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1 *options.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 11
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Options *options*
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9 1. Setting options |set-option|
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10 2. Automatically setting options |auto-setting|
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11 3. Options summary |option-summary|
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13 For an overview of options see help.txt |option-list|.
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15 Vim has a number of internal variables and switches which can be set to
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16 achieve special effects. These options come in three forms:
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17 boolean can only be on or off *boolean* *toggle*
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18 number has a numeric value
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19 string has a string value
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21 ==============================================================================
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22 1. Setting options *set-option* *E764*
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24 *:se* *:set*
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25 :se[t] Show all options that differ from their default value.
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27 :se[t] all Show all but terminal options.
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29 :se[t] termcap Show all terminal options. Note that in the GUI the
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30 key codes are not shown, because they are generated
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31 internally and can't be changed. Changing the terminal
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32 codes in the GUI is not useful either...
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34 *E518* *E519*
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35 :se[t] {option}? Show value of {option}.
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37 :se[t] {option} Toggle option: set, switch it on.
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38 Number option: show value.
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39 String option: show value.
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41 :se[t] no{option} Toggle option: Reset, switch it off.
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43 :se[t] {option}! or
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44 :se[t] inv{option} Toggle option: Invert value. {not in Vi}
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45
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46 *:set-default* *:set-&* *:set-&vi* *:set-&vim*
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47 :se[t] {option}& Reset option to its default value. May depend on the
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48 current value of 'compatible'. {not in Vi}
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49 :se[t] {option}&vi Reset option to its Vi default value. {not in Vi}
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50 :se[t] {option}&vim Reset option to its Vim default value. {not in Vi}
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52 :se[t] all& Set all options, except terminal options, to their
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53 default value. The values of 'term', 'lines' and
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56 *:set-args* *E487* *E521*
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57 :se[t] {option}={value} or
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58 :se[t] {option}:{value}
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59 Set string or number option to {value}.
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60 For numeric options the value can be given in decimal,
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61 hex (preceded with 0x) or octal (preceded with '0')
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62 (hex and octal are only available for machines which
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63 have the strtol() function).
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64 The old value can be inserted by typing 'wildchar' (by
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65 default this is a <Tab> or CTRL-E if 'compatible' is
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66 set). See |cmdline-completion|.
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67 White space between {option} and '=' is allowed and
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68 will be ignored. White space between '=' and {value}
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69 is not allowed.
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70 See |option-backslash| for using white space and
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71 backslashes in {value}.
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73 :se[t] {option}+={value} *:set+=*
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74 Add the {value} to a number option, or append the
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75 {value} to a string option. When the option is a
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76 comma separated list, a comma is added, unless the
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77 value was empty.
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78 If the option is a list of flags, superfluous flags
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79 are removed. When adding a flag that was already
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80 present the option value doesn't change.
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81 < Also see |:set-args| above.
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82 {not in Vi}
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84 :se[t] {option}^={value} *:set^=*
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85 Multiply the {value} to a number option, or prepend
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86 the {value} to a string option. When the option is a
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87 comma separated list, a comma is added, unless the
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88 value was empty.
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89 Also see |:set-args| above.
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90 {not in Vi}
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92 :se[t] {option}-={value} *:set-=*
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93 Subtract the {value} from a number option, or remove
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94 the {value} from a string option, if it is there.
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95 If the {value} is not found in a string option, there
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96 is no error or warning. When the option is a comma
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97 separated list, a comma is deleted, unless the option
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98 becomes empty.
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99 When the option is a list of flags, {value} must be
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100 exactly as they appear in the option. Remove flags
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101 one by one to avoid problems.
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102 Also see |:set-args| above.
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103 {not in Vi}
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105 The {option} arguments to ":set" may be repeated. For example: >
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107 If you make an error in one of the arguments, an error message will be given
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108 and the following arguments will be ignored.
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110 *:set-verbose*
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111 When 'verbose' is non-zero, displaying an option value will also tell where it
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112 was last set. Example: >
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113 :verbose set shiftwidth cindent?
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114 shiftwidth=4
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115 Last set from modeline
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116 cindent
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117 Last set from /usr/local/share/vim/vim60/ftplugin/c.vim
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118 This is only done when specific option values are requested, not for ":set
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119 all" or ":set" without an argument.
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120 When the option was set by hand there is no "Last set" message. There is only
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121 one value for all local options with the same name. Thus the message applies
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122 to the option name, not necessarily its value.
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123 When the option was set while executing a function, user command or
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124 autocommand, the script in which it was defined is reported.
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125 Note that an option may also have been set as a side effect of setting
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126 'compatible'.
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127 {not available when compiled without the +eval feature}
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129 *:set-termcap* *E522*
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130 For {option} the form "t_xx" may be used to set a terminal option. This will
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131 override the value from the termcap. You can then use it in a mapping. If
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132 the "xx" part contains special characters, use the <t_xx> form: >
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133 :set <t_#4>=^[Ot
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134 This can also be used to translate a special code for a normal key. For
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135 example, if Alt-b produces <Esc>b, use this: >
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136 :set <M-b>=^[b
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137 (the ^[ is a real <Esc> here, use CTRL-V <Esc> to enter it)
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138 The advantage over a mapping is that it works in all situations.
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140 The t_xx options cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
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141 security reasons.
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143 The listing from ":set" looks different from Vi. Long string options are put
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144 at the end of the list. The number of options is quite large. The output of
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145 "set all" probably does not fit on the screen, causing Vim to give the
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146 |more-prompt|.
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148 *option-backslash*
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149 To include white space in a string option value it has to be preceded with a
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150 backslash. To include a backslash you have to use two. Effectively this
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151 means that the number of backslashes in an option value is halved (rounded
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152 down).
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154 :set tags=tags\ /usr/tags results in "tags /usr/tags"
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155 :set tags=tags\\,file results in "tags\,file"
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156 :set tags=tags\\\ file results in "tags\ file"
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158 The "|" character separates a ":set" command from a following command. To
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159 include the "|" in the option value, use "\|" instead. This example sets the
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162 This sets the 'titlestring' option to "hi" and 'iconstring' to "there": >
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165 Similarly, the double quote character starts a comment. To include the '"' in
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166 the option value, use '\"' instead. This example sets the 'titlestring'
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171 precise: For options that expect a file name (those where environment
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172 variables are expanded) a backslash before a normal file name character is not
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173 removed. But a backslash before a special character (space, backslash, comma,
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174 etc.) is used like explained above.
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177 :set dir=\\\\machine\\path results in "\\machine\path"
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178 :set dir=\\path\\file results in "\\path\file" (wrong!)
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179 For the first one the start is kept, but for the second one the backslashes
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180 are halved. This makes sure it works both when you expect backslashes to be
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181 halved and when you expect the backslashes to be kept. The third gives a
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182 result which is probably not what you want. Avoid it.
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184 *add-option-flags* *remove-option-flags*
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185 *E539* *E550* *E551* *E552*
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186 Some options are a list of flags. When you want to add a flag to such an
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187 option, without changing the existing ones, you can do it like this: >
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191 This removes the 'a' flag from 'guioptions'.
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192 Note that you should add or remove one flag at a time. If 'guioptions' has
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193 the value "ab", using "set guioptions-=ba" won't work, because the string "ba"
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194 doesn't appear.
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199 name is replaced with its value. If it does not exist the '$' and the name
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200 are not modified. Any non-id character (not a letter, digit or '_') may
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201 follow the environment variable name. That character and what follows is
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204 :set path=/usr/$INCLUDE,$HOME/include,.
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205 When adding or removing a string from an option with ":set opt-=val" or ":set
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206 opt+=val" the expansion is done before the adding or removing.
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211 Some of the options only apply to a window or buffer. Each window or buffer
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212 has its own copy of this option, thus can each have their own value. This
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213 allows you to set 'list' in one window but not in another. And set
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214 'shiftwidth' to 3 in one buffer and 4 in another.
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217 situations. You don't really need to know all of this, since Vim mostly uses
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218 the option values you would expect. Unfortunately, doing what the user
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219 expects is a bit complicated...
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221 When splitting a window, the local options are copied to the new window. Thus
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222 right after the split the contents of the two windows look the same.
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224 When editing a new buffer, its local option values must be initialized. Since
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225 the local options of the current buffer might be specifically for that buffer,
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226 these are not used. Instead, for each buffer-local option there also is a
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227 global value, which is used for new buffers. With ":set" both the local and
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228 global value is changed. With "setlocal" only the local value is changed,
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229 thus this value is not used when editing a new buffer.
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231 When editing a buffer that has been edited before, the last used window
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232 options are used again. If this buffer has been edited in this window, the
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233 values from back then are used. Otherwise the values from the window where
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234 the buffer was edited last are used.
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236 It's possible to set a local window option specifically for a type of buffer.
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237 When you edit another buffer in the same window, you don't want to keep
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238 using these local window options. Therefore Vim keeps a global value of the
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239 local window options, which is used when editing another buffer. Each window
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240 has its own copy of these values. Thus these are local to the window, but
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241 global to all buffers in the window. With this you can do: >
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245 Now the 'list' option will also be set in "two", since with the ":set list"
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246 command you have also set the global value. >
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251 Now the 'list' option is not set, because ":set nolist" resets the global
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252 value, ":setlocal list" only changes the local value and ":e two" gets the
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255 You will not get back the 'list' value as it was the last time you edited
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259 :setl[ocal] ... Like ":set" but set only the value local to the
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260 current buffer or window. Not all options have a
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261 local value. If the option does not have a local
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262 value the global value is set.
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264 local values.
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265 Without argument: Display all local option's local
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266 values which are different from the default.
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267 When displaying a specific local option, show the
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268 local value. For a global option the global value is
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269 shown (but that might change in the future).
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270 {not in Vi}
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272 :setl[ocal] {option}< Set the local value of {option} to its global value.
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273 {not in Vi}
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276 :setg[lobal] ... Like ":set" but set only the global value for a local
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277 option without changing the local value.
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278 When displaying an option, the global value is shown.
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280 global values.
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281 Without argument: display all local option's global
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282 values which are different from the default.
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283 {not in Vi}
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285 For buffer-local and window-local options:
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286 Command global value local value ~
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287 :set option=value set set
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288 :setlocal option=value - set
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289 :setglobal option=value set -
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290 :set option? - display
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291 :setlocal option? - display
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292 :setglobal option? display -
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295 Global options with a local value *global-local*
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298 For some global options it's useful to sometimes have a different local value.
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299 You can set the local value with ":setlocal". That buffer or window will then
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300 use the local value, while other buffers and windows continue using the global
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301 value.
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303 For example, you have two windows, both on C source code. They use the global
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304 'makeprg' option. If you do this in one of the two windows: >
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305 :set makeprg=gmake
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306 then the other window will switch to the same value. There is no need to set
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307 the 'makeprg' option in the other C source window too.
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308 However, if you start editing a Perl file in a new window, you want to use
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309 another 'makeprog' for it, without changing the value used for the C source
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312 You can switch back to using the global value by making the local value empty: >
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313 :setlocal makeprg=
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314 This only works for a string option. For a boolean option you need to use the
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315 "<" flag, like this: >
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316 :setlocal autoread<
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317 Note that for non-boolean options using "<" copies the global value to the
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318 local value, it doesn't switch back to using the global value (that matters
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319 when changing the global value later).
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320 Note: In the future more global options can be made global-local. Using
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321 ":setlocal" on a global option might work differently then.
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324 Setting the filetype
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326 :setf[iletype] {filetype} *:setf* *:setfiletype*
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327 Set the 'filetype' option to {filetype}, but only if
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328 not done yet in a sequence of (nested) autocommands.
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329 This is short for: >
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330 :if !did_filetype()
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331 : setlocal filetype={filetype}
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332 :endif
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333 < This command is used in a filetype.vim file to avoid
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334 setting the 'filetype' option twice, causing different
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335 settings and syntax files to be loaded.
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336 {not in Vi}
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337
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338 :bro[wse] se[t] *:set-browse* *:browse-set* *:opt* *:options*
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339 :opt[ions] Open a window for viewing and setting all options.
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340 Options are grouped by function.
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341 Offers short help for each option. Hit <CR> on the
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342 short help to open a help window with more help for
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343 the option.
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344 Modify the value of the option and hit <CR> on the
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345 "set" line to set the new value. For window and
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346 buffer specific options, the last accessed window is
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347 used to set the option value in, unless this is a help
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348 window, in which case the window below help window is
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349 used (skipping the option-window).
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350 {not available when compiled without the |+eval| or
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351 |+autocmd| features}
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352
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353 *$HOME*
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354 Using "~" is like using "$HOME", but it is only recognized at the start of an
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355 option and after a space or comma.
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357 On Unix systems "~user" can be used too. It is replaced by the home directory
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358 of user "user". Example: >
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359 :set path=~mool/include,/usr/include,.
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361 On Unix systems the form "${HOME}" can be used too. The name between {} can
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362 contain non-id characters then. Note that if you want to use this for the
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363 "gf" command, you need to add the '{' and '}' characters to 'isfname'.
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364
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365 NOTE: expanding environment variables and "~/" is only done with the ":set"
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366 command, not when assigning a value to an option with ":let".
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367
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369 Note the maximum length of an expanded option is limited. How much depends on
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370 the system, mostly it is something like 256 or 1024 characters.
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371
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372 *:fix* *:fixdel*
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373 :fix[del] Set the value of 't_kD':
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374 't_kb' is 't_kD' becomes ~
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375 CTRL-? CTRL-H
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376 not CTRL-? CTRL-?
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377
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378 (CTRL-? is 0177 octal, 0x7f hex) {not in Vi}
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379
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380 If your delete key terminal code is wrong, but the
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381 code for backspace is alright, you can put this in
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382 your .vimrc: >
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383 :fixdel
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384 < This works no matter what the actual code for
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385 backspace is.
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386
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387 If the backspace key terminal code is wrong you can
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388 use this: >
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389 :if &term == "termname"
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390 : set t_kb=^V<BS>
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391 : fixdel
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392 :endif
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393 < Where "^V" is CTRL-V and "<BS>" is the backspace key
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394 (don't type four characters!). Replace "termname"
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395 with your terminal name.
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396
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397 If your <Delete> key sends a strange key sequence (not
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398 CTRL-? or CTRL-H) you cannot use ":fixdel". Then use: >
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399 :if &term == "termname"
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400 : set t_kD=^V<Delete>
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401 :endif
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402 < Where "^V" is CTRL-V and "<Delete>" is the delete key
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403 (don't type eight characters!). Replace "termname"
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404 with your terminal name.
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405
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406 *Linux-backspace*
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407 Note about Linux: By default the backspace key
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408 produces CTRL-?, which is wrong. You can fix it by
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409 putting this line in your rc.local: >
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410 echo "keycode 14 = BackSpace" | loadkeys
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411 <
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412 *NetBSD-backspace*
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413 Note about NetBSD: If your backspace doesn't produce
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414 the right code, try this: >
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415 xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
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416 < If this works, add this in your .Xmodmap file: >
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417 keysym 22 = BackSpace
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418 < You need to restart for this to take effect.
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419
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420 ==============================================================================
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421 2. Automatically setting options *auto-setting*
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422
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423 Besides changing options with the ":set" command, there are three alternatives
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424 to set options automatically for one or more files:
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425
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426 1. When starting Vim initializations are read from various places. See
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427 |initialization|. Most of them are performed for all editing sessions,
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428 and some of them depend on the directory where Vim is started.
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429 You can create an initialization file with |:mkvimrc|, |:mkview| and
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430 |:mksession|.
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431 2. If you start editing a new file, the automatic commands are executed.
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432 This can be used to set options for files matching a particular pattern and
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433 many other things. See |autocommand|.
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434 3. If you start editing a new file, and the 'modeline' option is on, a
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435 number of lines at the beginning and end of the file are checked for
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436 modelines. This is explained here.
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437
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438 *modeline* *vim:* *vi:* *ex:* *E520*
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439 There are two forms of modelines. The first form:
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440 [text]{white}{vi:|vim:|ex:}[white]{options}
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441
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442 [text] any text or empty
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443 {white} at least one blank character (<Space> or <Tab>)
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444 {vi:|vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:" or "ex:"
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445 [white] optional white space
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446 {options} a list of option settings, separated with white space or ':',
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447 where each part between ':' is the argument for a ":set"
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448 command
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449
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450 Example: >
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451 vi:noai:sw=3 ts=6
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452
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453 The second form (this is compatible with some versions of Vi):
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454
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455 [text]{white}{vi:|vim:|ex:}[white]se[t] {options}:[text]
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456
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457 [text] any text or empty
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458 {white} at least one blank character (<Space> or <Tab>)
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459 {vi:|vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:" or "ex:"
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460 [white] optional white space
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461 se[t] the string "set " or "se " (note the space)
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462 {options} a list of options, separated with white space, which is the
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463 argument for a ":set" command
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464 : a colon
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465 [text] any text or empty
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466
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467 Example: >
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468 /* vim: set ai tw=75: */
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469
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470 The white space before {vi:|vim:|ex:} is required. This minimizes the chance
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471 that a normal word like "lex:" is caught. There is one exception: "vi:" and
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472 "vim:" can also be at the start of the line (for compatibility with version
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473 3.0). Using "ex:" at the start of the line will be ignored (this could be
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474 short for "example:").
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475
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476 *modeline-local*
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477 The options are set like with ":setlocal": The new value only applies to the
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478 buffer and window that contain the file. Although it's possible to set global
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479 options from a modeline, this is unusual. If you have two windows open and
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480 the files in it set the same global option to a different value, the result
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481 depends on which one was opened last.
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482
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483 When editing a file that was already loaded, only the window-local options
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484 from the modeline are used. Thus if you manually changed a buffer-local
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485 option after opening the file, it won't be changed if you edit the same buffer
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486 in another window. But window-local options will be set.
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487
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488 *modeline-version*
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489 If the modeline is only to be used for some versions of Vim, the version
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490 number can be specified where "vim:" is used:
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491 vim{vers}: version {vers} or later
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492 vim<{vers}: version before {vers}
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493 vim={vers}: version {vers}
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494 vim>{vers}: version after {vers}
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495 {vers} is 600 for Vim 6.0 (hundred times the major version plus minor).
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496 For example, to use a modeline only for Vim 6.0 and later: >
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497 /* vim600: set foldmethod=marker: */
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498 To use a modeline for Vim before version 5.7: >
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499 /* vim<570: set sw=4: */
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500 There can be no blanks between "vim" and the ":".
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501
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502
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503 The number of lines that are checked can be set with the 'modelines' option.
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504 If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is 0 no lines are checked.
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505
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506 Note that for the first form all of the rest of the line is used, thus a line
|
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507 like: >
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508 /* vi:ts=4: */
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509 will give an error message for the trailing "*/". This line is OK: >
|
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510 /* vi:set ts=4: */
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511
|
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512 If an error is detected the rest of the line is skipped.
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513
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514 If you want to include a ':' in a set command precede it with a '\'. The
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515 backslash in front of the ':' will be removed. Example: >
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516 /* vi:set dir=c\:\tmp: */
|
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517 This sets the 'dir' option to "c:\tmp". Only a single backslash before the
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518 ':' is removed. Thus to include "\:" you have to specify "\\:".
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519
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520 No other commands than "set" are supported, for security reasons (somebody
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521 might create a Trojan horse text file with modelines).
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522
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523 Hint: If you would like to do something else than setting an option, you could
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524 define an autocommand that checks the file for a specific string. For
|
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525 example: >
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526 au BufReadPost * if getline(1) =~ "VAR" | call SetVar() | endif
|
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527 And define a function SetVar() that does something with the line containing
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528 "VAR".
|
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529
|
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530 ==============================================================================
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|
531 3. Options summary *option-summary*
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532
|
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533 In the list below all the options are mentioned with their full name and with
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534 an abbreviation if there is one. Both forms may be used.
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535
|
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536 In this document when a boolean option is "set" that means that ":set option"
|
|
537 is entered. When an option is "reset", ":set nooption" is used.
|
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538
|
|
539 For some options there are two default values: The "Vim default", which is
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|
540 used when 'compatible' is not set, and the "Vi default", which is used when
|
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541 'compatible' is set.
|
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542
|
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543 Most options are the same in all windows and buffers. There are a few that
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|
544 are specific to how the text is presented in a window. These can be set to a
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545 different value in each window. For example the 'list' option can be set in
|
|
546 one window and reset in another for the same text, giving both types of view
|
|
547 at the same time. There are a few options that are specific to a certain
|
|
548 file. These can have a different value for each file or buffer. For example
|
|
549 the 'textwidth' option can be 78 for a normal text file and 0 for a C
|
|
550 program.
|
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551
|
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552 global one option for all buffers and windows
|
|
553 local to window each window has its own copy of this option
|
|
554 local to buffer each buffer has its own copy of this option
|
|
555
|
|
556 When creating a new window the option values from the currently active window
|
|
557 are used as a default value for the window-specific options. For the
|
|
558 buffer-specific options this depends on the 's' and 'S' flags in the
|
|
559 'cpoptions' option. If 's' is included (which is the default) the values for
|
|
560 buffer options are copied from the currently active buffer when a buffer is
|
10
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561 first entered. If 'S' is present the options are copied each time the buffer
|
|
562 is entered, this is almost like having global options. If 's' and 'S' are not
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7
|
563 present, the options are copied from the currently active buffer when the
|
|
564 buffer is created.
|
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565
|
519
|
566 Hidden options *hidden-options*
|
|
567
|
|
568 Not all options are supported in all versions. This depends on the supported
|
|
569 features and sometimes on the system. A remark about this is in curly braces
|
|
570 below. When an option is not supported it may still be set without getting an
|
|
571 error, this is called a hidden option. You can't get the value of a hidden
|
|
572 option though, it is not stored.
|
|
573
|
|
574 To test if option "foo" can be used with ":set" use something like this: >
|
|
575 if exists('&foo')
|
|
576 This also returns true for a hidden option. To test if option "foo" is really
|
|
577 supported use something like this: >
|
|
578 if exists('+foo')
|
|
579 <
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7
|
580 *E355*
|
|
581 A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
|
|
582
|
|
583 *'aleph'* *'al'* *aleph* *Aleph*
|
|
584 'aleph' 'al' number (default 128 for MS-DOS, 224 otherwise)
|
|
585 global
|
|
586 {not in Vi}
|
|
587 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
|
|
588 feature}
|
|
589 The ASCII code for the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The
|
|
590 routine that maps the keyboard in Hebrew mode, both in Insert mode
|
|
591 (when hkmap is set) and on the command-line (when hitting CTRL-_)
|
|
592 outputs the Hebrew characters in the range [aleph..aleph+26].
|
|
593 aleph=128 applies to PC code, and aleph=224 applies to ISO 8859-8.
|
|
594 See |rileft.txt|.
|
|
595
|
|
596 *'allowrevins'* *'ari'* *'noallowrevins'* *'noari'*
|
|
597 'allowrevins' 'ari' boolean (default off)
|
|
598 global
|
|
599 {not in Vi}
|
|
600 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
|
|
601 feature}
|
|
602 Allow CTRL-_ in Insert and Command-line mode. This is default off, to
|
|
603 avoid that users that accidentally type CTRL-_ instead of SHIFT-_ get
|
|
604 into reverse Insert mode, and don't know how to get out. See
|
|
605 'revins'.
|
|
606 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
607
|
|
608 *'altkeymap'* *'akm'* *'noaltkeymap'* *'noakm'*
|
|
609 'altkeymap' 'akm' boolean (default off)
|
|
610 global
|
|
611 {not in Vi}
|
|
612 {only available when compiled with the |+farsi|
|
|
613 feature}
|
233
|
614 When on, the second language is Farsi. In editing mode CTRL-_ toggles
|
7
|
615 the keyboard map between Farsi and English, when 'allowrevins' set.
|
|
616
|
233
|
617 When off, the keyboard map toggles between Hebrew and English. This
|
7
|
618 is useful to start the Vim in native mode i.e. English (left-to-right
|
|
619 mode) and have default second language Farsi or Hebrew (right-to-left
|
10
|
620 mode). See |farsi.txt|.
|
7
|
621
|
|
622 *'ambiwidth'* *'ambw'*
|
|
623 'ambiwidth' 'ambw' string (default: "single")
|
|
624 global
|
|
625 {not in Vi}
|
|
626 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
627 feature}
|
|
628 Only effective when 'encoding' is "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding.
|
|
629 Tells Vim what to do with characters with East Asian Width Class
|
|
630 Ambiguous (such as Euro, Registered Sign, Copyright Sign, Greek
|
|
631 letters, Cyrillic letters).
|
|
632
|
|
633 There are currently two possible values:
|
233
|
634 "single": Use the same width as characters in US-ASCII. This is
|
7
|
635 expected by most users.
|
|
636 "double": Use twice the width of ASCII characters.
|
|
637
|
|
638 There are a number of CJK fonts for which the width of glyphs for
|
|
639 those characters are solely based on how many octets they take in
|
|
640 legacy/traditional CJK encodings. In those encodings, Euro,
|
|
641 Registered sign, Greek/Cyrillic letters are represented by two octets,
|
233
|
642 therefore those fonts have "wide" glyphs for them. This is also
|
7
|
643 true of some line drawing characters used to make tables in text
|
233
|
644 file. Therefore, when a CJK font is used for GUI Vim or
|
7
|
645 Vim is running inside a terminal (emulators) that uses a CJK font
|
|
646 (or Vim is run inside an xterm invoked with "-cjkwidth" option.),
|
|
647 this option should be set to "double" to match the width perceived
|
|
648 by Vim with the width of glyphs in the font. Perhaps it also has
|
|
649 to be set to "double" under CJK Windows 9x/ME or Windows 2k/XP
|
|
650 when the system locale is set to one of CJK locales. See Unicode
|
|
651 Standard Annex #11 (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11).
|
|
652
|
|
653 *'antialias'* *'anti'* *'noantialias'* *'noanti'*
|
|
654 'antialias' 'anti' boolean (default: off)
|
|
655 global
|
|
656 {not in Vi}
|
|
657 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled
|
|
658 on Mac OS X}
|
|
659 This option only has an effect in the GUI version of Vim on Mac OS X
|
|
660 v10.2 or later. When on, Vim will use smooth ("antialiased") fonts,
|
|
661 which can be easier to read at certain sizes on certain displays.
|
|
662 Setting this option can sometimes cause problems if 'guifont' is set
|
|
663 to its default (empty string).
|
|
664
|
|
665 *'autochdir'* *'acd'* *'noautochdir'* *'noacd'*
|
|
666 'autochdir' 'acd' boolean (default off)
|
|
667 global
|
|
668 {not in Vi}
|
|
669 {only available when compiled with the
|
|
670 |+netbeans_intg| or |+sun_workshop| feature}
|
438
|
671 When on, Vim will change the current working directory whenever you
|
|
672 open a file, switch buffers, delete a buffer or open/close a window.
|
|
673 It will change to the directory containing the file which was opened
|
|
674 or selected.
|
|
675 This option is provided for backward compatibility with the Vim
|
|
676 released with Sun ONE Studio 4 Enterprise Edition.
|
|
677 Note: When this option is on some plugins may not work. The directory
|
|
678 browser sets if off.
|
7
|
679
|
|
680 *'arabic'* *'arab'* *'noarabic'* *'noarab'*
|
|
681 'arabic' 'arab' boolean (default off)
|
|
682 local to window
|
|
683 {not in Vi}
|
|
684 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
|
|
685 feature}
|
|
686 This option can be set to start editing Arabic text.
|
|
687 Setting this option will:
|
|
688 - Set the 'rightleft' option, unless 'termbidi' is set.
|
|
689 - Set the 'arabicshape' option, unless 'termbidi' is set.
|
|
690 - Set the 'keymap' option to "arabic"; in Insert mode CTRL-^ toggles
|
|
691 between typing English and Arabic key mapping.
|
|
692 - Set the 'delcombine' option
|
|
693 Note that 'encoding' must be "utf-8" for working with Arabic text.
|
|
694
|
|
695 Resetting this option will:
|
|
696 - Reset the 'rightleft' option.
|
|
697 - Disable the use of 'keymap' (without changing its value).
|
|
698 Note that 'arabicshape' and 'delcombine' are not reset (it is a global
|
|
699 option.
|
|
700 Also see |arabic.txt|.
|
|
701
|
|
702 *'arabicshape'* *'arshape'*
|
|
703 *'noarabicshape'* *'noarshape'*
|
|
704 'arabicshape' 'arshape' boolean (default on)
|
|
705 global
|
|
706 {not in Vi}
|
|
707 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
|
|
708 feature}
|
|
709 When on and 'termbidi' is off, the required visual character
|
|
710 corrections that need to take place for displaying the Arabic language
|
|
711 take affect. Shaping, in essence, gets enabled; the term is a broad
|
|
712 one which encompasses:
|
|
713 a) the changing/morphing of characters based on their location
|
|
714 within a word (initial, medial, final and stand-alone).
|
|
715 b) the enabling of the ability to compose characters
|
|
716 c) the enabling of the required combining of some characters
|
|
717 When disabled the character display reverts back to each character's
|
|
718 true stand-alone form.
|
|
719 Arabic is a complex language which requires other settings, for
|
|
720 further details see |arabic.txt|.
|
|
721
|
|
722 *'autoindent'* *'ai'* *'noautoindent'* *'noai'*
|
|
723 'autoindent' 'ai' boolean (default off)
|
|
724 local to buffer
|
|
725 Copy indent from current line when starting a new line (typing <CR>
|
|
726 in Insert mode or when using the "o" or "O" command). If you do not
|
|
727 type anything on the new line except <BS> or CTRL-D and then type
|
10
|
728 <Esc> or <CR>, the indent is deleted again. Moving the cursor to
|
|
729 another line has the same effect, unless the 'I' flag is included in
|
|
730 'cpoptions'.
|
|
731 When autoindent is on, formatting (with the "gq" command or when you
|
|
732 reach 'textwidth' in Insert mode) uses the indentation of the first
|
|
733 line.
|
7
|
734 When 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is on the indent is changed in
|
|
735 a different way.
|
|
736 The 'autoindent' option is reset when the 'paste' option is set.
|
|
737 {small difference from Vi: After the indent is deleted when typing
|
|
738 <Esc> or <CR>, the cursor position when moving up or down is after the
|
|
739 deleted indent; Vi puts the cursor somewhere in the deleted indent}.
|
|
740
|
|
741 *'autoread'* *'ar'* *'noautoread'* *'noar'*
|
|
742 'autoread' 'ar' boolean (default off)
|
|
743 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
744 {not in Vi}
|
|
745 When a file has been detected to have been changed outside of Vim and
|
|
746 it has not been changed inside of Vim, automatically read it again.
|
|
747 When the file has been deleted this is not done. |timestamp|
|
|
748 If this option has a local value, use this command to switch back to
|
|
749 using the global value: >
|
|
750 :set autoread<
|
|
751 <
|
|
752 *'autowrite'* *'aw'* *'noautowrite'* *'noaw'*
|
|
753 'autowrite' 'aw' boolean (default off)
|
|
754 global
|
|
755 Write the contents of the file, if it has been modified, on each
|
|
756 :next, :rewind, :last, :first, :previous, :stop, :suspend, :tag, :!,
|
|
757 :make, CTRL-] and CTRL-^ command; and when a CTRL-O, CTRL-I,
|
|
758 '{A-Z0-9}, or `{A-Z0-9} command takes one to another file.
|
|
759 Note that for some commands the 'autowrite' option is not used, see
|
|
760 'autowriteall' for that.
|
|
761
|
|
762 *'autowriteall'* *'awa'* *'noautowriteall'* *'noawa'*
|
|
763 'autowriteall' 'awa' boolean (default off)
|
|
764 global
|
|
765 {not in Vi}
|
|
766 Like 'autowrite', but also used for commands ":edit", ":enew", ":quit",
|
|
767 ":qall", ":exit", ":xit", ":recover" and closing the Vim window.
|
|
768 Setting this option also implies that Vim behaves like 'autowrite' has
|
|
769 been set.
|
|
770
|
|
771 *'background'* *'bg'*
|
|
772 'background' 'bg' string (default "dark" or "light")
|
|
773 global
|
|
774 {not in Vi}
|
|
775 When set to "dark", Vim will try to use colors that look good on a
|
|
776 dark background. When set to "light", Vim will try to use colors that
|
|
777 look good on a light background. Any other value is illegal.
|
|
778 Vim tries to set the default value according to the terminal used.
|
|
779 This will not always be correct.
|
|
780 Setting this option does not change the background color, it tells Vim
|
|
781 what the background color looks like. For changing the background
|
|
782 color, see |:hi-normal|.
|
|
783
|
|
784 When 'background' is set Vim will adjust the default color groups for
|
10
|
785 the new value. But the colors used for syntax highlighting will not
|
7
|
786 change.
|
|
787 When a color scheme is loaded (the "colors_name" variable is set)
|
|
788 setting 'background' will cause the color scheme to be reloaded. If
|
|
789 the color scheme adjusts to the value of 'background' this will work.
|
|
790 However, if the color scheme sets 'background' itself the effect may
|
|
791 be undone. First delete the "colors_name" variable when needed.
|
|
792
|
|
793 When setting 'background' to the default value with: >
|
|
794 :set background&
|
|
795 < Vim will guess the value. In the GUI this should work correctly,
|
|
796 in other cases Vim might not be able to guess the right value.
|
|
797
|
|
798 When starting the GUI, the default value for 'background' will be
|
|
799 "light". When the value is not set in the .gvimrc, and Vim detects
|
|
800 that the background is actually quite dark, 'background' is set to
|
|
801 "dark". But this happens only AFTER the .gvimrc file has been read
|
|
802 (because the window needs to be opened to find the actual background
|
|
803 color). To get around this, force the GUI window to be opened by
|
|
804 putting a ":gui" command in the .gvimrc file, before where the value
|
|
805 of 'background' is used (e.g., before ":syntax on").
|
|
806 Normally this option would be set in the .vimrc file. Possibly
|
|
807 depending on the terminal name. Example: >
|
|
808 :if &term == "pcterm"
|
|
809 : set background=dark
|
|
810 :endif
|
|
811 < When this option is set, the default settings for the highlight groups
|
|
812 will change. To use other settings, place ":highlight" commands AFTER
|
|
813 the setting of the 'background' option.
|
|
814 This option is also used in the "$VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim" file
|
|
815 to select the colors for syntax highlighting. After changing this
|
|
816 option, you must load syntax.vim again to see the result. This can be
|
|
817 done with ":syntax on".
|
|
818
|
|
819 *'backspace'* *'bs'*
|
|
820 'backspace' 'bs' string (default "")
|
|
821 global
|
|
822 {not in Vi}
|
|
823 Influences the working of <BS>, <Del>, CTRL-W and CTRL-U in Insert
|
|
824 mode. This is a list of items, separated by commas. Each item allows
|
|
825 a way to backspace over something:
|
|
826 value effect ~
|
|
827 indent allow backspacing over autoindent
|
|
828 eol allow backspacing over line breaks (join lines)
|
|
829 start allow backspacing over the start of insert; CTRL-W and CTRL-U
|
|
830 stop once at the start of insert.
|
|
831
|
|
832 When the value is empty, Vi compatible backspacing is used.
|
|
833
|
|
834 For backwards compatibility with version 5.4 and earlier:
|
|
835 value effect ~
|
|
836 0 same as ":set backspace=" (Vi compatible)
|
|
837 1 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol"
|
|
838 2 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol,start"
|
|
839
|
|
840 See |:fixdel| if your <BS> or <Del> key does not do what you want.
|
|
841 NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
842
|
|
843 *'backup'* *'bk'* *'nobackup'* *'nobk'*
|
|
844 'backup' 'bk' boolean (default off)
|
|
845 global
|
|
846 {not in Vi}
|
|
847 Make a backup before overwriting a file. Leave it around after the
|
|
848 file has been successfully written. If you do not want to keep the
|
|
849 backup file, but you do want a backup while the file is being
|
|
850 written, reset this option and set the 'writebackup' option (this is
|
|
851 the default). If you do not want a backup file at all reset both
|
10
|
852 options (use this if your file system is almost full). See the
|
7
|
853 |backup-table| for more explanations.
|
|
854 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a backup is not made anyway.
|
|
855 When 'patchmode' is set, the backup may be renamed to become the
|
|
856 oldest version of a file.
|
|
857 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
858
|
|
859 *'backupcopy'* *'bkc'*
|
|
860 'backupcopy' 'bkc' string (Vi default for Unix: "yes", otherwise: "auto")
|
|
861 global
|
|
862 {not in Vi}
|
|
863 When writing a file and a backup is made, this option tells how it's
|
|
864 done. This is a comma separated list of words.
|
|
865
|
|
866 The main values are:
|
|
867 "yes" make a copy of the file and overwrite the original one
|
|
868 "no" rename the file and write a new one
|
|
869 "auto" one of the previous, what works best
|
|
870
|
|
871 Extra values that can be combined with the ones above are:
|
|
872 "breaksymlink" always break symlinks when writing
|
|
873 "breakhardlink" always break hardlinks when writing
|
|
874
|
|
875 Making a copy and overwriting the original file:
|
|
876 - Takes extra time to copy the file.
|
|
877 + When the file has special attributes, is a (hard/symbolic) link or
|
|
878 has a resource fork, all this is preserved.
|
|
879 - When the file is a link the backup will have the name of the link,
|
|
880 not of the real file.
|
|
881
|
|
882 Renaming the file and writing a new one:
|
|
883 + It's fast.
|
|
884 - Sometimes not all attributes of the file can be copied to the new
|
|
885 file.
|
|
886 - When the file is a link the new file will not be a link.
|
|
887
|
|
888 The "auto" value is the middle way: When Vim sees that renaming file
|
|
889 is possible without side effects (the attributes can be passed on and
|
|
890 and the file is not a link) that is used. When problems are expected,
|
|
891 a copy will be made.
|
|
892
|
|
893 The "breaksymlink" and "breakhardlink" values can be used in
|
|
894 combination with any of "yes", "no" and "auto". When included, they
|
|
895 force Vim to always break either symbolic or hard links by doing
|
|
896 exactly what the "no" option does, renaming the original file to
|
|
897 become the backup and writing a new file in its place. This can be
|
|
898 useful for example in source trees where all the files are symbolic or
|
|
899 hard links and any changes should stay in the local source tree, not
|
|
900 be propagated back to the original source.
|
|
901 *crontab*
|
|
902 One situation where "no" and "auto" will cause problems: A program
|
|
903 that opens a file, invokes Vim to edit that file, and then tests if
|
|
904 the open file was changed (through the file descriptor) will check the
|
10
|
905 backup file instead of the newly created file. "crontab -e" is an
|
7
|
906 example.
|
|
907
|
|
908 When a copy is made, the original file is truncated and then filled
|
|
909 with the new text. This means that protection bits, owner and
|
|
910 symbolic links of the original file are unmodified. The backup file
|
10
|
911 however, is a new file, owned by the user who edited the file. The
|
7
|
912 group of the backup is set to the group of the original file. If this
|
|
913 fails, the protection bits for the group are made the same as for
|
|
914 others.
|
|
915
|
|
916 When the file is renamed this is the other way around: The backup has
|
|
917 the same attributes of the original file, and the newly written file
|
|
918 is owned by the current user. When the file was a (hard/symbolic)
|
|
919 link, the new file will not! That's why the "auto" value doesn't
|
|
920 rename when the file is a link. The owner and group of the newly
|
|
921 written file will be set to the same ones as the original file, but
|
|
922 the system may refuse to do this. In that case the "auto" value will
|
|
923 again not rename the file.
|
|
924
|
|
925 *'backupdir'* *'bdir'*
|
|
926 'backupdir' 'bdir' string (default for Amiga: ".,t:",
|
|
927 for MS-DOS and Win32: ".,c:/tmp,c:/temp"
|
|
928 for Unix: ".,~/tmp,~/")
|
|
929 global
|
|
930 {not in Vi}
|
|
931 List of directories for the backup file, separated with commas.
|
|
932 - The backup file will be created in the first directory in the list
|
|
933 where this is possible.
|
|
934 - Empty means that no backup file will be created ('patchmode' is
|
|
935 impossible!). Writing may fail because of this.
|
|
936 - A directory "." means to put the backup file in the same directory
|
|
937 as the edited file.
|
33
|
938 - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-DOS et al.) means to
|
7
|
939 put the backup file relative to where the edited file is. The
|
|
940 leading "." is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
|
|
941 ("." inside a directory name has no special meaning).
|
|
942 - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
|
|
943 of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
|
|
944 name, precede it with a backslash.
|
|
945 - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
|
|
946 - A directory name may end in an '/'.
|
|
947 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
|
|
948 - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
|
|
949 get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
|
|
950 :set bdir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
|
|
951 < - For backwards compatibility with Vim version 3.0 a '>' at the start
|
|
952 of the option is removed.
|
|
953 See also 'backup' and 'writebackup' options.
|
|
954 If you want to hide your backup files on Unix, consider this value: >
|
|
955 :set backupdir=./.backup,~/.backup,.,/tmp
|
|
956 < You must create a ".backup" directory in each directory and in your
|
|
957 home directory for this to work properly.
|
|
958 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
|
|
959 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
|
|
960 uses another default.
|
|
961 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
962 security reasons.
|
|
963
|
|
964 *'backupext'* *'bex'* *E589*
|
|
965 'backupext' 'bex' string (default "~", for VMS: "_")
|
|
966 global
|
|
967 {not in Vi}
|
|
968 String which is appended to a file name to make the name of the
|
|
969 backup file. The default is quite unusual, because this avoids
|
|
970 accidentally overwriting existing files with a backup file. You might
|
|
971 prefer using ".bak", but make sure that you don't have files with
|
|
972 ".bak" that you want to keep.
|
36
|
973 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
|
7
|
974
|
26
|
975 If you like to keep a lot of backups, you could use a BufWritePre
|
|
976 autocommand to change 'backupext' just before writing the file to
|
|
977 include a timestamp. >
|
|
978 :au BufWritePre * let &bex = '-' . strftime("%Y%b%d%X") . '~'
|
|
979 < Use 'backupdir' to put the backup in a different directory.
|
|
980
|
7
|
981 *'backupskip'* *'bsk'*
|
|
982 'backupskip' 'bsk' string (default: "/tmp/*,$TMPDIR/*,$TMP/*,$TEMP/*")
|
|
983 global
|
|
984 {not in Vi}
|
|
985 {not available when compiled without the |+wildignore|
|
|
986 feature}
|
|
987 A list of file patterns. When one of the patterns matches with the
|
|
988 name of the file which is written, no backup file is created. Both
|
|
989 the specified file name and the full path name of the file are used.
|
|
990 The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-patterns|.
|
|
991 Watch out for special characters, see |option-backslash|.
|
|
992 When $TMPDIR, $TMP or $TEMP is not defined, it is not used for the
|
233
|
993 default value. "/tmp/*" is only used for Unix.
|
557
|
994 Note that the default also makes sure that "crontab -e" works (when a
|
|
995 backup would be made by renaming the original file crontab won't see
|
|
996 the newly created file). Also see 'backupcopy' and |crontab|.
|
7
|
997
|
|
998 *'balloondelay'* *'bdlay'*
|
|
999 'balloondelay' 'bdlay' number (default: 600)
|
|
1000 global
|
|
1001 {not in Vi}
|
|
1002 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
|
|
1003 feature}
|
|
1004 Delay in milliseconds before a balloon may pop up. See |balloon-eval|.
|
|
1005
|
|
1006 *'ballooneval'* *'beval'* *'noballooneval'* *'nobeval'*
|
|
1007 'ballooneval' 'beval' boolean (default off)
|
|
1008 global
|
|
1009 {not in Vi}
|
|
1010 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
|
189
|
1011 feature}
|
7
|
1012 Switch on the |balloon-eval| functionality.
|
|
1013
|
189
|
1014 *'balloonexpr'* *'bexpr'*
|
|
1015 'balloonexpr' 'bexpr' string (default "")
|
|
1016 global
|
|
1017 {not in Vi}
|
|
1018 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
|
|
1019 feature}
|
|
1020 Expression to show in evaluation balloon. It is only used when
|
|
1021 'ballooneval' is on. These variables can be used:
|
|
1022
|
|
1023 v:beval_bufnr number of the buffer in which balloon is going to show
|
|
1024 v:beval_winnr number of the window
|
|
1025 v:beval_lnum line number
|
|
1026 v:beval_col column number (byte index)
|
|
1027 v:beval_text word under or after the mouse pointer
|
|
1028
|
|
1029 The evaluation of the expression must not have side effects!
|
|
1030 Example: >
|
|
1031 function! MyBalloonExpr()
|
435
|
1032 return 'Cursor is at line ' . v:beval_lnum .
|
189
|
1033 \', column ' . v:beval_col .
|
|
1034 \ ' of file ' . bufname(v:beval_bufnr) .
|
|
1035 \ ' on word "' . v:beval_text . '"'
|
|
1036 endfunction
|
|
1037 set bexpr=MyBalloonExpr()
|
|
1038 set ballooneval
|
|
1039 <
|
|
1040 NOTE: The balloon is displayed only if the cursor is on a text
|
|
1041 character. If the result of evaluating 'balloonexpr' is not empty,
|
|
1042 Vim does not try to send a message to an external debugger (Netbeans
|
|
1043 or Sun Workshop).
|
|
1044
|
634
|
1045 The expression may be evaluated in the |sandbox|, see
|
|
1046 |sandbox-option|.
|
|
1047
|
|
1048 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
|
|
1049 evaluating 'balloonexpr' |textlock|.
|
|
1050
|
446
|
1051 To check whether line breaks in the balloon text work use this check: >
|
435
|
1052 if has("balloon_multiline")
|
714
|
1053 < When they are supported "\n" characters will start a new line. If the
|
|
1054 expression evaluates to a |List| this is equal to using each List item
|
|
1055 as a string and putting "\n" in between them.
|
|
1056
|
7
|
1057 *'binary'* *'bin'* *'nobinary'* *'nobin'*
|
|
1058 'binary' 'bin' boolean (default off)
|
|
1059 local to buffer
|
|
1060 {not in Vi}
|
|
1061 This option should be set before editing a binary file. You can also
|
|
1062 use the |-b| Vim argument. When this option is switched on a few
|
|
1063 options will be changed (also when it already was on):
|
|
1064 'textwidth' will be set to 0
|
|
1065 'wrapmargin' will be set to 0
|
|
1066 'modeline' will be off
|
|
1067 'expandtab' will be off
|
|
1068 Also, 'fileformat' and 'fileformats' options will not be used, the
|
|
1069 file is read and written like 'fileformat' was "unix" (a single <NL>
|
|
1070 separates lines).
|
|
1071 The 'fileencoding' and 'fileencodings' options will not be used, the
|
|
1072 file is read without conversion.
|
|
1073 NOTE: When you start editing a(nother) file while the 'bin' option is
|
|
1074 on, settings from autocommands may change the settings again (e.g.,
|
|
1075 'textwidth'), causing trouble when editing. You might want to set
|
|
1076 'bin' again when the file has been loaded.
|
|
1077 The previous values of these options are remembered and restored when
|
|
1078 'bin' is switched from on to off. Each buffer has its own set of
|
|
1079 saved option values.
|
|
1080 To edit a file with 'binary' set you can use the |++bin| argument.
|
|
1081 This avoids you have to do ":set bin", which would have effect for all
|
|
1082 files you edit.
|
|
1083 When writing a file the <EOL> for the last line is only written if
|
|
1084 there was one in the original file (normally Vim appends an <EOL> to
|
|
1085 the last line if there is none; this would make the file longer). See
|
|
1086 the 'endofline' option.
|
|
1087
|
|
1088 *'bioskey'* *'biosk'* *'nobioskey'* *'nobiosk'*
|
|
1089 'bioskey' 'biosk' boolean (default on)
|
|
1090 global
|
|
1091 {not in Vi} {only for MS-DOS}
|
446
|
1092 When on the BIOS is called to obtain a keyboard character. This works
|
7
|
1093 better to detect CTRL-C, but only works for the console. When using a
|
|
1094 terminal over a serial port reset this option.
|
|
1095 Also see |'conskey'|.
|
|
1096
|
|
1097 *'bomb'* *'nobomb'*
|
|
1098 'bomb' boolean (default off)
|
|
1099 local to buffer
|
|
1100 {not in Vi}
|
|
1101 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
1102 feature}
|
|
1103 When writing a file and the following conditions are met, a BOM (Byte
|
|
1104 Order Mark) is prepended to the file:
|
|
1105 - this option is on
|
|
1106 - the 'binary' option is off
|
|
1107 - 'fileencoding' is "utf-8", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" or one of the little/big
|
|
1108 endian variants.
|
|
1109 Some applications use the BOM to recognize the encoding of the file.
|
|
1110 Often used for UCS-2 files on MS-Windows. For other applications it
|
|
1111 causes trouble, for example: "cat file1 file2" makes the BOM of file2
|
|
1112 appear halfway the resulting file.
|
|
1113 When Vim reads a file and 'fileencodings' starts with "ucs-bom", a
|
|
1114 check for the presence of the BOM is done and 'bomb' set accordingly.
|
|
1115 Unless 'binary' is set, it is removed from the first line, so that you
|
|
1116 don't see it when editing. When you don't change the options, the BOM
|
|
1117 will be restored when writing the file.
|
|
1118
|
|
1119 *'breakat'* *'brk'*
|
|
1120 'breakat' 'brk' string (default " ^I!@*-+;:,./?")
|
|
1121 global
|
|
1122 {not in Vi}
|
|
1123 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
|
|
1124 feature}
|
|
1125 This option lets you choose which characters might cause a line
|
500
|
1126 break if 'linebreak' is on. Only works for ASCII and also for 8-bit
|
|
1127 characters when 'encoding' is an 8-bit encoding.
|
7
|
1128
|
|
1129 *'browsedir'* *'bsdir'*
|
29
|
1130 'browsedir' 'bsdir' string (default: "last")
|
7
|
1131 global
|
|
1132 {not in Vi} {only for Motif and Win32 GUI}
|
|
1133 Which directory to use for the file browser:
|
|
1134 last Use same directory as with last file browser.
|
|
1135 buffer Use the directory of the related buffer.
|
|
1136 current Use the current directory.
|
|
1137 {path} Use the specified directory
|
|
1138
|
|
1139 *'bufhidden'* *'bh'*
|
|
1140 'bufhidden' 'bh' string (default: "")
|
|
1141 local to buffer
|
|
1142 {not in Vi}
|
|
1143 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
|
|
1144 feature}
|
|
1145 This option specifies what happens when a buffer is no longer
|
|
1146 displayed in a window:
|
|
1147 <empty> follow the global 'hidden' option
|
|
1148 hide hide the buffer (don't unload it), also when 'hidden'
|
|
1149 is not set
|
|
1150 unload unload the buffer, also when 'hidden' is set or using
|
|
1151 |:hide|
|
|
1152 delete delete the buffer from the buffer list, also when
|
|
1153 'hidden' is set or using |:hide|, like using
|
|
1154 |:bdelete|
|
|
1155 wipe wipe out the buffer from the buffer list, also when
|
|
1156 'hidden' is set or using |:hide|, like using
|
|
1157 |:bwipeout|
|
|
1158
|
82
|
1159 CAREFUL: when "unload", "delete" or "wipe" is used changes in a buffer
|
|
1160 are lost without a warning.
|
7
|
1161 This option is used together with 'buftype' and 'swapfile' to specify
|
|
1162 special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
|
|
1163
|
|
1164 *'buflisted'* *'bl'* *'nobuflisted'* *'nobl'* *E85*
|
|
1165 'buflisted' 'bl' boolean (default: on)
|
|
1166 local to buffer
|
|
1167 {not in Vi}
|
|
1168 When this option is set, the buffer shows up in the buffer list. If
|
|
1169 it is reset it is not used for ":bnext", "ls", the Buffers menu, etc.
|
|
1170 This option is reset by Vim for buffers that are only used to remember
|
|
1171 a file name or marks. Vim sets it when starting to edit a buffer.
|
|
1172 But not when moving to a buffer with ":buffer".
|
|
1173
|
|
1174 *'buftype'* *'bt'* *E382*
|
|
1175 'buftype' 'bt' string (default: "")
|
|
1176 local to buffer
|
|
1177 {not in Vi}
|
|
1178 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
|
|
1179 feature}
|
|
1180 The value of this option specifies the type of a buffer:
|
|
1181 <empty> normal buffer
|
|
1182 nofile buffer which is not related to a file and will not be
|
|
1183 written
|
|
1184 nowrite buffer which will not be written
|
17
|
1185 acwrite buffer which will always be written with BufWriteCmd
|
|
1186 autocommands. {not available when compiled without the
|
|
1187 |+autocmd| feature}
|
7
|
1188 quickfix quickfix buffer, contains list of errors |:cwindow|
|
648
|
1189 or list of locations |:lwindow|
|
7
|
1190 help help buffer (you are not supposed to set this
|
|
1191 manually)
|
|
1192
|
|
1193 This option is used together with 'bufhidden' and 'swapfile' to
|
|
1194 specify special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
|
|
1195
|
|
1196 Be careful with changing this option, it can have many side effects!
|
|
1197
|
648
|
1198 A "quickfix" buffer is only used for the error list and the location
|
|
1199 list. This value is set by the |:cwindow| and |:lwindow| commands and
|
|
1200 you are not supposed to change it.
|
7
|
1201
|
|
1202 "nofile" and "nowrite" buffers are similar:
|
|
1203 both: The buffer is not to be written to disk, ":w" doesn't
|
|
1204 work (":w filename" does work though).
|
|
1205 both: The buffer is never considered to be |'modified'|.
|
|
1206 There is no warning when the changes will be lost, for
|
|
1207 example when you quit Vim.
|
|
1208 both: A swap file is only created when using too much memory
|
|
1209 (when 'swapfile' has been reset there is never a swap
|
|
1210 file).
|
|
1211 nofile only: The buffer name is fixed, it is not handled like a
|
|
1212 file name. It is not modified in response to a |:cd|
|
|
1213 command.
|
17
|
1214 *E676*
|
|
1215 "acwrite" implies that the buffer name is not related to a file, like
|
|
1216 "nofile", but it will be written. Thus, in contrast to "nofile" and
|
|
1217 "nowrite", ":w" does work and a modified buffer can't be abandoned
|
|
1218 without saving. For writing there must be matching |BufWriteCmd|,
|
|
1219 |FileWriteCmd| or |FileAppendCmd| autocommands.
|
7
|
1220
|
|
1221 *'casemap'* *'cmp'*
|
|
1222 'casemap' 'cmp' string (default: "internal,keepascii")
|
|
1223 global
|
|
1224 {not in Vi}
|
|
1225 Specifies details about changing the case of letters. It may contain
|
|
1226 these words, separated by a comma:
|
|
1227 internal Use internal case mapping functions, the current
|
|
1228 locale does not change the case mapping. This only
|
493
|
1229 matters when 'encoding' is a Unicode encoding,
|
|
1230 "latin1" or "iso-8859-15". When "internal" is
|
|
1231 omitted, the towupper() and towlower() system library
|
|
1232 functions are used when available.
|
7
|
1233 keepascii For the ASCII characters (0x00 to 0x7f) use the US
|
|
1234 case mapping, the current locale is not effective.
|
|
1235 This probably only matters for Turkish.
|
|
1236
|
|
1237 *'cdpath'* *'cd'* *E344* *E346*
|
|
1238 'cdpath' 'cd' string (default: equivalent to $CDPATH or ",,")
|
|
1239 global
|
|
1240 {not in Vi}
|
|
1241 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
1242 |+file_in_path| feature}
|
|
1243 This is a list of directories which will be searched when using the
|
|
1244 |:cd| and |:lcd| commands, provided that the directory being searched
|
|
1245 for has a relative path (not starting with "/", "./" or "../").
|
|
1246 The 'cdpath' option's value has the same form and semantics as
|
|
1247 |'path'|. Also see |file-searching|.
|
|
1248 The default value is taken from $CDPATH, with a "," prepended to look
|
|
1249 in the current directory first.
|
|
1250 If the default value taken from $CDPATH is not what you want, include
|
|
1251 a modified version of the following command in your vimrc file to
|
|
1252 override it: >
|
|
1253 :let &cdpath = ',' . substitute(substitute($CDPATH, '[, ]', '\\\0', 'g'), ':', ',', 'g')
|
|
1254 < This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
1255 security reasons.
|
|
1256 (parts of 'cdpath' can be passed to the shell to expand file names).
|
|
1257
|
|
1258 *'cedit'*
|
|
1259 'cedit' string (Vi default: "", Vim default: CTRL-F)
|
|
1260 global
|
|
1261 {not in Vi}
|
|
1262 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit|
|
|
1263 feature}
|
|
1264 The key used in Command-line Mode to open the command-line window.
|
|
1265 The default is CTRL-F when 'compatible' is off.
|
|
1266 Only non-printable keys are allowed.
|
|
1267 The key can be specified as a single character, but it is difficult to
|
|
1268 type. The preferred way is to use the <> notation. Examples: >
|
|
1269 :set cedit=<C-Y>
|
|
1270 :set cedit=<Esc>
|
|
1271 < |Nvi| also has this option, but it only uses the first character.
|
|
1272 See |cmdwin|.
|
|
1273
|
|
1274 *'charconvert'* *'ccv'* *E202* *E214* *E513*
|
|
1275 'charconvert' 'ccv' string (default "")
|
|
1276 global
|
|
1277 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
1278 feature and the |+eval| feature}
|
|
1279 {not in Vi}
|
|
1280 An expression that is used for character encoding conversion. It is
|
|
1281 evaluated when a file that is to be read or has been written has a
|
|
1282 different encoding from what is desired.
|
|
1283 'charconvert' is not used when the internal iconv() function is
|
|
1284 supported and is able to do the conversion. Using iconv() is
|
|
1285 preferred, because it is much faster.
|
|
1286 'charconvert' is not used when reading stdin |--|, because there is no
|
|
1287 file to convert from. You will have to save the text in a file first.
|
|
1288 The expression must return zero or an empty string for success,
|
|
1289 non-zero for failure.
|
|
1290 The possible encoding names encountered are in 'encoding'.
|
|
1291 Additionally, names given in 'fileencodings' and 'fileencoding' are
|
|
1292 used.
|
|
1293 Conversion between "latin1", "unicode", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" and "utf-8"
|
|
1294 is done internally by Vim, 'charconvert' is not used for this.
|
|
1295 'charconvert' is also used to convert the viminfo file, if the 'c'
|
|
1296 flag is present in 'viminfo'. Also used for Unicode conversion.
|
|
1297 Example: >
|
|
1298 set charconvert=CharConvert()
|
|
1299 fun CharConvert()
|
|
1300 system("recode "
|
|
1301 \ . v:charconvert_from . ".." . v:charconvert_to
|
|
1302 \ . " <" . v:fname_in . " >" v:fname_out)
|
|
1303 return v:shell_error
|
|
1304 endfun
|
|
1305 < The related Vim variables are:
|
|
1306 v:charconvert_from name of the current encoding
|
|
1307 v:charconvert_to name of the desired encoding
|
|
1308 v:fname_in name of the input file
|
|
1309 v:fname_out name of the output file
|
|
1310 Note that v:fname_in and v:fname_out will never be the same.
|
|
1311 Note that v:charconvert_from and v:charconvert_to may be different
|
|
1312 from 'encoding'. Vim internally uses UTF-8 instead of UCS-2 or UCS-4.
|
|
1313 Encryption is not done by Vim when using 'charconvert'. If you want
|
|
1314 to encrypt the file after conversion, 'charconvert' should take care
|
|
1315 of this.
|
|
1316 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
1317 security reasons.
|
|
1318
|
|
1319 *'cindent'* *'cin'* *'nocindent'* *'nocin'*
|
|
1320 'cindent' 'cin' boolean (default off)
|
|
1321 local to buffer
|
|
1322 {not in Vi}
|
|
1323 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
|
|
1324 feature}
|
|
1325 Enables automatic C program indenting See 'cinkeys' to set the keys
|
|
1326 that trigger reindenting in insert mode and 'cinoptions' to set your
|
|
1327 preferred indent style.
|
|
1328 If 'indentexpr' is not empty, it overrules 'cindent'.
|
|
1329 If 'lisp' is not on and both 'indentexpr' and 'equalprg' are empty,
|
|
1330 the "=" operator indents using this algorithm rather than calling an
|
|
1331 external program.
|
|
1332 See |C-indenting|.
|
|
1333 When you don't like the way 'cindent' works, try the 'smartindent'
|
|
1334 option or 'indentexpr'.
|
|
1335 This option is not used when 'paste' is set.
|
|
1336 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
1337
|
|
1338 *'cinkeys'* *'cink'*
|
|
1339 'cinkeys' 'cink' string (default "0{,0},0),:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
|
|
1340 local to buffer
|
|
1341 {not in Vi}
|
|
1342 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
|
|
1343 feature}
|
|
1344 A list of keys that, when typed in Insert mode, cause reindenting of
|
|
1345 the current line. Only used if 'cindent' is on and 'indentexpr' is
|
|
1346 empty.
|
|
1347 For the format of this option see |cinkeys-format|.
|
|
1348 See |C-indenting|.
|
|
1349
|
|
1350 *'cinoptions'* *'cino'*
|
|
1351 'cinoptions' 'cino' string (default "")
|
|
1352 local to buffer
|
|
1353 {not in Vi}
|
|
1354 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
|
|
1355 feature}
|
|
1356 The 'cinoptions' affect the way 'cindent' reindents lines in a C
|
|
1357 program. See |cinoptions-values| for the values of this option, and
|
|
1358 |C-indenting| for info on C indenting in general.
|
|
1359
|
|
1360
|
|
1361 *'cinwords'* *'cinw'*
|
|
1362 'cinwords' 'cinw' string (default "if,else,while,do,for,switch")
|
|
1363 local to buffer
|
|
1364 {not in Vi}
|
|
1365 {not available when compiled without both the
|
|
1366 |+cindent| and the |+smartindent| features}
|
|
1367 These keywords start an extra indent in the next line when
|
|
1368 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is set. For 'cindent' this is only done at
|
|
1369 an appropriate place (inside {}).
|
|
1370 Note that 'ignorecase' isn't used for 'cinwords'. If case doesn't
|
|
1371 matter, include the keyword both the uppercase and lowercase:
|
|
1372 "if,If,IF".
|
|
1373
|
|
1374 *'clipboard'* *'cb'*
|
|
1375 'clipboard' 'cb' string (default "autoselect,exclude:cons\|linux"
|
|
1376 for X-windows, "" otherwise)
|
|
1377 global
|
|
1378 {not in Vi}
|
|
1379 {only in GUI versions or when the |+xterm_clipboard|
|
|
1380 feature is included}
|
|
1381 This option is a list of comma separated names.
|
|
1382 These names are recognized:
|
|
1383
|
|
1384 unnamed When included, Vim will use the clipboard register '*'
|
|
1385 for all yank, delete, change and put operations which
|
|
1386 would normally go to the unnamed register. When a
|
|
1387 register is explicitly specified, it will always be
|
|
1388 used regardless of whether "unnamed" is in 'clipboard'
|
|
1389 or not. The clipboard register can always be
|
|
1390 explicitly accessed using the "* notation. Also see
|
|
1391 |gui-clipboard|.
|
|
1392
|
|
1393 autoselect Works like the 'a' flag in 'guioptions': If present,
|
|
1394 then whenever Visual mode is started, or the Visual
|
|
1395 area extended, Vim tries to become the owner of the
|
|
1396 windowing system's global selection or put the
|
|
1397 selected text on the clipboard used by the selection
|
|
1398 register "*. See |guioptions_a| and |quotestar| for
|
|
1399 details. When the GUI is active, the 'a' flag in
|
|
1400 'guioptions' is used, when the GUI is not active, this
|
|
1401 "autoselect" flag is used.
|
|
1402 Also applies to the modeless selection.
|
|
1403
|
|
1404 autoselectml Like "autoselect", but for the modeless selection
|
|
1405 only. Compare to the 'A' flag in 'guioptions'.
|
|
1406
|
|
1407 exclude:{pattern}
|
|
1408 Defines a pattern that is matched against the name of
|
|
1409 the terminal 'term'. If there is a match, no
|
|
1410 connection will be made to the X server. This is
|
|
1411 useful in this situation:
|
|
1412 - Running Vim in a console.
|
|
1413 - $DISPLAY is set to start applications on another
|
|
1414 display.
|
|
1415 - You do not want to connect to the X server in the
|
|
1416 console, but do want this in a terminal emulator.
|
|
1417 To never connect to the X server use: >
|
|
1418 exclude:.*
|
|
1419 < This has the same effect as using the |-X| argument.
|
|
1420 Note that when there is no connection to the X server
|
|
1421 the window title won't be restored and the clipboard
|
|
1422 cannot be accessed.
|
|
1423 The value of 'magic' is ignored, {pattern} is
|
|
1424 interpreted as if 'magic' was on.
|
|
1425 The rest of the option value will be used for
|
|
1426 {pattern}, this must be the last entry.
|
|
1427
|
|
1428 *'cmdheight'* *'ch'*
|
|
1429 'cmdheight' 'ch' number (default 1)
|
|
1430 global
|
|
1431 {not in Vi}
|
|
1432 Number of screen lines to use for the command-line. Helps avoiding
|
|
1433 |hit-enter| prompts.
|
|
1434
|
|
1435 *'cmdwinheight'* *'cwh'*
|
|
1436 'cmdwinheight' 'cwh' number (default 7)
|
|
1437 global
|
|
1438 {not in Vi}
|
|
1439 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit|
|
|
1440 feature}
|
|
1441 Number of screen lines to use for the command-line window. |cmdwin|
|
|
1442
|
|
1443 *'columns'* *'co'* *E594*
|
|
1444 'columns' 'co' number (default 80 or terminal width)
|
|
1445 global
|
|
1446 {not in Vi}
|
|
1447 Number of columns of the screen. Normally this is set by the terminal
|
161
|
1448 initialization and does not have to be set by hand. Also see
|
|
1449 |posix-screen-size|.
|
7
|
1450 When Vim is running in the GUI or in a resizable window, setting this
|
|
1451 option will cause the window size to be changed. When you only want
|
|
1452 to use the size for the GUI, put the command in your |gvimrc| file.
|
|
1453 When you set this option and Vim is unable to change the physical
|
|
1454 number of columns of the display, the display may be messed up.
|
571
|
1455 Mimimum value is 12, maximum value is 10000.
|
7
|
1456
|
|
1457 *'comments'* *'com'* *E524* *E525*
|
|
1458 'comments' 'com' string (default
|
|
1459 "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/,://,b:#,:%,:XCOMM,n:>,fb:-")
|
|
1460 local to buffer
|
|
1461 {not in Vi}
|
|
1462 {not available when compiled without the |+comments|
|
|
1463 feature}
|
|
1464 A comma separated list of strings that can start a comment line. See
|
|
1465 |format-comments|. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes to
|
|
1466 insert a space.
|
|
1467
|
|
1468 *'commentstring'* *'cms'* *E537*
|
|
1469 'commentstring' 'cms' string (default "/*%s*/")
|
|
1470 local to buffer
|
|
1471 {not in Vi}
|
|
1472 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
1473 feature}
|
|
1474 A template for a comment. The "%s" in the value is replaced with the
|
|
1475 comment text. Currently only used to add markers for folding, see
|
|
1476 |fold-marker|.
|
|
1477
|
|
1478 *'compatible'* *'cp'* *'nocompatible'* *'nocp'*
|
378
|
1479 'compatible' 'cp' boolean (default on, off when a .vimrc or .gvimrc file
|
|
1480 is found)
|
7
|
1481 global
|
|
1482 {not in Vi}
|
|
1483 This option has the effect of making Vim either more Vi-compatible, or
|
|
1484 make Vim behave in a more useful way.
|
|
1485 This is a special kind of option, because when it's set or reset,
|
|
1486 other options are also changed as a side effect. CAREFUL: Setting or
|
|
1487 resetting this option can have a lot of unexpected effects: Mappings
|
10
|
1488 are interpreted in another way, undo behaves differently, etc. If you
|
7
|
1489 set this option in your vimrc file, you should probably put it at the
|
|
1490 very start.
|
|
1491 By default this option is on and the Vi defaults are used for the
|
|
1492 options. This default was chosen for those people who want to use Vim
|
|
1493 just like Vi, and don't even (want to) know about the 'compatible'
|
|
1494 option.
|
378
|
1495 When a ".vimrc" or ".gvimrc" file is found while Vim is starting up,
|
|
1496 this option is switched off, and all options that have not been
|
|
1497 modified will be set to the Vim defaults. Effectively, this means
|
|
1498 that when a ".vimrc" or ".gvimrc" file exists, Vim will use the Vim
|
|
1499 defaults, otherwise it will use the Vi defaults. (Note: This doesn't
|
|
1500 happen for the system-wide vimrc or gvimrc file). Also see
|
|
1501 |compatible-default| and |posix-compliance|.
|
7
|
1502 You can also set this option with the "-C" argument, and reset it with
|
|
1503 "-N". See |-C| and |-N|.
|
|
1504 Switching this option off makes the Vim defaults be used for options
|
|
1505 that have a different Vi and Vim default value. See the options
|
|
1506 marked with a '+' below. Other options are not modified.
|
|
1507 At the moment this option is set, several other options will be set
|
|
1508 or reset to make Vim as Vi-compatible as possible. See the table
|
10
|
1509 below. This can be used if you want to revert to Vi compatible
|
7
|
1510 editing.
|
|
1511 See also 'cpoptions'.
|
|
1512
|
|
1513 option + set value effect ~
|
|
1514
|
|
1515 'allowrevins' off no CTRL-_ command
|
|
1516 'backupcopy' Unix: "yes" backup file is a copy
|
|
1517 others: "auto" copy or rename backup file
|
|
1518 'backspace' "" normal backspace
|
|
1519 'backup' off no backup file
|
|
1520 'cindent' off no C code indentation
|
|
1521 'cedit' + "" no key to open the |cmdwin|
|
|
1522 'cpoptions' + (all flags) Vi-compatible flags
|
|
1523 'cscopetag' off don't use cscope for ":tag"
|
|
1524 'cscopetagorder' 0 see |cscopetagorder|
|
|
1525 'cscopeverbose' off see |cscopeverbose|
|
|
1526 'digraph' off no digraphs
|
|
1527 'esckeys' + off no <Esc>-keys in Insert mode
|
|
1528 'expandtab' off tabs not expanded to spaces
|
|
1529 'fileformats' + "" no automatic file format detection,
|
|
1530 "dos,unix" except for DOS, Windows and OS/2
|
|
1531 'formatoptions' + "vt" Vi compatible formatting
|
|
1532 'gdefault' off no default 'g' flag for ":s"
|
|
1533 'history' + 0 no commandline history
|
|
1534 'hkmap' off no Hebrew keyboard mapping
|
|
1535 'hkmapp' off no phonetic Hebrew keyboard mapping
|
|
1536 'hlsearch' off no highlighting of search matches
|
|
1537 'incsearch' off no incremental searching
|
|
1538 'indentexpr' "" no indenting by expression
|
|
1539 'insertmode' off do not start in Insert mode
|
|
1540 'iskeyword' + "@,48-57,_" keywords contain alphanumeric
|
|
1541 characters and '_'
|
|
1542 'joinspaces' on insert 2 spaces after period
|
|
1543 'modeline' + off no modelines
|
|
1544 'more' + off no pauses in listings
|
|
1545 'revins' off no reverse insert
|
|
1546 'ruler' off no ruler
|
|
1547 'scrolljump' 1 no jump scroll
|
|
1548 'scrolloff' 0 no scroll offset
|
|
1549 'shiftround' off indent not rounded to shiftwidth
|
|
1550 'shortmess' + "" no shortening of messages
|
|
1551 'showcmd' + off command characters not shown
|
|
1552 'showmode' + off current mode not shown
|
|
1553 'smartcase' off no automatic ignore case switch
|
|
1554 'smartindent' off no smart indentation
|
|
1555 'smarttab' off no smart tab size
|
|
1556 'softtabstop' 0 tabs are always 'tabstop' positions
|
|
1557 'startofline' on goto startofline with some commands
|
|
1558 'tagrelative' + off tag file names are not relative
|
|
1559 'textauto' + off no automatic textmode detection
|
|
1560 'textwidth' 0 no automatic line wrap
|
|
1561 'tildeop' off tilde is not an operator
|
|
1562 'ttimeout' off no terminal timeout
|
|
1563 'whichwrap' + "" left-right movements don't wrap
|
|
1564 'wildchar' + CTRL-E only when the current value is <Tab>
|
|
1565 use CTRL-E for cmdline completion
|
|
1566 'writebackup' on or off depends on +writebackup feature
|
|
1567
|
|
1568 *'complete'* *'cpt'* *E535*
|
|
1569 'complete' 'cpt' string (default: ".,w,b,u,t,i")
|
|
1570 local to buffer
|
|
1571 {not in Vi}
|
|
1572 This option specifies how keyword completion |ins-completion| works
|
|
1573 when CTRL-P or CTRL-N are used. It is also used for whole-line
|
|
1574 completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L|. It indicates the type of completion
|
|
1575 and the places to scan. It is a comma separated list of flags:
|
|
1576 . scan the current buffer ('wrapscan' is ignored)
|
|
1577 w scan buffers from other windows
|
|
1578 b scan other loaded buffers that are in the buffer list
|
|
1579 u scan the unloaded buffers that are in the buffer list
|
|
1580 U scan the buffers that are not in the buffer list
|
|
1581 k scan the files given with the 'dictionary' option
|
703
|
1582 kspell use the currently active spell checking |spell|
|
7
|
1583 k{dict} scan the file {dict}. Several "k" flags can be given,
|
|
1584 patterns are valid too. For example: >
|
|
1585 :set cpt=k/usr/dict/*,k~/spanish
|
|
1586 < s scan the files given with the 'thesaurus' option
|
|
1587 s{tsr} scan the file {tsr}. Several "s" flags can be given, patterns
|
|
1588 are valid too.
|
|
1589 i scan current and included files
|
|
1590 d scan current and included files for defined name or macro
|
|
1591 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D|
|
|
1592 ] tag completion
|
|
1593 t same as "]"
|
|
1594
|
|
1595 Unloaded buffers are not loaded, thus their autocmds |:autocmd| are
|
|
1596 not executed, this may lead to unexpected completions from some files
|
|
1597 (gzipped files for example). Unloaded buffers are not scanned for
|
|
1598 whole-line completion.
|
|
1599
|
|
1600 The default is ".,w,b,u,t,i", which means to scan:
|
|
1601 1. the current buffer
|
|
1602 2. buffers in other windows
|
|
1603 3. other loaded buffers
|
|
1604 4. unloaded buffers
|
|
1605 5. tags
|
|
1606 6. included files
|
|
1607
|
|
1608 As you can see, CTRL-N and CTRL-P can be used to do any 'iskeyword'-
|
233
|
1609 based expansion (e.g., dictionary |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|, included patterns
|
|
1610 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I|, tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]| and normal expansions).
|
7
|
1611
|
12
|
1612 *'completefunc'* *'cfu'*
|
|
1613 'completefunc' 'cfu' string (default: empty)
|
|
1614 local to buffer
|
|
1615 {not in Vi}
|
452
|
1616 {not available when compiled without the +eval
|
|
1617 or +insert_expand feature}
|
623
|
1618 This option specifies a function to be used for Insert mode completion
|
|
1619 with CTRL-X CTRL-U. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|
|
648
|
1620 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of how the function is
|
|
1621 invoked and what it should return.
|
|
1622
|
14
|
1623
|
540
|
1624 *'completeopt'* *'cot'*
|
730
|
1625 'completeopt' 'cot' string (default: "menu,preview")
|
540
|
1626 global
|
|
1627 {not in Vi}
|
665
|
1628 A comma separated list of options for Insert mode completion
|
|
1629 |ins-completion|. The supported values are:
|
540
|
1630
|
|
1631 menu Use a popup menu to show the possible completions. The
|
|
1632 menu is only shown when there is more than one match and
|
|
1633 sufficient colors are available. |ins-completion-menu|
|
|
1634
|
707
|
1635 menuone Use the popup menu also when there is only one match.
|
|
1636 Useful when there is additional information about the
|
|
1637 match, e.g., what file it comes from.
|
|
1638
|
665
|
1639 longest Only insert the longest common text of the matches. Use
|
730
|
1640 CTRL-L to add more characters. Whether case is ignored
|
681
|
1641 depends on the kind of completion. For buffer text the
|
|
1642 'ignorecase' option is used.
|
665
|
1643
|
730
|
1644 preview Show extra information about the currently selected
|
|
1645 completion in the preview window.
|
|
1646
|
540
|
1647
|
7
|
1648 *'confirm'* *'cf'* *'noconfirm'* *'nocf'*
|
|
1649 'confirm' 'cf' boolean (default off)
|
|
1650 global
|
|
1651 {not in Vi}
|
|
1652 When 'confirm' is on, certain operations that would normally
|
|
1653 fail because of unsaved changes to a buffer, e.g. ":q" and ":e",
|
|
1654 instead raise a |dialog| asking if you wish to save the current
|
|
1655 file(s). You can still use a ! to unconditionally |abandon| a buffer.
|
|
1656 If 'confirm' is off you can still activate confirmation for one
|
|
1657 command only (this is most useful in mappings) with the |:confirm|
|
|
1658 command.
|
|
1659 Also see the |confirm()| function and the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'.
|
|
1660
|
|
1661 *'conskey'* *'consk'* *'noconskey'* *'noconsk'*
|
|
1662 'conskey' 'consk' boolean (default off)
|
|
1663 global
|
|
1664 {not in Vi} {only for MS-DOS}
|
|
1665 When on direct console I/O is used to obtain a keyboard character.
|
10
|
1666 This should work in most cases. Also see |'bioskey'|. Together,
|
7
|
1667 three methods of console input are available:
|
|
1668 'conskey' 'bioskey' action ~
|
|
1669 on on or off direct console input
|
|
1670 off on BIOS
|
|
1671 off off STDIN
|
|
1672
|
|
1673 *'copyindent'* *'ci'* *'nocopyindent'* *'noci'*
|
|
1674 'copyindent' 'ci' boolean (default off)
|
|
1675 local to buffer
|
|
1676 {not in Vi}
|
|
1677 Copy the structure of the existing lines indent when autoindenting a
|
|
1678 new line. Normally the new indent is reconstructed by a series of
|
|
1679 tabs followed by spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is enabled,
|
|
1680 in which case only spaces are used). Enabling this option makes the
|
|
1681 new line copy whatever characters were used for indenting on the
|
|
1682 existing line. If the new indent is greater than on the existing
|
|
1683 line, the remaining space is filled in the normal manner.
|
|
1684 NOTE: 'copyindent' is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
1685 Also see 'preserveindent'.
|
|
1686
|
|
1687 *'cpoptions'* *'cpo'*
|
|
1688 'cpoptions' 'cpo' string (Vim default: "aABceFs",
|
|
1689 Vi default: all flags)
|
|
1690 global
|
|
1691 {not in Vi}
|
|
1692 A sequence of single character flags. When a character is present
|
10
|
1693 this indicates vi-compatible behavior. This is used for things where
|
7
|
1694 not being vi-compatible is mostly or sometimes preferred.
|
|
1695 'cpoptions' stands for "compatible-options".
|
|
1696 Commas can be added for readability.
|
|
1697 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
|
|
1698 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
|
|
1699 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
1700 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
164
|
1701 NOTE: This option is set to the POSIX default value at startup when
|
|
1702 the Vi default value would be used and the $VIM_POSIX environment
|
|
1703 variable exists |posix|. This means tries to behave like the POSIX
|
|
1704 specification.
|
7
|
1705
|
|
1706 contains behavior ~
|
|
1707 *cpo-a*
|
|
1708 a When included, a ":read" command with a file name
|
|
1709 argument will set the alternate file name for the
|
|
1710 current window.
|
|
1711 *cpo-A*
|
|
1712 A When included, a ":write" command with a file name
|
|
1713 argument will set the alternate file name for the
|
|
1714 current window.
|
|
1715 *cpo-b*
|
|
1716 b "\|" in a ":map" command is recognized as the end of
|
|
1717 the map command. The '\' is included in the mapping,
|
|
1718 the text after the '|' is interpreted as the next
|
|
1719 command. Use a CTRL-V instead of a backslash to
|
|
1720 include the '|' in the mapping. Applies to all
|
|
1721 mapping, abbreviation, menu and autocmd commands.
|
|
1722 See also |map_bar|.
|
|
1723 *cpo-B*
|
|
1724 B A backslash has no special meaning in mappings,
|
|
1725 abbreviations and the "to" part of the menu commands.
|
|
1726 Remove this flag to be able to use a backslash like a
|
|
1727 CTRL-V. For example, the command ":map X \<Esc>"
|
|
1728 results in X being mapped to:
|
|
1729 'B' included: "\^[" (^[ is a real <Esc>)
|
|
1730 'B' excluded: "<Esc>" (5 characters)
|
|
1731 ('<' excluded in both cases)
|
|
1732 *cpo-c*
|
|
1733 c Searching continues at the end of any match at the
|
|
1734 cursor position, but not further than the start of the
|
|
1735 next line. When not present searching continues
|
|
1736 one character from the cursor position. With 'c'
|
|
1737 "abababababab" only gets three matches when repeating
|
|
1738 "/abab", without 'c' there are five matches.
|
|
1739 *cpo-C*
|
|
1740 C Do not concatenate sourced lines that start with a
|
|
1741 backslash. See |line-continuation|.
|
|
1742 *cpo-d*
|
|
1743 d Using "./" in the 'tags' option doesn't mean to use
|
|
1744 the tags file relative to the current file, but the
|
|
1745 tags file in the current directory.
|
|
1746 *cpo-D*
|
|
1747 D Can't use CTRL-K to enter a digraph after Normal mode
|
|
1748 commands with a character argument, like |r|, |f| and
|
|
1749 |t|.
|
|
1750 *cpo-e*
|
|
1751 e When executing a register with ":@r", always add a
|
|
1752 <CR> to the last line, also when the register is not
|
|
1753 linewise. If this flag is not present, the register
|
|
1754 is not linewise and the last line does not end in a
|
|
1755 <CR>, then the last line is put on the command-line
|
|
1756 and can be edited before hitting <CR>.
|
|
1757 *cpo-E*
|
|
1758 E It is an error when using "y", "d", "c", "g~", "gu" or
|
|
1759 "gU" on an Empty region. The operators only work when
|
|
1760 at least one character is to be operate on. Example:
|
|
1761 This makes "y0" fail in the first column.
|
|
1762 *cpo-f*
|
|
1763 f When included, a ":read" command with a file name
|
|
1764 argument will set the file name for the current buffer,
|
|
1765 if the current buffer doesn't have a file name yet.
|
|
1766 *cpo-F*
|
|
1767 F When included, a ":write" command with a file name
|
|
1768 argument will set the file name for the current
|
|
1769 buffer, if the current buffer doesn't have a file name
|
590
|
1770 yet. Also see |cpo-P|.
|
7
|
1771 *cpo-g*
|
|
1772 g Goto line 1 when using ":edit" without argument.
|
164
|
1773 *cpo-H*
|
|
1774 H When using "I" on a line with only blanks, insert
|
|
1775 before the last blank. Without this flag insert after
|
|
1776 the last blank.
|
7
|
1777 *cpo-i*
|
|
1778 i When included, interrupting the reading of a file will
|
|
1779 leave it modified.
|
10
|
1780 *cpo-I*
|
|
1781 I When moving the cursor up or down just after inserting
|
|
1782 indent for 'autoindent', do not delete the indent.
|
7
|
1783 *cpo-j*
|
|
1784 j When joining lines, only add two spaces after a '.',
|
|
1785 not after '!' or '?'. Also see 'joinspaces'.
|
|
1786 *cpo-J*
|
|
1787 J A |sentence| has to be followed by two spaces after
|
233
|
1788 the '.', '!' or '?'. A <Tab> is not recognized as
|
7
|
1789 white space.
|
|
1790 *cpo-k*
|
|
1791 k Disable the recognition of raw key codes in
|
|
1792 mappings, abbreviations, and the "to" part of menu
|
|
1793 commands. For example, if <Key> sends ^[OA (where ^[
|
|
1794 is <Esc>), the command ":map X ^[OA" results in X
|
|
1795 being mapped to:
|
|
1796 'k' included: "^[OA" (3 characters)
|
|
1797 'k' excluded: "<Key>" (one key code)
|
|
1798 Also see the '<' flag below.
|
|
1799 *cpo-K*
|
|
1800 K Don't wait for a key code to complete when it is
|
|
1801 halfway a mapping. This breaks mapping <F1><F1> when
|
|
1802 only part of the second <F1> has been read. It
|
|
1803 enables cancelling the mapping by typing <F1><Esc>.
|
|
1804 *cpo-l*
|
|
1805 l Backslash in a [] range in a search pattern is taken
|
168
|
1806 literally, only "\]", "\^", "\-" and "\\" are special.
|
|
1807 See |/[]|
|
7
|
1808 'l' included: "/[ \t]" finds <Space>, '\' and 't'
|
|
1809 'l' excluded: "/[ \t]" finds <Space> and <Tab>
|
168
|
1810 Also see |cpo-\|.
|
7
|
1811 *cpo-L*
|
|
1812 L When the 'list' option is set, 'wrapmargin',
|
|
1813 'textwidth', 'softtabstop' and Virtual Replace mode
|
|
1814 (see |gR|) count a <Tab> as two characters, instead of
|
|
1815 the normal behavior of a <Tab>.
|
|
1816 *cpo-m*
|
|
1817 m When included, a showmatch will always wait half a
|
|
1818 second. When not included, a showmatch will wait half
|
|
1819 a second or until a character is typed. |'showmatch'|
|
|
1820 *cpo-M*
|
|
1821 M When excluded, "%" matching will take backslashes into
|
|
1822 account. Thus in "( \( )" and "\( ( \)" the outer
|
|
1823 parenthesis match. When included "%" ignores
|
|
1824 backslashes, which is Vi compatible.
|
|
1825 *cpo-n*
|
|
1826 n When included, the column used for 'number' will also
|
|
1827 be used for text of wrapped lines.
|
|
1828 *cpo-o*
|
|
1829 o Line offset to search command is not remembered for
|
|
1830 next search.
|
|
1831 *cpo-O*
|
|
1832 O Don't complain if a file is being overwritten, even
|
|
1833 when it didn't exist when editing it. This is a
|
|
1834 protection against a file unexpectedly created by
|
|
1835 someone else. Vi didn't complain about this.
|
|
1836 *cpo-p*
|
|
1837 p Vi compatible Lisp indenting. When not present, a
|
|
1838 slightly better algorithm is used.
|
590
|
1839 *cpo-P*
|
|
1840 P When included, a ":write" command that appends to a
|
|
1841 file will set the file name for the current buffer, if
|
|
1842 the current buffer doesn't have a file name yet and
|
|
1843 the 'F' flag is also included |cpo-F|.
|
164
|
1844 *cpo-q*
|
|
1845 q When joining multiple lines leave the cursor at the
|
|
1846 position where it would be when joining two lines.
|
7
|
1847 *cpo-r*
|
|
1848 r Redo ("." command) uses "/" to repeat a search
|
|
1849 command, instead of the actually used search string.
|
|
1850 *cpo-R*
|
|
1851 R Remove marks from filtered lines. Without this flag
|
|
1852 marks are kept like |:keepmarks| was used.
|
|
1853 *cpo-s*
|
|
1854 s Set buffer options when entering the buffer for the
|
|
1855 first time. This is like it is in Vim version 3.0.
|
10
|
1856 And it is the default. If not present the options are
|
7
|
1857 set when the buffer is created.
|
|
1858 *cpo-S*
|
|
1859 S Set buffer options always when entering a buffer
|
|
1860 (except 'readonly', 'fileformat', 'filetype' and
|
|
1861 'syntax'). This is the (most) Vi compatible setting.
|
|
1862 The options are set to the values in the current
|
|
1863 buffer. When you change an option and go to another
|
|
1864 buffer, the value is copied. Effectively makes the
|
|
1865 buffer options global to all buffers.
|
|
1866
|
|
1867 's' 'S' copy buffer options
|
|
1868 no no when buffer created
|
|
1869 yes no when buffer first entered (default)
|
|
1870 X yes each time when buffer entered (vi comp.)
|
|
1871 *cpo-t*
|
|
1872 t Search pattern for the tag command is remembered for
|
|
1873 "n" command. Otherwise Vim only puts the pattern in
|
|
1874 the history for search pattern, but doesn't change the
|
|
1875 last used search pattern.
|
|
1876 *cpo-u*
|
10
|
1877 u Undo is Vi compatible. See |undo-two-ways|.
|
7
|
1878 *cpo-v*
|
|
1879 v Backspaced characters remain visible on the screen in
|
|
1880 Insert mode. Without this flag the characters are
|
|
1881 erased from the screen right away. With this flag the
|
|
1882 screen newly typed text overwrites backspaced
|
|
1883 characters.
|
|
1884 *cpo-w*
|
|
1885 w When using "cw" on a blank character, only change one
|
|
1886 character and not all blanks until the start of the
|
|
1887 next word.
|
|
1888 *cpo-W*
|
|
1889 W Don't overwrite a readonly file. When omitted, ":w!"
|
|
1890 overwrites a readonly file, if possible.
|
|
1891 *cpo-x*
|
|
1892 x <Esc> on the command-line executes the command-line.
|
|
1893 The default in Vim is to abandon the command-line,
|
|
1894 because <Esc> normally aborts a command. |c_<Esc>|
|
164
|
1895 *cpo-X*
|
|
1896 X When using a count with "R" the replaced text is
|
|
1897 deleted only once. Also when repeating "R" with "."
|
|
1898 and a count.
|
7
|
1899 *cpo-y*
|
|
1900 y A yank command can be redone with ".".
|
164
|
1901 *cpo-Z*
|
|
1902 Z When using "w!" while the 'readonly' option is set,
|
|
1903 don't reset 'readonly'.
|
7
|
1904 *cpo-!*
|
|
1905 ! When redoing a filter command, use the last used
|
|
1906 external command, whatever it was. Otherwise the last
|
|
1907 used -filter- command is used.
|
|
1908 *cpo-$*
|
|
1909 $ When making a change to one line, don't redisplay the
|
|
1910 line, but put a '$' at the end of the changed text.
|
|
1911 The changed text will be overwritten when you type the
|
|
1912 new text. The line is redisplayed if you type any
|
|
1913 command that moves the cursor from the insertion
|
|
1914 point.
|
|
1915 *cpo-%*
|
|
1916 % Vi-compatible matching is done for the "%" command.
|
|
1917 Does not recognize "#if", "#endif", etc.
|
|
1918 Does not recognize "/*" and "*/".
|
|
1919 Parens inside single and double quotes are also
|
|
1920 counted, causing a string that contains a paren to
|
|
1921 disturb the matching. For example, in a line like
|
|
1922 "if (strcmp("foo(", s))" the first paren does not
|
|
1923 match the last one. When this flag is not included,
|
|
1924 parens inside single and double quotes are treated
|
|
1925 specially. When matching a paren outside of quotes,
|
|
1926 everything inside quotes is ignored. When matching a
|
|
1927 paren inside quotes, it will find the matching one (if
|
10
|
1928 there is one). This works very well for C programs.
|
36
|
1929 This flag is also used for other features, such as
|
|
1930 C-indenting.
|
161
|
1931 *cpo--*
|
|
1932 - When included, a vertical movement command fails when
|
632
|
1933 it would go above the first line or below the last
|
|
1934 line. Without it the cursor moves to the first or
|
|
1935 last line, unless it already was in that line.
|
161
|
1936 Applies to the commands "-", "k", CTRL-P, "+", "j",
|
632
|
1937 CTRL-N, CTRL-J and ":1234".
|
39
|
1938 *cpo-+*
|
|
1939 + When included, a ":write file" command will reset the
|
|
1940 'modified' flag of the buffer, even though the buffer
|
|
1941 itself may still be different from its file.
|
164
|
1942 *cpo-star*
|
7
|
1943 * Use ":*" in the same way as ":@". When not included,
|
|
1944 ":*" is an alias for ":'<,'>", select the Visual area.
|
|
1945 *cpo-<*
|
|
1946 < Disable the recognition of special key codes in |<>|
|
|
1947 form in mappings, abbreviations, and the "to" part of
|
10
|
1948 menu commands. For example, the command
|
7
|
1949 ":map X <Tab>" results in X being mapped to:
|
|
1950 '<' included: "<Tab>" (5 characters)
|
|
1951 '<' excluded: "^I" (^I is a real <Tab>)
|
|
1952 Also see the 'k' flag above.
|
164
|
1953 *cpo->*
|
|
1954 > When appending to a register, put a line break before
|
|
1955 the appended text.
|
|
1956
|
|
1957 POSIX flags. These are not included in the Vi default value, except
|
|
1958 when $VIM_POSIX was set on startup. |posix|
|
|
1959
|
|
1960 contains behavior ~
|
|
1961 *cpo-#*
|
|
1962 # A count before "D", "o" and "O" has no effect.
|
168
|
1963 *cpo-&*
|
|
1964 & When ":preserve" was used keep the swap file when
|
|
1965 exiting normally while this buffer is still loaded.
|
|
1966 This flag is tested when exiting.
|
|
1967 *cpo-\*
|
|
1968 \ Backslash in a [] range in a search pattern is taken
|
|
1969 literally, only "\]" is special See |/[]|
|
488
|
1970 '\' included: "/[ \-]" finds <Space>, '\' and '-'
|
|
1971 '\' excluded: "/[ \-]" finds <Space> and '-'
|
|
1972 Also see |cpo-l|.
|
168
|
1973 *cpo-/*
|
|
1974 / When "%" is used as the replacement string in a |:s|
|
|
1975 command, use the previous replacement string. |:s%|
|
164
|
1976 *cpo-{*
|
|
1977 { The |{| and |}| commands also stop at a "{" character
|
|
1978 at the start of a line.
|
168
|
1979 *cpo-.*
|
|
1980 . The ":chdir" and ":cd" commands fail if the current
|
|
1981 buffer is modified, unless ! is used. Vim doesn't
|
|
1982 need this, since it remembers the full path of an
|
|
1983 opened file.
|
164
|
1984 *cpo-bar*
|
|
1985 | The value of the $LINES and $COLUMNS environment
|
|
1986 variables overrule the terminal size values obtained
|
|
1987 with system specific functions.
|
|
1988
|
7
|
1989
|
|
1990 *'cscopepathcomp'* *'cspc'*
|
|
1991 'cscopepathcomp' 'cspc' number (default 0)
|
|
1992 global
|
|
1993 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
|
|
1994 feature}
|
|
1995 {not in Vi}
|
|
1996 Determines how many components of the path to show in a list of tags.
|
|
1997 See |cscopepathcomp|.
|
|
1998
|
|
1999 *'cscopeprg'* *'csprg'*
|
|
2000 'cscopeprg' 'csprg' string (default "cscope")
|
|
2001 global
|
|
2002 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
|
|
2003 feature}
|
|
2004 {not in Vi}
|
|
2005 Specifies the command to execute cscope. See |cscopeprg|.
|
|
2006 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
2007 security reasons.
|
|
2008
|
|
2009 *'cscopequickfix'* *'csqf'*
|
|
2010 'cscopequickfix' 'csqf' string (default "")
|
|
2011 global
|
|
2012 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
|
|
2013 or |+quickfix| features}
|
|
2014 {not in Vi}
|
|
2015 Specifies whether to use quickfix window to show cscope results.
|
|
2016 See |cscopequickfix|.
|
|
2017
|
|
2018 *'cscopetag'* *'cst'* *'nocscopetag'* *'nocst'*
|
|
2019 'cscopetag' 'cst' boolean (default off)
|
|
2020 global
|
|
2021 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
|
|
2022 feature}
|
|
2023 {not in Vi}
|
|
2024 Use cscope for tag commands. See |cscope-options|.
|
|
2025 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
2026
|
|
2027 *'cscopetagorder'* *'csto'*
|
|
2028 'cscopetagorder' 'csto' number (default 0)
|
|
2029 global
|
|
2030 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
|
|
2031 feature}
|
|
2032 {not in Vi}
|
|
2033 Determines the order in which ":cstag" performs a search. See
|
|
2034 |cscopetagorder|.
|
|
2035 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
2036
|
|
2037 *'cscopeverbose'* *'csverb'*
|
|
2038 *'nocscopeverbose'* *'nocsverb'*
|
|
2039 'cscopeverbose' 'csverb' boolean (default off)
|
|
2040 global
|
|
2041 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
|
|
2042 feature}
|
|
2043 {not in Vi}
|
|
2044 Give messages when adding a cscope database. See |cscopeverbose|.
|
|
2045 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
2046
|
|
2047 *'debug'*
|
|
2048 'debug' string (default "")
|
|
2049 global
|
|
2050 {not in Vi}
|
|
2051 When set to "msg", error messages that would otherwise be omitted will
|
667
|
2052 be given anyway. This is useful when debugging 'foldexpr',
|
|
2053 'formatexpr' or 'indentexpr'.
|
168
|
2054 When set to "beep", a message will be given when otherwise only a beep
|
|
2055 would be produced.
|
|
2056 The values can be combined, separated by a comma.
|
7
|
2057
|
|
2058 *'define'* *'def'*
|
|
2059 'define' 'def' string (default "^\s*#\s*define")
|
|
2060 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
2061 {not in Vi}
|
10
|
2062 Pattern to be used to find a macro definition. It is a search
|
7
|
2063 pattern, just like for the "/" command. This option is used for the
|
|
2064 commands like "[i" and "[d" |include-search|. The 'isident' option is
|
|
2065 used to recognize the defined name after the match:
|
|
2066 {match with 'define'}{non-ID chars}{defined name}{non-ID char}
|
|
2067 See |option-backslash| about inserting backslashes to include a space
|
|
2068 or backslash.
|
|
2069 The default value is for C programs. For C++ this value would be
|
|
2070 useful, to include const type declarations: >
|
|
2071 ^\(#\s*define\|[a-z]*\s*const\s*[a-z]*\)
|
|
2072 < When using the ":set" command, you need to double the backslashes!
|
|
2073
|
|
2074 *'delcombine'* *'deco'* *'nodelcombine'* *'nodeco'*
|
|
2075 'delcombine' 'deco' boolean (default off)
|
|
2076 global
|
|
2077 {not in Vi}
|
|
2078 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
2079 feature}
|
|
2080 If editing Unicode and this option is set, backspace and Normal mode
|
|
2081 "x" delete each combining character on its own. When it is off (the
|
|
2082 default) the character along with its combining characters are
|
|
2083 deleted.
|
|
2084 Note: When 'delcombine' is set "xx" may work different from "2x"!
|
|
2085
|
|
2086 This is useful for Arabic, Hebrew and many other languages where one
|
|
2087 may have combining characters overtop of base characters, and want
|
|
2088 to remove only the combining ones.
|
|
2089
|
|
2090 *'dictionary'* *'dict'*
|
|
2091 'dictionary' 'dict' string (default "")
|
|
2092 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
2093 {not in Vi}
|
|
2094 List of file names, separated by commas, that are used to lookup words
|
|
2095 for keyword completion commands |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|. Each file should
|
|
2096 contain a list of words. This can be one word per line, or several
|
|
2097 words per line, separated by non-keyword characters (white space is
|
|
2098 preferred). Maximum line length is 510 bytes.
|
703
|
2099 When this option is empty, or an entry "spell" is present, spell
|
|
2100 checking is enabled the currently active spelling is used. |spell|
|
10
|
2101 To include a comma in a file name precede it with a backslash. Spaces
|
7
|
2102 after a comma are ignored, otherwise spaces are included in the file
|
|
2103 name. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes.
|
99
|
2104 This has nothing to do with the |Dictionary| variable type.
|
7
|
2105 Where to find a list of words?
|
|
2106 - On FreeBSD, there is the file "/usr/share/dict/words".
|
|
2107 - In the Simtel archive, look in the "msdos/linguist" directory.
|
|
2108 - In "miscfiles" of the GNU collection.
|
|
2109 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
|
|
2110 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
|
|
2111 uses another default.
|
|
2112 Backticks cannot be used in this option for security reasons.
|
|
2113
|
|
2114 *'diff'* *'nodiff'*
|
|
2115 'diff' boolean (default off)
|
|
2116 local to window
|
|
2117 {not in Vi}
|
|
2118 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
|
|
2119 feature}
|
|
2120 Join the current window in the group of windows that shows differences
|
10
|
2121 between files. See |vimdiff|.
|
7
|
2122
|
|
2123 *'dex'* *'diffexpr'*
|
|
2124 'diffexpr' 'dex' string (default "")
|
|
2125 global
|
|
2126 {not in Vi}
|
|
2127 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
|
|
2128 feature}
|
|
2129 Expression which is evaluated to obtain an ed-style diff file from two
|
|
2130 versions of a file. See |diff-diffexpr|.
|
|
2131 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
2132 security reasons.
|
|
2133
|
|
2134 *'dip'* *'diffopt'*
|
|
2135 'diffopt' 'dip' string (default "filler")
|
|
2136 global
|
|
2137 {not in Vi}
|
|
2138 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
|
|
2139 feature}
|
10
|
2140 Option settings for diff mode. It can consist of the following items.
|
7
|
2141 All are optional. Items must be separated by a comma.
|
|
2142
|
|
2143 filler Show filler lines, to keep the text
|
|
2144 synchronized with a window that has inserted
|
|
2145 lines at the same position. Mostly useful
|
|
2146 when windows are side-by-side and 'scrollbind'
|
|
2147 is set.
|
|
2148
|
|
2149 context:{n} Use a context of {n} lines between a change
|
|
2150 and a fold that contains unchanged lines.
|
|
2151 When omitted a context of six lines is used.
|
|
2152 See |fold-diff|.
|
|
2153
|
|
2154 icase Ignore changes in case of text. "a" and "A"
|
|
2155 are considered the same. Adds the "-i" flag
|
|
2156 to the "diff" command if 'diffexpr' is empty.
|
|
2157
|
|
2158 iwhite Ignore changes in amount of white space. Adds
|
|
2159 the "-b" flag to the "diff" command if
|
|
2160 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
|
|
2161 of the "diff" command for what this does
|
|
2162 exactly. It should ignore adding trailing
|
|
2163 white space, but not leading white space.
|
|
2164
|
|
2165 Examples: >
|
|
2166
|
|
2167 :set diffopt=filler,context:4
|
|
2168 :set diffopt=
|
|
2169 :set diffopt=filler
|
|
2170 <
|
|
2171 *'digraph'* *'dg'* *'nodigraph'* *'nodg'*
|
|
2172 'digraph' 'dg' boolean (default off)
|
|
2173 global
|
|
2174 {not in Vi}
|
|
2175 {not available when compiled without the |+digraphs|
|
|
2176 feature}
|
|
2177 Enable the entering of digraphs in Insert mode with {char1} <BS>
|
|
2178 {char2}. See |digraphs|.
|
|
2179 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
2180
|
|
2181 *'directory'* *'dir'*
|
|
2182 'directory' 'dir' string (default for Amiga: ".,t:",
|
|
2183 for MS-DOS and Win32: ".,c:\tmp,c:\temp"
|
|
2184 for Unix: ".,~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp")
|
|
2185 global
|
|
2186 List of directory names for the swap file, separated with commas.
|
|
2187 - The swap file will be created in the first directory where this is
|
|
2188 possible.
|
|
2189 - Empty means that no swap file will be used (recovery is
|
|
2190 impossible!).
|
|
2191 - A directory "." means to put the swap file in the same directory as
|
|
2192 the edited file. On Unix, a dot is prepended to the file name, so
|
|
2193 it doesn't show in a directory listing. On MS-Windows the "hidden"
|
|
2194 attribute is set and a dot prepended if possible.
|
33
|
2195 - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-DOS et al.) means to
|
7
|
2196 put the swap file relative to where the edited file is. The leading
|
|
2197 "." is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
|
459
|
2198 - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//"
|
|
2199 or "\\", the swap file name will be built from the complete path to
|
|
2200 the file with all path separators substituted to percent '%' signs.
|
|
2201 This will ensure file name uniqueness in the preserve directory.
|
7
|
2202 - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
|
|
2203 of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
|
|
2204 name, precede it with a backslash.
|
|
2205 - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
|
|
2206 - A directory name may end in an ':' or '/'.
|
|
2207 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
|
|
2208 - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
|
|
2209 get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
|
|
2210 :set dir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
|
|
2211 < - For backwards compatibility with Vim version 3.0 a '>' at the start
|
|
2212 of the option is removed.
|
|
2213 Using "." first in the list is recommended. This means that editing
|
|
2214 the same file twice will result in a warning. Using "/tmp" on Unix is
|
|
2215 discouraged: When the system crashes you lose the swap file.
|
|
2216 "/var/tmp" is often not cleared when rebooting, thus is a better
|
|
2217 choice than "/tmp". But it can contain a lot of files, your swap
|
|
2218 files get lost in the crowd. That is why a "tmp" directory in your
|
|
2219 home directory is tried first.
|
|
2220 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
|
|
2221 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
|
|
2222 uses another default.
|
|
2223 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
2224 security reasons.
|
|
2225 {Vi: directory to put temp file in, defaults to "/tmp"}
|
|
2226
|
|
2227 *'display'* *'dy'*
|
|
2228 'display' 'dy' string (default "")
|
|
2229 global
|
|
2230 {not in Vi}
|
|
2231 Change the way text is displayed. This is comma separated list of
|
|
2232 flags:
|
|
2233 lastline When included, as much as possible of the last line
|
10
|
2234 in a window will be displayed. When not included, a
|
7
|
2235 last line that doesn't fit is replaced with "@" lines.
|
|
2236 uhex Show unprintable characters hexadecimal as <xx>
|
|
2237 instead of using ^C and ~C.
|
|
2238
|
|
2239 *'eadirection'* *'ead'*
|
|
2240 'eadirection' 'ead' string (default "both")
|
|
2241 global
|
|
2242 {not in Vi}
|
|
2243 {not available when compiled without the +vertsplit
|
|
2244 feature}
|
|
2245 Tells when the 'equalalways' option applies:
|
|
2246 ver vertically, width of windows is not affected
|
|
2247 hor horizontally, height of windows is not affected
|
|
2248 both width and height of windows is affected
|
|
2249
|
|
2250 *'ed'* *'edcompatible'* *'noed'* *'noedcompatible'*
|
|
2251 'edcompatible' 'ed' boolean (default off)
|
|
2252 global
|
|
2253 Makes the 'g' and 'c' flags of the ":substitute" command to be
|
|
2254 toggled each time the flag is given. See |complex-change|. See
|
|
2255 also 'gdefault' option.
|
|
2256 Switching this option on is discouraged!
|
|
2257
|
|
2258 *'encoding'* *'enc'* *E543*
|
|
2259 'encoding' 'enc' string (default: "latin1" or value from $LANG)
|
|
2260 global
|
|
2261 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
2262 feature}
|
|
2263 {not in Vi}
|
|
2264 Sets the character encoding used inside Vim. It applies to text in
|
|
2265 the buffers, registers, Strings in expressions, text stored in the
|
|
2266 viminfo file, etc. It sets the kind of characters which Vim can work
|
|
2267 with. See |encoding-names| for the possible values.
|
|
2268
|
|
2269 NOTE: Changing this option will not change the encoding of the
|
39
|
2270 existing text in Vim. It may cause non-ASCII text to become invalid.
|
7
|
2271 It should normally be kept at its default value, or set when Vim
|
|
2272 starts up. See |multibyte|.
|
|
2273
|
|
2274 NOTE: For GTK+ 2 it is highly recommended to set 'encoding' to
|
|
2275 "utf-8". Although care has been taken to allow different values of
|
|
2276 'encoding', "utf-8" is the natural choice for the environment and
|
|
2277 avoids unnecessary conversion overhead. "utf-8" has not been made
|
10
|
2278 the default to prevent different behavior of the GUI and terminal
|
7
|
2279 versions, and to avoid changing the encoding of newly created files
|
|
2280 without your knowledge (in case 'fileencodings' is empty).
|
|
2281
|
|
2282 The character encoding of files can be different from 'encoding'.
|
10
|
2283 This is specified with 'fileencoding'. The conversion is done with
|
7
|
2284 iconv() or as specified with 'charconvert'.
|
|
2285
|
|
2286 Normally 'encoding' will be equal to your current locale. This will
|
|
2287 be the default if Vim recognizes your environment settings. If
|
|
2288 'encoding' is not set to the current locale, 'termencoding' must be
|
|
2289 set to convert typed and displayed text. See |encoding-table|.
|
|
2290
|
|
2291 When you set this option, it fires the |EncodingChanged| autocommand
|
|
2292 event so that you can set up fonts if necessary.
|
|
2293
|
|
2294 When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
|
|
2295 you can set it with uppercase values too. Underscores are translated
|
|
2296 to '-' signs.
|
|
2297 When the encoding is recognized, it is changed to the standard name.
|
|
2298 For example "Latin-1" becomes "latin1", "ISO_88592" becomes
|
|
2299 "iso-8859-2" and "utf8" becomes "utf-8".
|
|
2300
|
|
2301 Note: "latin1" is also used when the encoding could not be detected.
|
|
2302 This only works when editing files in the same encoding! When the
|
|
2303 actual character set is not latin1, make sure 'fileencoding' and
|
|
2304 'fileencodings' are empty. When conversion is needed, switch to using
|
|
2305 utf-8.
|
|
2306
|
|
2307 When "unicode", "ucs-2" or "ucs-4" is used, Vim internally uses utf-8.
|
|
2308 You don't notice this while editing, but it does matter for the
|
|
2309 |viminfo-file|. And Vim expects the terminal to use utf-8 too. Thus
|
|
2310 setting 'encoding' to one of these values instead of utf-8 only has
|
|
2311 effect for encoding used for files when 'fileencoding' is empty.
|
448
|
2312
|
|
2313 When 'encoding' is set to a Unicode encoding, and 'fileencodings' was
|
|
2314 not set yet, the default for 'fileencodings' is changed.
|
7
|
2315
|
|
2316 *'endofline'* *'eol'* *'noendofline'* *'noeol'*
|
|
2317 'endofline' 'eol' boolean (default on)
|
|
2318 local to buffer
|
|
2319 {not in Vi}
|
|
2320 When writing a file and this option is off and the 'binary' option
|
10
|
2321 is on, no <EOL> will be written for the last line in the file. This
|
7
|
2322 option is automatically set when starting to edit a new file, unless
|
|
2323 the file does not have an <EOL> for the last line in the file, in
|
|
2324 which case it is reset. Normally you don't have to set or reset this
|
|
2325 option. When 'binary' is off the value is not used when writing the
|
|
2326 file. When 'binary' is on it is used to remember the presence of a
|
|
2327 <EOL> for the last line in the file, so that when you write the file
|
|
2328 the situation from the original file can be kept. But you can change
|
|
2329 it if you want to.
|
|
2330
|
|
2331 *'equalalways'* *'ea'* *'noequalalways'* *'noea'*
|
|
2332 'equalalways' 'ea' boolean (default on)
|
|
2333 global
|
|
2334 {not in Vi}
|
|
2335 When on, all the windows are automatically made the same size after
|
33
|
2336 splitting or closing a window. This also happens the moment the
|
|
2337 option is switched on. When off, splitting a window will reduce the
|
|
2338 size of the current window and leave the other windows the same. When
|
|
2339 closing a window the extra lines are given to the window next to it
|
|
2340 (depending on 'splitbelow' and 'splitright').
|
7
|
2341 When mixing vertically and horizontally split windows, a minimal size
|
|
2342 is computed and some windows may be larger if there is room. The
|
|
2343 'eadirection' option tells in which direction the size is affected.
|
|
2344 Changing the height of a window can be avoided by setting
|
|
2345 'winfixheight'.
|
|
2346
|
|
2347 *'equalprg'* *'ep'*
|
|
2348 'equalprg' 'ep' string (default "")
|
|
2349 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
2350 {not in Vi}
|
|
2351 External program to use for "=" command. When this option is empty
|
|
2352 the internal formatting functions are used ('lisp', 'cindent' or
|
|
2353 'indentexpr').
|
10
|
2354 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
|
7
|
2355 about including spaces and backslashes.
|
|
2356 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
2357 security reasons.
|
|
2358
|
|
2359 *'errorbells'* *'eb'* *'noerrorbells'* *'noeb'*
|
|
2360 'errorbells' 'eb' boolean (default off)
|
|
2361 global
|
|
2362 Ring the bell (beep or screen flash) for error messages. This only
|
|
2363 makes a difference for error messages, the bell will be used always
|
|
2364 for a lot of errors without a message (e.g., hitting <Esc> in Normal
|
10
|
2365 mode). See 'visualbell' on how to make the bell behave like a beep,
|
7
|
2366 screen flash or do nothing.
|
|
2367
|
|
2368 *'errorfile'* *'ef'*
|
|
2369 'errorfile' 'ef' string (Amiga default: "AztecC.Err",
|
|
2370 others: "errors.err")
|
|
2371 global
|
|
2372 {not in Vi}
|
|
2373 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
|
|
2374 feature}
|
|
2375 Name of the errorfile for the QuickFix mode (see |:cf|).
|
|
2376 When the "-q" command-line argument is used, 'errorfile' is set to the
|
|
2377 following argument. See |-q|.
|
|
2378 NOT used for the ":make" command. See 'makeef' for that.
|
|
2379 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
|
|
2380 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
|
|
2381 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
2382 security reasons.
|
|
2383
|
|
2384 *'errorformat'* *'efm'*
|
|
2385 'errorformat' 'efm' string (default is very long)
|
|
2386 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
2387 {not in Vi}
|
|
2388 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
|
|
2389 feature}
|
|
2390 Scanf-like description of the format for the lines in the error file
|
|
2391 (see |errorformat|).
|
|
2392
|
|
2393 *'esckeys'* *'ek'* *'noesckeys'* *'noek'*
|
|
2394 'esckeys' 'ek' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
|
|
2395 global
|
|
2396 {not in Vi}
|
|
2397 Function keys that start with an <Esc> are recognized in Insert
|
|
2398 mode. When this option is off, the cursor and function keys cannot be
|
|
2399 used in Insert mode if they start with an <Esc>. The advantage of
|
|
2400 this is that the single <Esc> is recognized immediately, instead of
|
|
2401 after one second. Instead of resetting this option, you might want to
|
|
2402 try changing the values for 'timeoutlen' and 'ttimeoutlen'. Note that
|
|
2403 when 'esckeys' is off, you can still map anything, but the cursor keys
|
|
2404 won't work by default.
|
|
2405 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
2406 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
2407
|
|
2408 *'eventignore'* *'ei'*
|
|
2409 'eventignore' 'ei' string (default "")
|
|
2410 global
|
|
2411 {not in Vi}
|
|
2412 {not available when compiled without the |+autocmd|
|
|
2413 feature}
|
|
2414 A list of autocommand event names, which are to be ignored.
|
|
2415 When set to "all", all autocommand events are ignored, autocommands
|
|
2416 will not be executed.
|
|
2417 Otherwise this is a comma separated list of event names. Example: >
|
|
2418 :set ei=WinEnter,WinLeave
|
|
2419 <
|
|
2420 *'expandtab'* *'et'* *'noexpandtab'* *'noet'*
|
|
2421 'expandtab' 'et' boolean (default off)
|
|
2422 local to buffer
|
|
2423 {not in Vi}
|
|
2424 In Insert mode: Use the appropriate number of spaces to insert a
|
10
|
2425 <Tab>. Spaces are used in indents with the '>' and '<' commands and
|
7
|
2426 when 'autoindent' is on. To insert a real tab when 'expandtab' is
|
|
2427 on, use CTRL-V<Tab>. See also |:retab| and |ins-expandtab|.
|
|
2428 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
2429
|
|
2430 *'exrc'* *'ex'* *'noexrc'* *'noex'*
|
|
2431 'exrc' 'ex' boolean (default off)
|
|
2432 global
|
|
2433 {not in Vi}
|
|
2434 Enables the reading of .vimrc, .exrc and .gvimrc in the current
|
|
2435 directory. If you switch this option on you should also consider
|
|
2436 setting the 'secure' option (see |initialization|). Using a local
|
|
2437 .exrc, .vimrc or .gvimrc is a potential security leak, use with care!
|
|
2438 also see |.vimrc| and |gui-init|.
|
|
2439 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
2440 security reasons.
|
|
2441
|
|
2442 *'fileencoding'* *'fenc'* *E213*
|
|
2443 'fileencoding' 'fenc' string (default: "")
|
|
2444 local to buffer
|
|
2445 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
2446 feature}
|
|
2447 {not in Vi}
|
|
2448 Sets the character encoding for the file of this buffer.
|
|
2449 When 'fileencoding' is different from 'encoding', conversion will be
|
|
2450 done when reading and writing the file.
|
|
2451 When 'fileencoding' is empty, the same value as 'encoding' will be
|
|
2452 used (no conversion when reading or writing a file).
|
|
2453 WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! When
|
|
2454 'encoding' is "utf-8" conversion is most likely done in a way
|
|
2455 that the reverse conversion results in the same text. When
|
|
2456 'encoding' is not "utf-8" some characters may be lost!
|
|
2457 See 'encoding' for the possible values. Additionally, values may be
|
|
2458 specified that can be handled by the converter, see
|
|
2459 |mbyte-conversion|.
|
|
2460 When reading a file 'fileencoding' will be set from 'fileencodings'.
|
|
2461 To read a file in a certain encoding it won't work by setting
|
|
2462 'fileencoding', use the |++enc| argument.
|
692
|
2463 For a new file the global value of 'fileencoding' is used.
|
7
|
2464 Prepending "8bit-" and "2byte-" has no meaning here, they are ignored.
|
|
2465 When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
|
|
2466 you can set it with uppercase values too. '_' characters are
|
|
2467 replaced with '-'. If a name is recognized from the list for
|
|
2468 'encoding', it is replaced by the standard name. For example
|
|
2469 "ISO8859-2" becomes "iso-8859-2".
|
|
2470 When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
|
|
2471 option is set, because the file would be different when written.
|
|
2472 If you do this in a modeline, you might want to set 'nomodified' to
|
|
2473 avoid this.
|
|
2474 This option can not be changed when 'modifiable' is off.
|
|
2475
|
|
2476 *'fe'*
|
|
2477 NOTE: Before version 6.0 this option specified the encoding for the
|
10
|
2478 whole of Vim, this was a mistake. Now use 'encoding' instead. The
|
7
|
2479 old short name was 'fe', which is no longer used.
|
|
2480
|
|
2481 *'fileencodings'* *'fencs'*
|
39
|
2482 'fileencodings' 'fencs' string (default: "ucs-bom",
|
|
2483 "ucs-bom,utf-8,default,latin1" when
|
|
2484 'encoding' is set to a Unicode value)
|
7
|
2485 global
|
|
2486 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
2487 feature}
|
|
2488 {not in Vi}
|
|
2489 This is a list of character encodings considered when starting to edit
|
|
2490 an existing file. When a file is read, Vim tries to use the first
|
|
2491 mentioned character encoding. If an error is detected, the next one
|
|
2492 in the list is tried. When an encoding is found that works,
|
10
|
2493 'fileencoding' is set to it. If all fail, 'fileencoding' is set to
|
7
|
2494 an empty string, which means the value of 'encoding' is used.
|
|
2495 WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! When
|
|
2496 'encoding' is "utf-8" (or one of the other Unicode variants)
|
|
2497 conversion is most likely done in a way that the reverse
|
|
2498 conversion results in the same text. When 'encoding' is not
|
596
|
2499 "utf-8" some non-ASCII characters may be lost! You can use
|
|
2500 the |++bad| argument to specify what is done with characters
|
|
2501 that can't be converted.
|
7
|
2502 For an empty file or a file with only ASCII characters most encodings
|
|
2503 will work and the first entry of 'fileencodings' will be used (except
|
|
2504 "ucs-bom", which requires the BOM to be present). If you prefer
|
|
2505 another encoding use an BufReadPost autocommand event to test if your
|
|
2506 preferred encoding is to be used. Example: >
|
|
2507 au BufReadPost * if search('\S', 'w') == 0 |
|
|
2508 \ set fenc=iso-2022-jp | endif
|
|
2509 < This sets 'fileencoding' to "iso-2022-jp" if the file does not contain
|
|
2510 non-blank characters.
|
596
|
2511 When the |++enc| argument is used then the value of 'fileencodings' is
|
|
2512 not used.
|
692
|
2513 Note that 'fileencodings' is not used for a new file, the global value
|
|
2514 of 'fileencoding' is used instead. You can set it with: >
|
|
2515 :setglobal fenc=iso-8859-2
|
|
2516 < This means that a non-existing file may get a different encoding than
|
|
2517 an empty file.
|
7
|
2518 The special value "ucs-bom" can be used to check for a Unicode BOM
|
|
2519 (Byte Order Mark) at the start of the file. It must not be preceded
|
|
2520 by "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding for this to work properly.
|
|
2521 An entry for an 8-bit encoding (e.g., "latin1") should be the last,
|
|
2522 because Vim cannot detect an error, thus the encoding is always
|
|
2523 accepted.
|
39
|
2524 The special value "default" can be used for the encoding from the
|
|
2525 environment. This is the default value for 'encoding'. It is useful
|
|
2526 when 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" and your environment uses a
|
|
2527 non-latin1 encoding, such as Russian.
|
7
|
2528 WRONG VALUES: WHAT'S WRONG:
|
|
2529 latin1,utf-8 "latin1" will always be used
|
|
2530 utf-8,ucs-bom,latin1 BOM won't be recognized in an utf-8
|
|
2531 file
|
|
2532 cp1250,latin1 "cp1250" will always be used
|
|
2533 If 'fileencodings' is empty, 'fileencoding' is not modified.
|
|
2534 See 'fileencoding' for the possible values.
|
|
2535 Setting this option does not have an effect until the next time a file
|
|
2536 is read.
|
|
2537
|
|
2538 *'fileformat'* *'ff'*
|
|
2539 'fileformat' 'ff' string (MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2 default: "dos",
|
|
2540 Unix default: "unix",
|
|
2541 Macintosh default: "mac")
|
|
2542 local to buffer
|
|
2543 {not in Vi}
|
|
2544 This gives the <EOL> of the current buffer, which is used for
|
|
2545 reading/writing the buffer from/to a file:
|
|
2546 dos <CR> <NL>
|
|
2547 unix <NL>
|
|
2548 mac <CR>
|
|
2549 When "dos" is used, CTRL-Z at the end of a file is ignored.
|
|
2550 See |file-formats| and |file-read|.
|
|
2551 For the character encoding of the file see 'fileencoding'.
|
|
2552 When 'binary' is set, the value of 'fileformat' is ignored, file I/O
|
|
2553 works like it was set to "unix'.
|
|
2554 This option is set automatically when starting to edit a file and
|
|
2555 'fileformats' is not empty and 'binary' is off.
|
|
2556 When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
|
|
2557 option is set, because the file would be different when written.
|
|
2558 This option can not be changed when 'modifiable' is off.
|
|
2559 For backwards compatibility: When this option is set to "dos",
|
|
2560 'textmode' is set, otherwise 'textmode' is reset.
|
|
2561
|
|
2562 *'fileformats'* *'ffs'*
|
|
2563 'fileformats' 'ffs' string (default:
|
|
2564 Vim+Vi MS-DOS, MS-Windows OS/2: "dos,unix",
|
|
2565 Vim Unix: "unix,dos",
|
|
2566 Vim Mac: "mac,unix,dos",
|
|
2567 Vi Cygwin: "unix,dos",
|
|
2568 Vi others: "")
|
|
2569 global
|
|
2570 {not in Vi}
|
|
2571 This gives the end-of-line (<EOL>) formats that will be tried when
|
|
2572 starting to edit a new buffer and when reading a file into an existing
|
|
2573 buffer:
|
|
2574 - When empty, the format defined with 'fileformat' will be used
|
|
2575 always. It is not set automatically.
|
|
2576 - When set to one name, that format will be used whenever a new buffer
|
10
|
2577 is opened. 'fileformat' is set accordingly for that buffer. The
|
7
|
2578 'fileformats' name will be used when a file is read into an existing
|
|
2579 buffer, no matter what 'fileformat' for that buffer is set to.
|
|
2580 - When more than one name is present, separated by commas, automatic
|
|
2581 <EOL> detection will be done when reading a file. When starting to
|
|
2582 edit a file, a check is done for the <EOL>:
|
|
2583 1. If all lines end in <CR><NL>, and 'fileformats' includes "dos",
|
|
2584 'fileformat' is set to "dos".
|
|
2585 2. If a <NL> is found and 'fileformats' includes "unix", 'fileformat'
|
10
|
2586 is set to "unix". Note that when a <NL> is found without a
|
7
|
2587 preceding <CR>, "unix" is preferred over "dos".
|
|
2588 3. If 'fileformats' includes "mac", 'fileformat' is set to "mac".
|
|
2589 This means that "mac" is only chosen when "unix" is not present,
|
|
2590 or when no <NL> is found in the file, and when "dos" is not
|
|
2591 present, or no <CR><NL> is present in the file.
|
|
2592 Also if "unix" was first chosen, but the first <CR> is before
|
|
2593 the first <NL> and there appears to be more <CR>'s than <NL>'s in
|
|
2594 the file, then 'fileformat' is set to "mac".
|
|
2595 4. If 'fileformat' is still not set, the first name from
|
|
2596 'fileformats' is used.
|
|
2597 When reading a file into an existing buffer, the same is done, but
|
|
2598 this happens like 'fileformat' has been set appropriately for that
|
|
2599 file only, the option is not changed.
|
|
2600 When 'binary' is set, the value of 'fileformats' is not used.
|
|
2601
|
|
2602 For systems with a Dos-like <EOL> (<CR><NL>), when reading files that
|
|
2603 are ":source"ed and for vimrc files, automatic <EOL> detection may be
|
|
2604 done:
|
|
2605 - When 'fileformats' is empty, there is no automatic detection. Dos
|
|
2606 format will be used.
|
|
2607 - When 'fileformats' is set to one or more names, automatic detection
|
|
2608 is done. This is based on the first <NL> in the file: If there is a
|
|
2609 <CR> in front of it, Dos format is used, otherwise Unix format is
|
|
2610 used.
|
|
2611 Also see |file-formats|.
|
|
2612 For backwards compatibility: When this option is set to an empty
|
|
2613 string or one format (no comma is included), 'textauto' is reset,
|
|
2614 otherwise 'textauto' is set.
|
|
2615 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
2616 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
2617
|
|
2618 *'filetype'* *'ft'*
|
|
2619 'filetype' 'ft' string (default: "")
|
|
2620 local to buffer
|
|
2621 {not in Vi}
|
|
2622 {not available when compiled without the |+autocmd|
|
|
2623 feature}
|
|
2624 When this option is set, the FileType autocommand event is triggered.
|
|
2625 All autocommands that match with the value of this option will be
|
|
2626 executed. Thus the value of 'filetype' is used in place of the file
|
|
2627 name.
|
|
2628 Otherwise this option does not always reflect the current file type.
|
|
2629 This option is normally set when the file type is detected. To enable
|
|
2630 this use the ":filetype on" command. |:filetype|
|
|
2631 Setting this option to a different value is most useful in a modeline,
|
|
2632 for a file for which the file type is not automatically recognized.
|
|
2633 Example, for in an IDL file: >
|
|
2634 /* vim: set filetype=idl : */
|
|
2635 < |FileType| |filetypes|
|
|
2636 Do not confuse this option with 'osfiletype', which is for the file
|
|
2637 type that is actually stored with the file.
|
|
2638 This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or
|
|
2639 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
|
36
|
2640 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
|
7
|
2641
|
|
2642 *'fillchars'* *'fcs'*
|
|
2643 'fillchars' 'fcs' string (default "vert:|,fold:-")
|
|
2644 global
|
|
2645 {not in Vi}
|
|
2646 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
|
|
2647 and |+folding| features}
|
|
2648 Characters to fill the statuslines and vertical separators.
|
|
2649 It is a comma separated list of items:
|
|
2650
|
|
2651 item default Used for ~
|
|
2652 stl:c ' ' or '^' statusline of the current window
|
|
2653 stlnc:c ' ' or '-' statusline of the non-current windows
|
|
2654 vert:c '|' vertical separators |:vsplit|
|
|
2655 fold:c '-' filling 'foldtext'
|
|
2656 diff:c '-' deleted lines of the 'diff' option
|
|
2657
|
10
|
2658 Any one that is omitted will fall back to the default. For "stl" and
|
7
|
2659 "stlnc" the space will be used when there is highlighting, '^' or '-'
|
|
2660 otherwise.
|
|
2661
|
|
2662 Example: >
|
|
2663 :set fillchars=stl:^,stlnc:-,vert:\|,fold:-,diff:-
|
|
2664 < This is similar to the default, except that these characters will also
|
|
2665 be used when there is highlighting.
|
|
2666
|
|
2667 The highlighting used for these items:
|
|
2668 item highlight group ~
|
|
2669 stl:c StatusLine |hl-StatusLine|
|
|
2670 stlnc:c StatusLineNC |hl-StatusLineNC|
|
|
2671 vert:c VertSplit |hl-VertSplit|
|
|
2672 fold:c Folded |hl-Folded|
|
|
2673 diff:c DiffDelete |hl-DiffDelete|
|
|
2674
|
|
2675 *'fkmap'* *'fk'* *'nofkmap'* *'nofk'*
|
|
2676 'fkmap' 'fk' boolean (default off) *E198*
|
|
2677 global
|
|
2678 {not in Vi}
|
|
2679 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
|
|
2680 feature}
|
|
2681 When on, the keyboard is mapped for the Farsi character set.
|
|
2682 Normally you would set 'allowrevins' and use CTRL-_ in insert mode to
|
10
|
2683 toggle this option |i_CTRL-_|. See |farsi.txt|.
|
7
|
2684
|
|
2685 *'foldclose'* *'fcl'*
|
|
2686 'foldclose' 'fcl' string (default "")
|
|
2687 global
|
|
2688 {not in Vi}
|
|
2689 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2690 feature}
|
|
2691 When set to "all", a fold is closed when the cursor isn't in it and
|
|
2692 its level is higher than 'foldlevel'. Useful if you want folds to
|
|
2693 automatically close when moving out of them.
|
|
2694
|
|
2695 *'foldcolumn'* *'fdc'*
|
|
2696 'foldcolumn' 'fdc' number (default 0)
|
|
2697 local to window
|
|
2698 {not in Vi}
|
|
2699 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2700 feature}
|
|
2701 When non-zero, a column with the specified width is shown at the side
|
|
2702 of the window which indicates open and closed folds. The maximum
|
|
2703 value is 12.
|
|
2704 See |folding|.
|
|
2705
|
|
2706 *'foldenable'* *'fen'* *'nofoldenable'* *'nofen'*
|
|
2707 'foldenable' 'fen' boolean (default on)
|
|
2708 local to window
|
|
2709 {not in Vi}
|
|
2710 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2711 feature}
|
|
2712 When off, all folds are open. This option can be used to quickly
|
|
2713 switch between showing all text unfolded and viewing the text with
|
|
2714 folds (including manually opened or closed folds). It can be toggled
|
10
|
2715 with the |zi| command. The 'foldcolumn' will remain blank when
|
7
|
2716 'foldenable' is off.
|
|
2717 This option is set by commands that create a new fold or close a fold.
|
|
2718 See |folding|.
|
|
2719
|
|
2720 *'foldexpr'* *'fde'*
|
|
2721 'foldexpr' 'fde' string (default: "0")
|
|
2722 local to window
|
|
2723 {not in Vi}
|
|
2724 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2725 or |+eval| feature}
|
|
2726 The expression used for when 'foldmethod' is "expr". It is evaluated
|
634
|
2727 for each line to obtain its fold level. See |fold-expr|.
|
|
2728
|
|
2729 The expression may be evaluated in the |sandbox|, see
|
|
2730 |sandbox-option|.
|
|
2731
|
|
2732 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
|
|
2733 evaluating 'foldexpr' |textlock|.
|
7
|
2734
|
|
2735 *'foldignore'* *'fdi'*
|
|
2736 'foldignore' 'fdi' string (default: "#")
|
|
2737 local to window
|
|
2738 {not in Vi}
|
|
2739 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2740 feature}
|
|
2741 Used only when 'foldmethod' is "indent". Lines starting with
|
|
2742 characters in 'foldignore' will get their fold level from surrounding
|
10
|
2743 lines. White space is skipped before checking for this character.
|
7
|
2744 The default "#" works well for C programs. See |fold-indent|.
|
|
2745
|
|
2746 *'foldlevel'* *'fdl'*
|
|
2747 'foldlevel' 'fdl' number (default: 0)
|
|
2748 local to window
|
|
2749 {not in Vi}
|
|
2750 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2751 feature}
|
|
2752 Sets the fold level: Folds with a higher level will be closed.
|
|
2753 Setting this option to zero will close all folds. Higher numbers will
|
|
2754 close fewer folds.
|
|
2755 This option is set by commands like |zm|, |zM| and |zR|.
|
|
2756 See |fold-foldlevel|.
|
|
2757
|
|
2758 *'foldlevelstart'* *'fdls'*
|
|
2759 'foldlevelstart' 'fdls' number (default: -1)
|
|
2760 global
|
|
2761 {not in Vi}
|
|
2762 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2763 feature}
|
|
2764 Sets 'foldlevel' when starting to edit another buffer in a window.
|
|
2765 Useful to always start editing with all folds closed (value zero),
|
|
2766 some folds closed (one) or no folds closed (99).
|
|
2767 This is done before reading any modeline, thus a setting in a modeline
|
10
|
2768 overrules this option. Starting to edit a file for |diff-mode| also
|
7
|
2769 ignores this option and closes all folds.
|
|
2770 It is also done before BufReadPre autocommands, to allow an autocmd to
|
|
2771 overrule the 'foldlevel' value for specific files.
|
|
2772 When the value is negative, it is not used.
|
|
2773
|
|
2774 *'foldmarker'* *'fmr'* *E536*
|
|
2775 'foldmarker' 'fmr' string (default: "{{{,}}}")
|
|
2776 local to window
|
|
2777 {not in Vi}
|
|
2778 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2779 feature}
|
|
2780 The start and end marker used when 'foldmethod' is "marker". There
|
|
2781 must be one comma, which separates the start and end marker. The
|
|
2782 marker is a literal string (a regular expression would be too slow).
|
|
2783 See |fold-marker|.
|
|
2784
|
|
2785 *'foldmethod'* *'fdm'*
|
|
2786 'foldmethod' 'fdm' string (default: "manual")
|
|
2787 local to window
|
|
2788 {not in Vi}
|
|
2789 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2790 feature}
|
|
2791 The kind of folding used for the current window. Possible values:
|
|
2792 |fold-manual| manual Folds are created manually.
|
|
2793 |fold-indent| indent Lines with equal indent form a fold.
|
|
2794 |fold-expr| expr 'foldexpr' gives the fold level of a line.
|
|
2795 |fold-marker| marker Markers are used to specify folds.
|
|
2796 |fold-syntax| syntax Syntax highlighting items specify folds.
|
|
2797 |fold-diff| diff Fold text that is not changed.
|
|
2798
|
|
2799 *'foldminlines'* *'fml'*
|
|
2800 'foldminlines' 'fml' number (default: 1)
|
|
2801 local to window
|
|
2802 {not in Vi}
|
|
2803 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2804 feature}
|
|
2805 Sets the minimum number of screen lines for a fold to be displayed
|
|
2806 closed. Also for manually closed folds.
|
|
2807 Note that this only has an effect of what is displayed. After using
|
|
2808 "zc" to close a fold, which is displayed open because it's smaller
|
|
2809 than 'foldminlines', a following "zc" may close a containing fold.
|
|
2810
|
|
2811 *'foldnestmax'* *'fdn'*
|
|
2812 'foldnestmax' 'fdn' number (default: 20)
|
|
2813 local to window
|
|
2814 {not in Vi}
|
|
2815 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2816 feature}
|
|
2817 Sets the maximum nesting of folds for the "indent" and "syntax"
|
|
2818 methods. This avoids that too many folds will be created. Using more
|
|
2819 than 20 doesn't work, because the internal limit is 20.
|
|
2820
|
|
2821 *'foldopen'* *'fdo'*
|
|
2822 'foldopen' 'fdo' string (default: "block,hor,mark,percent,quickfix,
|
|
2823 search,tag,undo")
|
|
2824 global
|
|
2825 {not in Vi}
|
|
2826 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2827 feature}
|
|
2828 Specifies for which type of commands folds will be opened, if the
|
|
2829 command moves the cursor into a closed fold. It is a comma separated
|
|
2830 list of items.
|
|
2831 item commands ~
|
|
2832 all any
|
|
2833 block "(", "{", "[[", "[{", etc.
|
|
2834 hor horizontal movements: "l", "w", "fx", etc.
|
|
2835 insert any command in Insert mode
|
|
2836 jump far jumps: "G", "gg", etc.
|
|
2837 mark jumping to a mark: "'m", CTRL-O, etc.
|
|
2838 percent "%"
|
|
2839 quickfix ":cn", ":crew", ":make", etc.
|
|
2840 search search for a pattern: "/", "n", "*", "gd", etc.
|
|
2841 (not for a search pattern in a ":" command)
|
|
2842 tag jumping to a tag: ":ta", CTRL-T, etc.
|
|
2843 undo undo or redo: "u" and CTRL-R
|
10
|
2844 When the command is part of a mapping this option is not used. Add
|
7
|
2845 the |zv| command to the mapping to get the same effect.
|
|
2846 When a movement command is used for an operator (e.g., "dl" or "y%")
|
|
2847 this option is not used. This means the operator will include the
|
|
2848 whole closed fold.
|
|
2849 Note that vertical movements are not here, because it would make it
|
|
2850 very difficult to move onto a closed fold.
|
|
2851 In insert mode the folds containing the cursor will always be open
|
|
2852 when text is inserted.
|
|
2853 To close folds you can re-apply 'foldlevel' with the |zx| command or
|
|
2854 set the 'foldclose' option to "all".
|
|
2855
|
|
2856 *'foldtext'* *'fdt'*
|
|
2857 'foldtext' 'fdt' string (default: "foldtext()")
|
|
2858 local to window
|
|
2859 {not in Vi}
|
|
2860 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
|
|
2861 feature}
|
|
2862 An expression which is used to specify the text displayed for a closed
|
|
2863 fold. See |fold-foldtext|.
|
|
2864
|
634
|
2865 The expression may be evaluated in the |sandbox|, see
|
|
2866 |sandbox-option|.
|
|
2867
|
|
2868 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
|
|
2869 evaluating 'foldtext' |textlock|.
|
|
2870
|
7
|
2871 *'formatoptions'* *'fo'*
|
|
2872 'formatoptions' 'fo' string (Vim default: "tcq", Vi default: "vt")
|
|
2873 local to buffer
|
|
2874 {not in Vi}
|
|
2875 This is a sequence of letters which describes how automatic
|
|
2876 formatting is to be done. See |fo-table|. When the 'paste' option is
|
|
2877 on, no formatting is done (like 'formatoptions' is empty). Commas can
|
|
2878 be inserted for readability.
|
|
2879 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
|
|
2880 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
|
|
2881 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
2882 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
2883
|
41
|
2884 *'formatlistpat'* *'flp'*
|
|
2885 'formatlistpat' 'flp' string (default: "^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*")
|
|
2886 local to buffer
|
|
2887 {not in Vi}
|
|
2888 A pattern that is used to recognize a list header. This is used for
|
|
2889 the "n" flag in 'formatoptions'.
|
|
2890 The pattern must match exactly the text that will be the indent for
|
140
|
2891 the line below it. You can use |/\ze| to mark the end of the match
|
41
|
2892 while still checking more characters. There must be a character
|
|
2893 following the pattern, when it matches the whole line it is handled
|
|
2894 like there is no match.
|
|
2895 The default recognizes a number, followed by an optional punctuation
|
|
2896 character and white space.
|
|
2897
|
7
|
2898 *'formatprg'* *'fp'*
|
|
2899 'formatprg' 'fp' string (default "")
|
|
2900 global
|
|
2901 {not in Vi}
|
|
2902 The name of an external program that will be used to format the lines
|
667
|
2903 selected with the |gq| operator. The program must take the input on
|
7
|
2904 stdin and produce the output on stdout. The Unix program "fmt" is
|
557
|
2905 such a program.
|
667
|
2906 If the 'formatexpr' option is not empty it will be used instead.
|
|
2907 Otherwise, if 'formatprg' option is an empty string, the internal
|
|
2908 format function will be used |C-indenting|.
|
557
|
2909 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
|
|
2910 about including spaces and backslashes.
|
667
|
2911 The expression may be evaluated in the |sandbox|, see
|
|
2912 |sandbox-option|.
|
|
2913
|
|
2914 *'formatexpr'* *'fex'*
|
|
2915 'formatexpr' 'fex' string (default "")
|
|
2916 local to buffer
|
|
2917 {not in Vi}
|
|
2918 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
|
|
2919 feature}
|
|
2920 Expression which is evaluated to format a range of lines for the |gq|
|
|
2921 operator. The |v:lnum| variable holds the first line to be formatted,
|
|
2922 |v:count| the number of lines to be formatted.
|
|
2923 When this option is empty 'formatprg' is used.
|
|
2924 Example: >
|
681
|
2925 :set formatexpr=mylang#Format()
|
667
|
2926 < This will invoke the mylang#Format() function in the
|
|
2927 autoload/mylang.vim file in 'runtimepath'. |autoload|
|
|
2928
|
|
2929 The expression is also evaluated when 'textwidth' is set and adding
|
|
2930 text beyond that limit. This happens under the same conditions as
|
|
2931 when internal formatting is used. Make sure the cursor is kept in the
|
|
2932 same spot relative to the text then! The |mode()| function will
|
|
2933 return "i" or "R" in this situation. When the function returns
|
|
2934 non-zero Vim will fall back to using the internal format mechanism.
|
|
2935
|
|
2936 The expression may be evaluated in the |sandbox|, see
|
|
2937 |sandbox-option|.
|
|
2938
|
|
2939 *'fsync'* *'fs'*
|
36
|
2940 'fsync' 'fs' boolean (default on)
|
|
2941 global
|
|
2942 {not in Vi}
|
|
2943 When on, the library function fsync() will be called after writing a
|
|
2944 file. This will flush a file to disk, ensuring that it is safely
|
|
2945 written even on filesystems which do metadata-only journaling. This
|
|
2946 will force the harddrive to spin up on Linux systems running in laptop
|
|
2947 mode, so it may be undesirable in some situations. Be warned that
|
|
2948 turning this off increases the chances of data loss after a crash. On
|
|
2949 systems without an fsync() implementation, this variable is always
|
|
2950 off.
|
|
2951 Also see 'swapsync' for controlling fsync() on swap files.
|
|
2952
|
7
|
2953 *'gdefault'* *'gd'* *'nogdefault'* *'nogd'*
|
|
2954 'gdefault' 'gd' boolean (default off)
|
|
2955 global
|
|
2956 {not in Vi}
|
|
2957 When on, the ":substitute" flag 'g' is default on. This means that
|
|
2958 all matches in a line are substituted instead of one. When a 'g' flag
|
|
2959 is given to a ":substitute" command, this will toggle the substitution
|
|
2960 of all or one match. See |complex-change|.
|
|
2961
|
|
2962 command 'gdefault' on 'gdefault' off ~
|
|
2963 :s/// subst. all subst. one
|
|
2964 :s///g subst. one subst. all
|
|
2965 :s///gg subst. all subst. one
|
|
2966
|
|
2967 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
2968
|
|
2969 *'grepformat'* *'gfm'*
|
|
2970 'grepformat' 'gfm' string (default "%f:%l%m,%f %l%m")
|
|
2971 global
|
|
2972 {not in Vi}
|
|
2973 Format to recognize for the ":grep" command output.
|
|
2974 This is a scanf-like string that uses the same format as the
|
|
2975 'errorformat' option: see |errorformat|.
|
|
2976
|
|
2977 *'grepprg'* *'gp'*
|
|
2978 'grepprg' 'gp' string (default "grep -n ",
|
|
2979 Unix: "grep -n $* /dev/null",
|
|
2980 Win32: "findstr /n" or "grep -n",
|
|
2981 VMS: "SEARCH/NUMBERS ")
|
|
2982 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
2983 {not in Vi}
|
233
|
2984 Program to use for the |:grep| command. This option may contain '%'
|
7
|
2985 and '#' characters, which are expanded like when used in a command-
|
|
2986 line. The placeholder "$*" is allowed to specify where the arguments
|
|
2987 will be included. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See
|
|
2988 |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
|
|
2989 When your "grep" accepts the "-H" argument, use this to make ":grep"
|
|
2990 also work well with a single file: >
|
|
2991 :set grepprg=grep\ -nH
|
161
|
2992 < Special value: When 'grepprg' is set to "internal" the |:grep| command
|
657
|
2993 works like |:vimgrep|, |:lgrep| like |:lvimgrep|, |:grepadd| like
|
|
2994 |:vimgrepadd| and |:lgrepadd| like |:lvimgrepadd|.
|
41
|
2995 See also the section |:make_makeprg|, since most of the comments there
|
7
|
2996 apply equally to 'grepprg'.
|
|
2997 For Win32, the default is "findstr /n" if "findstr.exe" can be found,
|
|
2998 otherwise it's "grep -n".
|
|
2999 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
3000 security reasons.
|
|
3001
|
|
3002 *'guicursor'* *'gcr'* *E545* *E546* *E548* *E549*
|
|
3003 'guicursor' 'gcr' string (default "n-v-c:block-Cursor/lCursor,
|
|
3004 ve:ver35-Cursor,
|
|
3005 o:hor50-Cursor,
|
|
3006 i-ci:ver25-Cursor/lCursor,
|
|
3007 r-cr:hor20-Cursor/lCursor,
|
|
3008 sm:block-Cursor
|
|
3009 -blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175",
|
|
3010 for MS-DOS and Win32 console:
|
|
3011 "n-v-c:block,o:hor50,i-ci:hor15,
|
|
3012 r-cr:hor30,sm:block")
|
|
3013 global
|
|
3014 {not in Vi}
|
|
3015 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled, and
|
|
3016 for MS-DOS and Win32 console}
|
|
3017 This option tells Vim what the cursor should look like in different
|
10
|
3018 modes. It fully works in the GUI. In an MSDOS or Win32 console, only
|
7
|
3019 the height of the cursor can be changed. This can be done by
|
|
3020 specifying a block cursor, or a percentage for a vertical or
|
|
3021 horizontal cursor.
|
36
|
3022 For a console the 't_SI' and 't_EI' escape sequences are used.
|
7
|
3023
|
10
|
3024 The option is a comma separated list of parts. Each part consist of a
|
7
|
3025 mode-list and an argument-list:
|
|
3026 mode-list:argument-list,mode-list:argument-list,..
|
|
3027 The mode-list is a dash separated list of these modes:
|
|
3028 n Normal mode
|
|
3029 v Visual mode
|
|
3030 ve Visual mode with 'selection' "exclusive" (same as 'v',
|
|
3031 if not specified)
|
|
3032 o Operator-pending mode
|
|
3033 i Insert mode
|
|
3034 r Replace mode
|
|
3035 c Command-line Normal (append) mode
|
|
3036 ci Command-line Insert mode
|
|
3037 cr Command-line Replace mode
|
|
3038 sm showmatch in Insert mode
|
|
3039 a all modes
|
|
3040 The argument-list is a dash separated list of these arguments:
|
|
3041 hor{N} horizontal bar, {N} percent of the character height
|
|
3042 ver{N} vertical bar, {N} percent of the character width
|
|
3043 block block cursor, fills the whole character
|
|
3044 [only one of the above three should be present]
|
|
3045 blinkwait{N} *cursor-blinking*
|
|
3046 blinkon{N}
|
|
3047 blinkoff{N}
|
|
3048 blink times for cursor: blinkwait is the delay before
|
|
3049 the cursor starts blinking, blinkon is the time that
|
|
3050 the cursor is shown and blinkoff is the time that the
|
|
3051 cursor is not shown. The times are in msec. When one
|
|
3052 of the numbers is zero, there is no blinking. The
|
|
3053 default is: "blinkwait700-blinkon400-blinkoff250".
|
|
3054 These numbers are used for a missing entry. This
|
|
3055 means that blinking is enabled by default. To switch
|
|
3056 blinking off you can use "blinkon0". The cursor only
|
|
3057 blinks when Vim is waiting for input, not while
|
|
3058 executing a command.
|
|
3059 To make the cursor blink in an xterm, see
|
|
3060 |xterm-blink|.
|
|
3061 {group-name}
|
|
3062 a highlight group name, that sets the color and font
|
|
3063 for the cursor
|
|
3064 {group-name}/{group-name}
|
|
3065 Two highlight group names, the first is used when
|
|
3066 no language mappings are used, the other when they
|
|
3067 are. |language-mapping|
|
|
3068
|
|
3069 Examples of parts:
|
|
3070 n-c-v:block-nCursor in Normal, Command-line and Visual mode, use a
|
|
3071 block cursor with colors from the "nCursor"
|
|
3072 highlight group
|
|
3073 i-ci:ver30-iCursor-blinkwait300-blinkon200-blinkoff150
|
|
3074 In Insert and Command-line Insert mode, use a
|
|
3075 30% vertical bar cursor with colors from the
|
|
3076 "iCursor" highlight group. Blink a bit
|
|
3077 faster.
|
|
3078
|
|
3079 The 'a' mode is different. It will set the given argument-list for
|
|
3080 all modes. It does not reset anything to defaults. This can be used
|
|
3081 to do a common setting for all modes. For example, to switch off
|
|
3082 blinking: "a:blinkon0"
|
|
3083
|
|
3084 Examples of cursor highlighting: >
|
|
3085 :highlight Cursor gui=reverse guifg=NONE guibg=NONE
|
|
3086 :highlight Cursor gui=NONE guifg=bg guibg=fg
|
|
3087 <
|
|
3088 *'guifont'* *'gfn'*
|
|
3089 *E235* *E596* *E610* *E611*
|
|
3090 'guifont' 'gfn' string (default "")
|
|
3091 global
|
|
3092 {not in Vi}
|
|
3093 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
|
|
3094 This is a list of fonts which will be used for the GUI version of Vim.
|
|
3095 In its simplest form the value is just one font name. When
|
|
3096 the font cannot be found you will get an error message. To try other
|
|
3097 font names a list can be specified, font names separated with commas.
|
|
3098 The first valid font is used.
|
8
|
3099
|
170
|
3100 On systems where 'guifontset' is supported (X11) and 'guifontset' is
|
|
3101 not empty, then 'guifont' is not used.
|
8
|
3102
|
7
|
3103 Spaces after a comma are ignored. To include a comma in a font name
|
|
3104 precede it with a backslash. Setting an option requires an extