
| 551 "mac". | |
| 7 | 552 |
| 18972 | 553 If the 'fileformat' option is set to "dos" on non-MS-Windows systems the |
| 554 message "[dos format]" is shown to remind you that something unusual is | |
| 555 happening. On MS-Windows systems you get the message "[unix format]" if | |
| 556 'fileformat' is set to "unix". On all systems but the Macintosh you get the | |
| 557 message "[mac format]" if 'fileformat' is set to "mac". | |
| 7 | 558 |
| 559 If the 'fileformats' option is empty and DOS format is used, but while reading | |
| 560 a file some lines did not end in <CR><NL>, "[CR missing]" will be included in | |
| 561 the file message. | |
| 562 If the 'fileformats' option is empty and Mac format is used, but while reading | |
| 563 a file a <NL> was found, "[NL missing]" will be included in the file message. | |
| 564 | |
| 565 If the new file does not exist, the 'fileformat' of the current buffer is used | |
| 566 when 'fileformats' is empty. Otherwise the first format from 'fileformats' is | |
| 567 used for the new file. | |
| 568 | |
| 569 Before editing binary, executable or Vim script files you should set the | |
| 570 'binary' option. A simple way to do this is by starting Vim with the "-b" | |
| 571 option. This will avoid the use of 'fileformat'. Without this you risk that | |
| 572 single <NL> characters are unexpectedly replaced with <CR><NL>. | |
| 573 | |
| 574 You can encrypt files that are written by setting the 'key' option. This | |
| 575 provides some security against others reading your files. |encryption| | |
| 576 | |
| 577 | |
| 578 ============================================================================== | |
| 39 | 579 3. The argument list *argument-list* *arglist* |
| 7 | 580 |
| 581 If you give more than one file name when starting Vim, this list is remembered | |
| 582 as the argument list. You can jump to each file in this list. | |
| 583 | |
| 584 Do not confuse this with the buffer list, which you can see with the | |
| 585 |:buffers| command. The argument list was already present in Vi, the buffer | |
| 39 | 586 list is new in Vim. Every file name in the argument list will also be present |
| 587 in the buffer list (unless it was deleted with |:bdel| or |:bwipe|). But it's | |
| 588 common that names in the buffer list are not in the argument list. | |
| 7 | 589 |
| 590 This subject is introduced in section |07.2| of the user manual. | |
| 591 | |
| 592 There is one global argument list, which is used for all windows by default. | |
| 593 It is possible to create a new argument list local to a window, see | |
| 594 |:arglocal|. | |
| 595 | |
| 596 You can use the argument list with the following commands, and with the | |
| 597 expression functions |argc()| and |argv()|. These all work on the argument | |
| 598 list of the current window. | |
| 599 | |
| 17036 | 600 *:ar* *:arg* *:args* |
| 7 | 601 :ar[gs] Print the argument list, with the current file in |
| 602 square brackets. | |
| 603 | |
| 604 :ar[gs] [++opt] [+cmd] {arglist} *:args_f* | |
| 605 Define {arglist} as the new argument list and edit | |
| 606 the first one. This fails when changes have been made | |
| 607 and Vim does not want to |abandon| the current buffer. | |
| 608 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 609 | |
| 610 :ar[gs]! [++opt] [+cmd] {arglist} *:args_f!* | |
| 611 Define {arglist} as the new argument list and edit | |
| 612 the first one. Discard any changes to the current | |
| 613 buffer. | |
| 614 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
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| 7 | 626 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. |
| 627 | |
| 628 :[count]arga[dd] {name} .. *:arga* *:argadd* *E479* | |
| 6238 | 629 :[count]arga[dd] |
| 630 Add the {name}s to the argument list. When {name} is | |
| 6421 | 631 omitted add the current buffer name to the argument |
| 6238 | 632 list. |
| 7 | 633 If [count] is omitted, the {name}s are added just |
| 634 after the current entry in the argument list. | |
| 635 Otherwise they are added after the [count]'th file. | |
| 636 If the argument list is "a b c", and "b" is the | |
| 637 current argument, then these commands result in: | |
| 638 command new argument list ~ | |
| 639 :argadd x a b x c | |
| 640 :0argadd x x a b c | |
| 641 :1argadd x a x b c | |
| 6421 | 642 :$argadd x a b c x |
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| 6421 | 644 :+2argadd y a b c x y |
| 7 | 645 There is no check for duplicates, it is possible to |
| 646 add a file to the argument list twice. | |
| 647 The currently edited file is not changed. | |
| 648 Note: you can also use this method: > | |
| 649 :args ## x | |
| 650 < This will add the "x" item and sort the new list. | |
| 651 | |
| 652 :argd[elete] {pattern} .. *:argd* *:argdelete* *E480* | |
| 653 Delete files from the argument list that match the | |
| 654 {pattern}s. {pattern} is used like a file pattern, | |
| 655 see |file-pattern|. "%" can be used to delete the | |
| 656 current entry. | |
| 657 This command keeps the currently edited file, also | |
| 658 when it's deleted from the argument list. | |
| 280 | 659 Example: > |
| 660 :argdel *.obj | |
| 7 | 661 |
| 6421 | 662 :[range]argd[elete] Delete the {range} files from the argument list. |
| 663 Example: > | |
| 664 :10,$argdel | |
| 665 < Deletes arguments 10 and further, keeping 1-9. > | |
| 666 :$argd | |
| 667 < Deletes just the last one. > | |
| 668 :argd | |
| 669 :.argd | |
| 670 < Deletes the current argument. > | |
| 671 :%argd | |
| 672 < Removes all the files from the arglist. | |
| 7 | 673 When the last number in the range is too high, up to |
| 6421 | 674 the last argument is deleted. |
| 7 | 675 |
| 676 *:argu* *:argument* | |
| 677 :[count]argu[ment] [count] [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 678 Edit file [count] in the argument list. When [count] | |
| 679 is omitted the current entry is used. This fails | |
| 680 when changes have been made and Vim does not want to | |
| 681 |abandon| the current buffer. | |
| 682 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 683 | |
| 684 :[count]argu[ment]! [count] [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 685 Edit file [count] in the argument list, discard any | |
| 686 changes to the current buffer. When [count] is | |
| 687 omitted the current entry is used. | |
| 688 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 689 | |
| 690 :[count]n[ext] [++opt] [+cmd] *:n* *:ne* *:next* *E165* *E163* | |
| 691 Edit [count] next file. This fails when changes have | |
| 692 been made and Vim does not want to |abandon| the | |
| 16610 | 693 current buffer. Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. |
| 7 | 694 |
| 695 :[count]n[ext]! [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 696 Edit [count] next file, discard any changes to the | |
| 16610 | 697 buffer. Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. |
| 7 | 698 |
| 699 :n[ext] [++opt] [+cmd] {arglist} *:next_f* | |
| 700 Same as |:args_f|. | |
| 701 | |
| 702 :n[ext]! [++opt] [+cmd] {arglist} | |
| 703 Same as |:args_f!|. | |
| 704 | |
| 705 :[count]N[ext] [count] [++opt] [+cmd] *:Next* *:N* *E164* | |
| 706 Edit [count] previous file in argument list. This | |
| 707 fails when changes have been made and Vim does not | |
| 708 want to |abandon| the current buffer. | |
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| 7 | 710 |
| 711 :[count]N[ext]! [count] [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 712 Edit [count] previous file in argument list. Discard | |
| 713 any changes to the buffer. Also see |++opt| and | |
| 16610 | 714 |+cmd|. |
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| 716 :[count]prev[ious] [count] [++opt] [+cmd] *:prev* *:previous* | |
| 16610 | 717 Same as :Next. Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. |
| 7 | 718 |
| 719 *:rew* *:rewind* | |
| 720 :rew[ind] [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 721 Start editing the first file in the argument list. | |
| 722 This fails when changes have been made and Vim does | |
| 723 not want to |abandon| the current buffer. | |
| 16610 | 724 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. |
| 7 | 725 |
| 726 :rew[ind]! [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 727 Start editing the first file in the argument list. | |
| 728 Discard any changes to the buffer. Also see |++opt| | |
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| 731 *:fir* *:first* | |
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| 7 | 734 |
| 735 *:la* *:last* | |
| 736 :la[st] [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 737 Start editing the last file in the argument list. | |
| 738 This fails when changes have been made and Vim does | |
| 739 not want to |abandon| the current buffer. | |
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| 7 | 741 |
| 742 :la[st]! [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 743 Start editing the last file in the argument list. | |
| 744 Discard any changes to the buffer. Also see |++opt| | |
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| 7 | 746 |
| 747 *:wn* *:wnext* | |
| 1702 | 748 :[count]wn[ext] [++opt] |
| 7 | 749 Write current file and start editing the [count] |
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| 7 | 751 |
| 1702 | 752 :[count]wn[ext] [++opt] {file} |
| 7 | 753 Write current file to {file} and start editing the |
| 754 [count] next file, unless {file} already exists and | |
| 755 the 'writeany' option is off. Also see |++opt| and | |
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| 7 | 757 |
| 1702 | 758 :[count]wn[ext]! [++opt] {file} |
| 7 | 759 Write current file to {file} and start editing the |
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| 7 | 761 |
| 1702 | 762 :[count]wN[ext][!] [++opt] [file] *:wN* *:wNext* |
| 763 :[count]wp[revious][!] [++opt] [file] *:wp* *:wprevious* | |
| 7 | 764 Same as :wnext, but go to previous file instead of |
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| 7 | 766 |
| 767 The [count] in the commands above defaults to one. For some commands it is | |
| 768 possible to use two counts. The last one (rightmost one) is used. | |
| 769 | |
| 770 If no [+cmd] argument is present, the cursor is positioned at the last known | |
| 771 cursor position for the file. If 'startofline' is set, the cursor will be | |
| 772 positioned at the first non-blank in the line, otherwise the last know column | |
| 773 is used. If there is no last known cursor position the cursor will be in the | |
| 774 first line (the last line in Ex mode). | |
| 775 | |
| 39 | 776 *{arglist}* |
| 7 | 777 The wildcards in the argument list are expanded and the file names are sorted. |
| 778 Thus you can use the command "vim *.c" to edit all the C files. From within | |
| 39 | 779 Vim the command ":n *.c" does the same. |
| 780 | |
| 781 White space is used to separate file names. Put a backslash before a space or | |
| 1240 | 782 tab to include it in a file name. E.g., to edit the single file "foo bar": > |
| 39 | 783 :next foo\ bar |
| 784 | |
| 785 On Unix and a few other systems you can also use backticks, for example: > | |
| 786 :next `find . -name \\*.c -print` | |
| 7 | 787 The backslashes before the star are required to prevent "*.c" to be expanded |
| 788 by the shell before executing the find program. | |
| 789 | |
| 790 *arglist-position* | |
| 791 When there is an argument list you can see which file you are editing in the | |
| 792 title of the window (if there is one and 'title' is on) and with the file | |
| 793 message you get with the "CTRL-G" command. You will see something like | |
| 794 (file 4 of 11) | |
| 795 If 'shortmess' contains 'f' it will be | |
| 796 (4 of 11) | |
| 797 If you are not really editing the file at the current position in the argument | |
| 798 list it will be | |
| 799 (file (4) of 11) | |
| 800 This means that you are position 4 in the argument list, but not editing the | |
| 801 fourth file in the argument list. This happens when you do ":e file". | |
| 802 | |
| 803 | |
| 804 LOCAL ARGUMENT LIST | |
| 805 | |
| 806 *:arglocal* | |
| 807 :argl[ocal] Make a local copy of the global argument list. | |
| 808 Doesn't start editing another file. | |
| 809 | |
| 810 :argl[ocal][!] [++opt] [+cmd] {arglist} | |
| 811 Define a new argument list, which is local to the | |
| 812 current window. Works like |:args_f| otherwise. | |
| 813 | |
| 814 *:argglobal* | |
| 815 :argg[lobal] Use the global argument list for the current window. | |
| 816 Doesn't start editing another file. | |
| 817 | |
| 818 :argg[lobal][!] [++opt] [+cmd] {arglist} | |
| 819 Use the global argument list for the current window. | |
| 820 Define a new global argument list like |:args_f|. | |
| 821 All windows using the global argument list will see | |
| 822 this new list. | |
| 823 | |
| 824 There can be several argument lists. They can be shared between windows. | |
| 825 When they are shared, changing the argument list in one window will also | |
| 826 change it in the other window. | |
| 827 | |
| 828 When a window is split the new window inherits the argument list from the | |
| 829 current window. The two windows then share this list, until one of them uses | |
| 830 |:arglocal| or |:argglobal| to use another argument list. | |
| 831 | |
| 832 | |
| 833 USING THE ARGUMENT LIST | |
| 834 | |
| 835 *:argdo* | |
| 6474 | 836 :[range]argdo[!] {cmd} Execute {cmd} for each file in the argument list or |
| 837 if [range] is specified only for arguments in that | |
| 838 range. It works like doing this: > | |
| 7 | 839 :rewind |
| 840 :{cmd} | |
| 841 :next | |
| 842 :{cmd} | |
| 843 etc. | |
| 844 < When the current file can't be |abandon|ed and the [!] | |
| 845 is not present, the command fails. | |
| 846 When an error is detected on one file, further files | |
| 847 in the argument list will not be visited. | |
| 848 The last file in the argument list (or where an error | |
| 849 occurred) becomes the current file. | |
| 850 {cmd} can contain '|' to concatenate several commands. | |
| 851 {cmd} must not change the argument list. | |
| 852 Note: While this command is executing, the Syntax | |
| 853 autocommand event is disabled by adding it to | |
| 854 'eventignore'. This considerably speeds up editing | |
| 855 each file. | |
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| 859 Example: > | |
| 860 :args *.c | |
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| 7 | 863 changed. This is done for all *.c files. |
| 864 | |
| 865 Example: > | |
| 866 :args *.[ch] | |
| 867 :argdo %s/\<my_foo\>/My_Foo/ge | update | |
| 868 This changes the word "my_foo" to "My_Foo" in all *.c and *.h files. The "e" | |
| 869 flag is used for the ":substitute" command to avoid an error for files where | |
| 870 "my_foo" isn't used. ":update" writes the file only if changes were made. | |
| 871 | |
| 872 ============================================================================== | |
| 39 | 873 4. Writing *writing* *save-file* |
| 7 | 874 |
| 875 Note: When the 'write' option is off, you are not able to write any file. | |
| 876 | |
| 877 *:w* *:write* | |
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| 1702 | 880 :w[rite] [++opt] Write the whole buffer to the current file. This is |
| 7 | 881 the normal way to save changes to a file. It fails |
| 882 when the 'readonly' option is set or when there is | |
| 883 another reason why the file can't be written. | |
| 1702 | 884 For ++opt see |++opt|, but only ++bin, ++nobin, ++ff |
| 885 and ++enc are effective. | |
| 7 | 886 |
| 1702 | 887 :w[rite]! [++opt] Like ":write", but forcefully write when 'readonly' is |
| 7 | 888 set or there is another reason why writing was |
| 889 refused. | |
| 890 Note: This may change the permission and ownership of | |
| 891 the file and break (symbolic) links. Add the 'W' flag | |
| 892 to 'cpoptions' to avoid this. | |
| 893 | |
| 1702 | 894 :[range]w[rite][!] [++opt] |
| 895 Write the specified lines to the current file. This | |
| 7 | 896 is unusual, because the file will not contain all |
| 897 lines in the buffer. | |
| 898 | |
| 899 *:w_f* *:write_f* | |
| 1702 | 900 :[range]w[rite] [++opt] {file} |
| 901 Write the specified lines to {file}, unless it | |
| 7 | 902 already exists and the 'writeany' option is off. |
| 903 | |
| 904 *:w!* | |
| 1702 | 905 :[range]w[rite]! [++opt] {file} |
| 906 Write the specified lines to {file}. Overwrite an | |
| 7 | 907 existing file. |
| 908 | |
| 909 *:w_a* *:write_a* *E494* | |
| 1702 | 910 :[range]w[rite][!] [++opt] >> |
| 911 Append the specified lines to the current file. | |
| 7 | 912 |
| 1702 | 913 :[range]w[rite][!] [++opt] >> {file} |
| 7 | 914 Append the specified lines to {file}. '!' forces the |
| 915 write even if file does not exist. | |
| 916 | |
| 917 *:w_c* *:write_c* | |
| 1702 | 918 :[range]w[rite] [++opt] !{cmd} |
| 919 Execute {cmd} with [range] lines as standard input | |
| 7 | 920 (note the space in front of the '!'). {cmd} is |
| 921 executed like with ":!{cmd}", any '!' is replaced with | |
| 922 the previous command |:!|. | |
| 923 | |
| 31 | 924 The default [range] for the ":w" command is the whole buffer (1,$). If you |
| 1620 | 925 write the whole buffer, it is no longer considered changed. When you |
| 926 write it to a different file with ":w somefile" it depends on the "+" flag in | |
| 927 'cpoptions'. When included, the write command will reset the 'modified' flag, | |
| 928 even though the buffer itself may still be different from its file. | |
| 31 | 929 |
| 7 | 930 If a file name is given with ":w" it becomes the alternate file. This can be |
| 931 used, for example, when the write fails and you want to try again later with | |
| 932 ":w #". This can be switched off by removing the 'A' flag from the | |
| 933 'cpoptions' option. | |
| 934 | |
| 12909 | 935 Note that the 'fsync' option matters here. If it's set it may make writes |
| 936 slower (but safer). | |
| 937 | |
| 7 | 938 *:sav* *:saveas* |
| 1702 | 939 :sav[eas][!] [++opt] {file} |
| 940 Save the current buffer under the name {file} and set | |
| 7 | 941 the filename of the current buffer to {file}. The |
| 942 previous name is used for the alternate file name. | |
| 943 The [!] is needed to overwrite an existing file. | |
| 633 | 944 When 'filetype' is empty filetype detection is done |
| 945 with the new name, before the file is written. | |
| 819 | 946 When the write was successful 'readonly' is reset. |
| 7 | 947 |
| 948 *:up* *:update* | |
| 1702 | 949 :[range]up[date][!] [++opt] [>>] [file] |
| 7 | 950 Like ":write", but only write when the buffer has been |
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| 7 | 952 |
| 953 | |
| 954 WRITING WITH MULTIPLE BUFFERS *buffer-write* | |
| 955 | |
| 956 *:wa* *:wall* | |
| 957 :wa[ll] Write all changed buffers. Buffers without a file | |
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| 7 | 964 |
| 965 | |
| 966 Vim will warn you if you try to overwrite a file that has been changed | |
| 967 elsewhere. See |timestamp|. | |
| 968 | |
| 969 *backup* *E207* *E506* *E507* *E508* *E509* *E510* | |
| 970 If you write to an existing file (but do not append) while the 'backup', | |
| 971 'writebackup' or 'patchmode' option is on, a backup of the original file is | |
| 972 made. The file is either copied or renamed (see 'backupcopy'). After the | |
| 973 file has been successfully written and when the 'writebackup' option is on and | |
| 974 the 'backup' option is off, the backup file is deleted. When the 'patchmode' | |
| 975 option is on the backup file may be renamed. | |
| 976 | |
| 977 *backup-table* | |
| 978 'backup' 'writebackup' action ~ | |
| 979 off off no backup made | |
| 980 off on backup current file, deleted afterwards (default) | |
| 981 on off delete old backup, backup current file | |
| 982 on on delete old backup, backup current file | |
| 983 | |
| 984 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches with the name of the file which is | |
| 985 written, no backup file is made. The values of 'backup' and 'writebackup' are | |
| 986 ignored then. | |
| 987 | |
| 988 When the 'backup' option is on, an old backup file (with the same name as the | |
| 989 new backup file) will be deleted. If 'backup' is not set, but 'writebackup' | |
| 990 is set, an existing backup file will not be deleted. The backup file that is | |
| 991 made while the file is being written will have a different name. | |
| 992 | |
| 993 On some filesystems it's possible that in a crash you lose both the backup and | |
| 994 the newly written file (it might be there but contain bogus data). In that | |
| 995 case try recovery, because the swap file is synced to disk and might still be | |
| 996 there. |:recover| | |
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| 7 | 999 file in. (default: same directory as the written file). |
| 1000 | |
| 1001 Whether the backup is a new file, which is a copy of the original file, or the | |
| 1002 original file renamed depends on the 'backupcopy' option. See there for an | |
| 1003 explanation of when the copy is made and when the file is renamed. | |
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| 1005 If the creation of a backup file fails, the write is not done. If you want | |
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| 1014 When the 'cpoptions' option contains 'W', Vim will refuse to overwrite a | |
| 1015 readonly file. When 'W' is not present, ":w!" will overwrite a readonly file, | |
| 1016 if the system allows it (the directory must be writable). | |
| 1017 | |
| 1018 *write-fail* | |
| 1019 If the writing of the new file fails, you have to be careful not to lose | |
| 1020 your changes AND the original file. If there is no backup file and writing | |
| 236 | 1021 the new file failed, you have already lost the original file! DON'T EXIT VIM |
| 1022 UNTIL YOU WRITE OUT THE FILE! If a backup was made, it is put back in place | |
| 7 | 1023 of the original file (if possible). If you exit Vim, and lose the changes |
| 1024 you made, the original file will mostly still be there. If putting back the | |
| 1025 original file fails, there will be an error message telling you that you | |
| 1026 lost the original file. | |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 *DOS-format-write* | |
| 1029 If the 'fileformat' is "dos", <CR> <NL> is used for <EOL>. This is default | |
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| 7 | 1035 *Mac-format-write* |
| 1036 If the 'fileformat' is "mac", <CR> is used for <EOL>. On non-Mac systems the | |
| 1037 message "[mac format]" is shown. | |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 See also |file-formats| and the 'fileformat' and 'fileformats' options. | |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 *ACL* | |
| 1042 ACL stands for Access Control List. It is an advanced way to control access | |
| 1043 rights for a file. It is used on new MS-Windows and Unix systems, but only | |
| 1044 when the filesystem supports it. | |
| 1045 Vim attempts to preserve the ACL info when writing a file. The backup file | |
| 1046 will get the ACL info of the original file. | |
| 1047 The ACL info is also used to check if a file is read-only (when opening the | |
| 1048 file). | |
| 1049 | |
| 1050 *read-only-share* | |
| 1051 When MS-Windows shares a drive on the network it can be marked as read-only. | |
| 1052 This means that even if the file read-only attribute is absent, and the ACL | |
| 1053 settings on NT network shared drives allow writing to the file, you can still | |
| 1054 not write to the file. Vim on Win32 platforms will detect read-only network | |
| 1055 drives and will mark the file as read-only. You will not be able to override | |
| 1056 it with |:write|. | |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 *write-device* | |
| 1059 When the file name is actually a device name, Vim will not make a backup (that | |
| 1060 would be impossible). You need to use "!", since the device already exists. | |
| 1061 Example for Unix: > | |
| 1062 :w! /dev/lpt0 | |
| 18972 | 1063 and for MS-Windows: > |
| 7 | 1064 :w! lpt0 |
| 1065 For Unix a device is detected when the name doesn't refer to a normal file or | |
| 1066 a directory. A fifo or named pipe also looks like a device to Vim. | |
| 18972 | 1067 For MS-Windows the device is detected by its name: |
| 7 | 1068 AUX |
| 1069 CON | |
| 1070 CLOCK$ | |
| 1071 NUL | |
| 1072 PRN | |
| 1073 COMn n=1,2,3... etc | |
| 1074 LPTn n=1,2,3... etc | |
| 1075 The names can be in upper- or lowercase. | |
| 1076 | |
| 1077 ============================================================================== | |
| 39 | 1078 5. Writing and quitting *write-quit* |
| 7 | 1079 |
| 1080 *:q* *:quit* | |
| 1081 :q[uit] Quit the current window. Quit Vim if this is the last | |
| 1082 window. This fails when changes have been made and | |
| 1083 Vim refuses to |abandon| the current buffer, and when | |
| 1084 the last file in the argument list has not been | |
| 1085 edited. | |
| 674 | 1086 If there are other tab pages and quitting the last |
| 1087 window in the current tab page the current tab page is | |
| 1088 closed |tab-page|. | |
| 3682 | 1089 Triggers the |QuitPre| autocommand event. |
| 12254 | 1090 See |CTRL-W_q| for quitting another window. |
| 7 | 1091 |
| 1092 :conf[irm] q[uit] Quit, but give prompt when changes have been made, or | |
| 1093 the last file in the argument list has not been | |
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| 6385 | 1103 Use ":qall!" to exit always. |
| 7 | 1104 |
| 1105 :cq[uit] Quit always, without writing, and return an error | |
| 1106 code. See |:cq|. Used for Manx's QuickFix mode (see | |
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| 7 | 1108 |
| 1109 *:wq* | |
| 1702 | 1110 :wq [++opt] Write the current file and quit. Writing fails when |
| 7 | 1111 the file is read-only or the buffer does not have a |
| 1112 name. Quitting fails when the last file in the | |
| 1113 argument list has not been edited. | |
| 1114 | |
| 1702 | 1115 :wq! [++opt] Write the current file and quit. Writing fails when |
| 7 | 1116 the current buffer does not have a name. |
| 1117 | |
| 1702 | 1118 :wq [++opt] {file} Write to {file} and quit. Quitting fails when the |
| 7 | 1119 last file in the argument list has not been edited. |
| 1120 | |
| 1702 | 1121 :wq! [++opt] {file} Write to {file} and quit. |
| 7 | 1122 |
| 1702 | 1123 :[range]wq[!] [++opt] [file] |
| 1124 Same as above, but only write the lines in [range]. | |
| 7 | 1125 |
| 1126 *:x* *:xit* | |
| 1702 | 1127 :[range]x[it][!] [++opt] [file] |
| 7 | 1128 Like ":wq", but write only when changes have been |
| 1129 made. | |
| 1130 When 'hidden' is set and there are more windows, the | |
| 1131 current buffer becomes hidden, after writing the file. | |
| 1132 | |
| 1133 *:exi* *:exit* | |
| 1702 | 1134 :[range]exi[t][!] [++opt] [file] |
| 7 | 1135 Same as :xit. |
| 1136 | |
| 1137 *ZZ* | |
| 1138 ZZ Write current file, if modified, and quit (same as | |
| 1139 ":x"). (Note: If there are several windows for the | |
| 1140 current file, the file is written if it was modified | |
| 1141 and the window is closed). | |
| 1142 | |
| 1143 *ZQ* | |
| 1144 ZQ Quit without checking for changes (same as ":q!"). | |
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| 1147 MULTIPLE WINDOWS AND BUFFERS *window-exit* | |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 *:qa* *:qall* | |
| 1150 :qa[ll] Exit Vim, unless there are some buffers which have been | |
| 1151 changed. (Use ":bmod" to go to the next modified buffer). | |
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| 7 | 1154 |
| 1155 :conf[irm] qa[ll] | |
| 1156 Exit Vim. Bring up a prompt when some buffers have been | |
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| 1620 | 1160 Also see |:cquit|, it does the same but exits with a non-zero |
| 1161 value. | |
| 7 | 1162 |
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| 7 | 1165 |
| 1702 | 1166 :wqa[ll] [++opt] *:wqa* *:wqall* *:xa* *:xall* |
| 7 | 1167 :xa[ll] Write all changed buffers and exit Vim. If there are buffers |
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| 1702 | 1171 :conf[irm] wqa[ll] [++opt] |
| 7 | 1172 :conf[irm] xa[ll] |
| 1173 Write all changed buffers and exit Vim. Bring up a prompt | |
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| 7 | 1176 |
| 1702 | 1177 :wqa[ll]! [++opt] |
| 7 | 1178 :xa[ll]! Write all changed buffers, even the ones that are readonly, |
| 1179 and exit Vim. If there are buffers without a file name or | |
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| 7 | 1182 |
| 1183 ============================================================================== | |
| 39 | 1184 6. Dialogs *edit-dialogs* |
| 1185 | |
| 1186 *:confirm* *:conf* | |
| 1187 :conf[irm] {command} Execute {command}, and use a dialog when an | |
| 1188 operation has to be confirmed. Can be used on the | |
| 3445 | 1189 |:q|, |:qa| and |:w| commands (the latter to override |
| 1190 a read-only setting), and any other command that can | |
| 1191 fail in such a way, such as |:only|, |:buffer|, | |
| 1192 |:bdelete|, etc. | |
| 39 | 1193 |
| 1194 Examples: > | |
| 1195 :confirm w foo | |
| 1196 < Will ask for confirmation when "foo" already exists. > | |
| 1197 :confirm q | |
| 1198 < Will ask for confirmation when there are changes. > | |
| 1199 :confirm qa | |
| 1200 < If any modified, unsaved buffers exist, you will be prompted to save | |
| 1201 or abandon each one. There are also choices to "save all" or "abandon | |
| 1202 all". | |
| 1203 | |
| 1204 If you want to always use ":confirm", set the 'confirm' option. | |
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| 39 | 1217 {only in Win32, Athena, Motif, GTK and Mac GUI} |
| 1218 When ":browse" is not possible you get an error | |
| 1219 message. If the |+browse| feature is missing or the | |
| 1220 {command} doesn't support browsing, the {command} is | |
| 1221 executed without a dialog. | |
| 1222 ":browse set" works like |:options|. | |
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| 39 | 1224 |
| 1225 The syntax is best shown via some examples: > | |
| 1226 :browse e $vim/foo | |
| 1227 < Open the browser in the $vim/foo directory, and edit the | |
| 1228 file chosen. > | |
| 1229 :browse e | |
| 1230 < Open the browser in the directory specified with 'browsedir', | |
| 1231 and edit the file chosen. > | |
| 1232 :browse w | |
| 1233 < Open the browser in the directory of the current buffer, | |
| 1234 with the current buffer filename as default, and save the | |
| 1235 buffer under the filename chosen. > | |
| 1236 :browse w C:/bar | |
| 1237 < Open the browser in the C:/bar directory, with the current | |
| 1238 buffer filename as default, and save the buffer under the | |
| 1239 filename chosen. | |
| 18016 | 1240 Also see the 'browsedir' option. |
| 39 | 1241 For versions of Vim where browsing is not supported, the command is executed |
| 1242 unmodified. | |
| 1243 | |
| 1244 *browsefilter* | |
| 3682 | 1245 For MS Windows and GTK, you can modify the filters that are used in the browse |
| 1246 dialog. By setting the g:browsefilter or b:browsefilter variables, you can | |
| 1247 change the filters globally or locally to the buffer. The variable is set to | |
| 1248 a string in the format "{filter label}\t{pattern};{pattern}\n" where {filter | |
| 1249 label} is the text that appears in the "Files of Type" comboBox, and {pattern} | |
| 1250 is the pattern which filters the filenames. Several patterns can be given, | |
| 1251 separated by ';'. | |
| 39 | 1252 |
| 1253 For Motif the same format is used, but only the very first pattern is actually | |
| 1254 used (Motif only offers one pattern, but you can edit it). | |
| 1255 | |
| 1256 For example, to have only Vim files in the dialog, you could use the following | |
| 1257 command: > | |
| 1258 | |
| 3682 | 1259 let g:browsefilter = "Vim Scripts\t*.vim\nVim Startup Files\t*vimrc\n" |
| 39 | 1260 |
| 1261 You can override the filter setting on a per-buffer basis by setting the | |
| 1262 b:browsefilter variable. You would most likely set b:browsefilter in a | |
| 1263 filetype plugin, so that the browse dialog would contain entries related to | |
| 1264 the type of file you are currently editing. Disadvantage: This makes it | |
| 1265 difficult to start editing a file of a different type. To overcome this, you | |
| 1266 may want to add "All Files\t*.*\n" as the final filter, so that the user can | |
| 1267 still access any desired file. | |
| 1268 | |
| 3682 | 1269 To avoid setting browsefilter when Vim does not actually support it, you can |
| 1270 use has("browsefilter"): > | |
| 1271 | |
| 1272 if has("browsefilter") | |
| 1273 let g:browsefilter = "whatever" | |
| 1274 endif | |
| 1275 | |
| 39 | 1276 ============================================================================== |
| 1277 7. The current directory *current-directory* | |
| 1278 | |
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| 39 | 1283 |
| 167 | 1284 Changing directory fails when the current buffer is modified, the '.' flag is |
| 1285 present in 'cpoptions' and "!" is not used in the command. | |
| 1286 | |
| 835 | 1287 *:cd* *E747* *E472* |
| 167 | 1288 :cd[!] On non-Unix systems: Print the current directory |
| 39 | 1289 name. On Unix systems: Change the current directory |
| 1290 to the home directory. Use |:pwd| to print the | |
| 1291 current directory on all systems. | |
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| 39 | 1293 |
| 167 | 1294 :cd[!] {path} Change the current directory to {path}. |
| 39 | 1295 If {path} is relative, it is searched for in the |
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| 39 | 1298 Does not change the meaning of an already opened file, |
| 1299 because its full path name is remembered. Files from | |
| 1300 the |arglist| may change though! | |
| 18972 | 1301 On MS-Windows this also changes the active drive. |
| 39 | 1302 To change to the directory of the current file: > |
| 1303 :cd %:h | |
| 1304 < | |
| 1305 *:cd-* *E186* | |
| 167 | 1306 :cd[!] - Change to the previous current directory (before the |
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| 39 | 1308 |
| 1309 *:chd* *:chdir* | |
| 167 | 1310 :chd[ir][!] [path] Same as |:cd|. |
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| 39 | 1330 |
| 1331 *:pw* *:pwd* *E187* | |
| 16610 | 1332 :pw[d] Print the current directory name. |
| 39 | 1333 Also see |getcwd()|. |
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| 39 | 1355 |
| 1356 After using |:cd| the full path name will be used for reading and writing | |
| 1357 files. On some networked file systems this may cause problems. The result of | |
| 1358 using the full path name is that the file names currently in use will remain | |
| 1359 referring to the same file. Example: If you have a file a:test and a | |
| 1360 directory a:vim the commands ":e test" ":cd vim" ":w" will overwrite the file | |
| 1361 a:test and not write a:vim/test. But if you do ":w test" the file a:vim/test | |
| 1362 will be written, because you gave a new file name and did not refer to a | |
| 1363 filename before the ":cd". | |
| 1364 | |
| 1365 ============================================================================== | |
| 7 | 1366 8. Editing binary files *edit-binary* |
| 1367 | |
| 1368 Although Vim was made to edit text files, it is possible to edit binary | |
| 1369 files. The |-b| Vim argument (b for binary) makes Vim do file I/O in binary | |
| 1370 mode, and sets some options for editing binary files ('binary' on, 'textwidth' | |
| 1371 to 0, 'modeline' off, 'expandtab' off). Setting the 'binary' option has the | |
| 1372 same effect. Don't forget to do this before reading the file. | |
| 1373 | |
| 1374 There are a few things to remember when editing binary files: | |
| 1375 - When editing executable files the number of characters must not change. | |
| 1376 Use only the "R" or "r" command to change text. Do not delete characters | |
| 1377 with "x" or by backspacing. | |
| 1378 - Set the 'textwidth' option to 0. Otherwise lines will unexpectedly be | |
| 1379 split in two. | |
| 1380 - When there are not many <EOL>s, the lines will become very long. If you | |
| 1381 want to edit a line that does not fit on the screen reset the 'wrap' option. | |
| 1382 Horizontal scrolling is used then. If a line becomes too long (more than | |
| 1383 about 32767 characters on the Amiga, much more on 32-bit systems, see | |
| 1384 |limits|) you cannot edit that line. The line will be split when reading | |
| 1385 the file. It is also possible that you get an "out of memory" error when | |
| 1386 reading the file. | |
| 1387 - Make sure the 'binary' option is set BEFORE loading the | |
| 1388 file. Otherwise both <CR> <NL> and <NL> are considered to end a line | |
| 1389 and when the file is written the <NL> will be replaced with <CR> <NL>. | |
| 1390 - <Nul> characters are shown on the screen as ^@. You can enter them with | |
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| 7013 | 1392 - To insert a <NL> character in the file split a line. When writing the |
| 7 | 1393 buffer to a file a <NL> will be written for the <EOL>. |
| 1394 - Vim normally appends an <EOL> at the end of the file if there is none. | |
| 1395 Setting the 'binary' option prevents this. If you want to add the final | |
| 1396 <EOL>, set the 'endofline' option. You can also read the value of this | |
| 1397 option to see if there was an <EOL> for the last line (you cannot see this | |
| 1398 in the text). | |
| 1399 | |
| 1400 ============================================================================== | |
| 1401 9. Encryption *encryption* | |
| 1402 | |
| 1403 Vim is able to write files encrypted, and read them back. The encrypted text | |
| 1404 cannot be read without the right key. | |
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| 7 | 1406 |
| 2662 | 1407 The text in the swap file and the undo file is also encrypted. *E843* |
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| 15194 | 1410 lose your work. The undo file can be disabled without too much disadvantage. > |
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| 2267 | 1413 |
| 1414 Note: The text in memory is not encrypted. A system administrator may be able | |
| 1415 to see your text while you are editing it. When filtering text with | |
| 6122 | 1416 ":!filter" or using ":w !command" the text is also not encrypted, this may |
| 1417 reveal it to others. The 'viminfo' file is not encrypted. | |
| 1418 | |
| 1419 You could do this to edit very secret text: > | |
| 1420 :set noundofile viminfo= | |
| 1421 :noswapfile edit secrets.txt | |
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| 7013 | 1423 of a crash or a power failure. |
| 7 | 1424 |
| 1425 WARNING: If you make a typo when entering the key and then write the file and | |
| 1426 exit, the text will be lost! | |
| 1427 | |
| 1428 The normal way to work with encryption, is to use the ":X" command, which will | |
| 1429 ask you to enter a key. A following write command will use that key to | |
| 1430 encrypt the file. If you later edit the same file, Vim will ask you to enter | |
| 1431 a key. If you type the same key as that was used for writing, the text will | |
| 1432 be readable again. If you use a wrong key, it will be a mess. | |
| 1433 | |
| 1434 *:X* | |
| 1435 :X Prompt for an encryption key. The typing is done without showing the | |
| 1436 actual text, so that someone looking at the display won't see it. | |
| 1437 The typed key is stored in the 'key' option, which is used to encrypt | |
| 1438 the file when it is written. The file will remain unchanged until you | |
| 1439 write it. See also |-x|. | |
| 1440 | |
| 1441 The value of the 'key' options is used when text is written. When the option | |
| 1442 is not empty, the written file will be encrypted, using the value as the | |
| 1443 encryption key. A magic number is prepended, so that Vim can recognize that | |
| 1444 the file is encrypted. | |
| 1445 | |
| 1446 To disable the encryption, reset the 'key' option to an empty value: > | |
| 1447 :set key= | |
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| 6122 | 1450 of these: > |
| 1451 :setlocal cm=zip " weak method, backwards compatible | |
| 1452 :setlocal cm=blowfish " method with flaws | |
| 1453 :setlocal cm=blowfish2 " medium strong method | |
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| 6122 | 1458 |
| 18831 | 1459 To set the default method, used for new files, use this in your |vimrc| |
| 6369 | 1460 file: > |
| 6122 | 1461 set cm=blowfish2 |
| 6369 | 1462 Using "blowfish2" is highly recommended. Only use another method if you |
| 1463 must use an older Vim version that does not support it. | |
| 6122 | 1464 |
| 2725 | 1465 The message given for reading and writing a file will show "[crypted]" when |
| 6122 | 1466 using zip, "[blowfish]" when using blowfish, etc. |
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| 2264 | 1490 *E831* This is an internal error, "cannot happen". If you can reproduce it, |
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| 7 | 1498 |
| 1499 If want to start reading a file that uses a different key, set the 'key' | |
| 1500 option to an empty string, so that Vim will prompt for a new one. Don't use | |
| 1501 the ":set" command to enter the value, other people can read the command over | |
| 1502 your shoulder. | |
| 1503 | |
| 1504 Since the value of the 'key' option is supposed to be a secret, its value can | |
| 1505 never be viewed. You should not set this option in a vimrc file. | |
| 1506 | |
| 2368 | 1507 An encrypted file can be recognized by the "file" command, if you add these |
| 1508 lines to "/etc/magic", "/usr/share/misc/magic" or wherever your system has the | |
| 7 | 1509 "magic" file: > |
| 1510 0 string VimCrypt~ Vim encrypted file | |
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| 6122 | 1513 >9 string 03 - "blowfish2" cryptmethod |
| 7 | 1514 |
| 1515 Notes: | |
| 1516 - Encryption is not possible when doing conversion with 'charconvert'. | |
| 1517 - Text you copy or delete goes to the numbered registers. The registers can | |
| 1518 be saved in the .viminfo file, where they could be read. Change your | |
| 1519 'viminfo' option to be safe. | |
| 1520 - Someone can type commands in Vim when you walk away for a moment, he should | |
| 1521 not be able to get the key. | |
| 1522 - If you make a typing mistake when entering the key, you might not be able to | |
| 1523 get your text back! | |
| 1524 - If you type the key with a ":set key=value" command, it can be kept in the | |
| 1525 history, showing the 'key' value in a viminfo file. | |
| 1526 - There is never 100% safety. The encryption in Vim has not been tested for | |
| 1527 robustness. | |
| 2581 | 1528 - The algorithm used for 'cryptmethod' "zip" is breakable. A 4 character key |
| 1529 in about one hour, a 6 character key in one day (on a Pentium 133 PC). This | |
| 1530 requires that you know some text that must appear in the file. An expert | |
| 1531 can break it for any key. When the text has been decrypted, this also means | |
| 1532 that the key can be revealed, and other files encrypted with the same key | |
| 1533 can be decrypted. | |
| 1534 - Pkzip uses the same encryption as 'cryptmethod' "zip", and US Govt has no | |
| 1535 objection to its export. Pkzip's public file APPNOTE.TXT describes this | |
| 1536 algorithm in detail. | |
| 6259 | 1537 - The implementation of 'cryptmethod' "blowfish" has a flaw. It is possible |
| 1538 to crack the first 64 bytes of a file and in some circumstances more of the | |
| 6122 | 1539 file. Use of it is not recommended, but it's still the strongest method |
| 1540 supported by Vim 7.3 and 7.4. The "zip" method is even weaker. | |
| 7 | 1541 - Vim originates from the Netherlands. That is where the sources come from. |
| 1542 Thus the encryption code is not exported from the USA. | |
| 1543 | |
| 1544 ============================================================================== | |
| 1545 10. Timestamps *timestamp* *timestamps* | |
| 1546 | |
| 5908 | 1547 Vim remembers the modification timestamp, mode and size of a file when you |
| 1548 begin editing it. This is used to avoid that you have two different versions | |
| 1549 of the same file (without you knowing this). | |
| 7 | 1550 |
| 5908 | 1551 After a shell command is run (|:!cmd| |suspend| |:read!| |K|) timestamps, |
| 1552 file modes and file sizes are compared for all buffers in a window. Vim will | |
| 1553 run any associated |FileChangedShell| autocommands or display a warning for | |
| 1554 any files that have changed. In the GUI this happens when Vim regains input | |
| 1555 focus. | |
| 7 | 1556 |
| 1557 *E321* *E462* | |
| 1558 If you want to automatically reload a file when it has been changed outside of | |
| 1559 Vim, set the 'autoread' option. This doesn't work at the moment you write the | |
| 1560 file though, only when the file wasn't changed inside of Vim. | |
| 18186 | 1561 *ignore-timestamp* |
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| 7 | 1569 Note that if a FileChangedShell autocommand is defined you will not get a |
| 1570 warning message or prompt. The autocommand is expected to handle this. | |
| 1571 | |
| 139 | 1572 There is no warning for a directory (e.g., with |netrw-browse|). But you do |
| 1573 get warned if you started editing a new file and it was created as a directory | |
| 1574 later. | |
| 7 | 1575 |
| 1576 When Vim notices the timestamp of a file has changed, and the file is being | |
| 1577 edited in a buffer but has not changed, Vim checks if the contents of the file | |
| 1578 is equal. This is done by reading the file again (into a hidden buffer, which | |
| 1579 is immediately deleted again) and comparing the text. If the text is equal, | |
| 1580 you will get no warning. | |
| 1581 | |
| 1582 If you don't get warned often enough you can use the following command. | |
| 1583 | |
| 1584 *:checkt* *:checktime* | |
| 1585 :checkt[ime] Check if any buffers were changed outside of Vim. | |
| 1586 This checks and warns you if you would end up with two | |
| 1587 versions of a file. | |
| 1588 If this is called from an autocommand, a ":global" | |
| 1589 command or is not typed the actual check is postponed | |
| 1590 until a moment the side effects (reloading the file) | |
| 1591 would be harmless. | |
| 1592 Each loaded buffer is checked for its associated file | |
| 1593 being changed. If the file was changed Vim will take | |
| 1594 action. If there are no changes in the buffer and | |
| 1595 'autoread' is set, the buffer is reloaded. Otherwise, | |
| 1596 you are offered the choice of reloading the file. If | |
| 1597 the file was deleted you get an error message. | |
| 1598 If the file previously didn't exist you get a warning | |
| 1599 if it exists now. | |
| 1600 Once a file has been checked the timestamp is reset, | |
| 1601 you will not be warned again. | |
| 1602 | |
| 1603 :[N]checkt[ime] {filename} | |
| 1604 :[N]checkt[ime] [N] | |
| 1605 Check the timestamp of a specific buffer. The buffer | |
| 1606 may be specified by name, number or with a pattern. | |
| 1607 | |
| 1608 | |
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| 7 | 1620 Before writing a file the timestamp is checked. If it has changed, Vim will |
| 1621 ask if you really want to overwrite the file: | |
| 1622 | |
| 1623 WARNING: The file has been changed since reading it!!! | |
| 1624 Do you really want to write to it (y/n)? | |
| 1625 | |
| 1626 If you hit 'y' Vim will continue writing the file. If you hit 'n' the write is | |
| 1627 aborted. If you used ":wq" or "ZZ" Vim will not exit, you will get another | |
| 1628 chance to write the file. | |
| 1629 | |
| 1630 The message would normally mean that somebody has written to the file after | |
| 1631 the edit session started. This could be another person, in which case you | |
| 1632 probably want to check if your changes to the file and the changes from the | |
| 1633 other person should be merged. Write the file under another name and check for | |
| 1634 differences (the "diff" program can be used for this). | |
| 1635 | |
| 1636 It is also possible that you modified the file yourself, from another edit | |
| 1637 session or with another command (e.g., a filter command). Then you will know | |
| 1638 which version of the file you want to keep. | |
| 1639 | |
| 236 | 1640 There is one situation where you get the message while there is nothing wrong: |
| 1641 On a Win32 system on the day daylight saving time starts. There is something | |
| 1642 in the Win32 libraries that confuses Vim about the hour time difference. The | |
| 1643 problem goes away the next day. | |
| 1644 | |
| 39 | 1645 ============================================================================== |
| 1646 11. File Searching *file-searching* | |
| 1647 | |
| 1648 {not available when compiled without the |+path_extra| feature} | |
| 1649 | |
| 1650 The file searching is currently used for the 'path', 'cdpath' and 'tags' | |
| 1668 | 1651 options, for |finddir()| and |findfile()|. Other commands use |wildcards| |
| 1652 which is slightly different. | |
| 1121 | 1653 |
| 1654 There are three different types of searching: | |
| 39 | 1655 |
| 444 | 1656 1) Downward search: *starstar* |
| 39 | 1657 Downward search uses the wildcards '*', '**' and possibly others |
| 1668 | 1658 supported by your operating system. '*' and '**' are handled inside Vim, |
| 1659 so they work on all operating systems. Note that "**" only acts as a | |
| 1660 special wildcard when it is at the start of a name. | |
| 39 | 1661 |
| 1620 | 1662 The usage of '*' is quite simple: It matches 0 or more characters. In a |
| 1663 search pattern this would be ".*". Note that the "." is not used for file | |
| 1664 searching. | |
| 39 | 1665 |
| 1666 '**' is more sophisticated: | |
| 1667 - It ONLY matches directories. | |
| 1668 | 1668 - It matches up to 30 directories deep by default, so you can use it to |
| 1669 search an entire directory tree | |
| 39 | 1670 - The maximum number of levels matched can be given by appending a number |
| 1671 to '**'. | |
| 1672 Thus '/usr/**2' can match: > | |
| 1673 /usr | |
| 1674 /usr/include | |
| 1675 /usr/include/sys | |
| 1676 /usr/include/g++ | |
| 1677 /usr/lib | |
| 1678 /usr/lib/X11 | |
| 1679 .... | |
| 1680 < It does NOT match '/usr/include/g++/std' as this would be three | |
| 1681 levels. | |
| 1668 | 1682 The allowed number range is 0 ('**0' is removed) to 100 |
| 39 | 1683 If the given number is smaller than 0 it defaults to 30, if it's |
| 1668 | 1684 bigger than 100 then 100 is used. The system also has a limit on the |
| 1685 path length, usually 256 or 1024 bytes. | |
| 39 | 1686 - '**' can only be at the end of the path or be followed by a path |
| 1687 separator or by a number and a path separator. | |
| 1688 | |
| 1689 You can combine '*' and '**' in any order: > | |
| 1690 /usr/**/sys/* | |
| 1668 | 1691 /usr/*tory/sys/** |
| 39 | 1692 /usr/**2/sys/* |
| 1693 | |
| 1694 2) Upward search: | |
| 1695 Here you can give a directory and then search the directory tree upward for | |
| 236 | 1696 a file. You could give stop-directories to limit the upward search. The |
| 39 | 1697 stop-directories are appended to the path (for the 'path' option) or to |
| 236 | 1698 the filename (for the 'tags' option) with a ';'. If you want several |
| 1699 stop-directories separate them with ';'. If you want no stop-directory | |
| 39 | 1700 ("search upward till the root directory) just use ';'. > |
| 1701 /usr/include/sys;/usr | |
| 1702 < will search in: > | |
| 1703 /usr/include/sys | |
| 1704 /usr/include | |
| 1705 /usr | |
| 1706 < | |
| 1707 If you use a relative path the upward search is started in Vim's current | |
| 1708 directory or in the directory of the current file (if the relative path | |
| 1709 starts with './' and 'd' is not included in 'cpoptions'). | |
| 1710 | |
| 1711 If Vim's current path is /u/user_x/work/release and you do > | |
| 1712 :set path=include;/u/user_x | |
| 1713 < and then search for a file with |gf| the file is searched in: > | |
| 1714 /u/user_x/work/release/include | |
| 1715 /u/user_x/work/include | |
| 1716 /u/user_x/include | |
| 1717 | |
| 236 | 1718 3) Combined up/downward search: |
| 39 | 1719 If Vim's current path is /u/user_x/work/release and you do > |
| 1720 set path=**;/u/user_x | |
| 1721 < and then search for a file with |gf| the file is searched in: > | |
| 1722 /u/user_x/work/release/** | |
| 1723 /u/user_x/work/** | |
| 1724 /u/user_x/** | |
| 1725 < | |
| 236 | 1726 BE CAREFUL! This might consume a lot of time, as the search of |
| 39 | 1727 '/u/user_x/**' includes '/u/user_x/work/**' and |
| 1728 '/u/user_x/work/release/**'. So '/u/user_x/work/release/**' is searched | |
| 236 | 1729 three times and '/u/user_x/work/**' is searched twice. |
| 39 | 1730 |
| 1731 In the above example you might want to set path to: > | |
| 1732 :set path=**,/u/user_x/** | |
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| 11914 | 1739 currently work with 'path' items that contain a URL or use the double star |
| 3456 | 1740 with depth limiter (/usr/**2) or upward search (;) notations. |
| 7 | 1741 |
| 14421 | 1742 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |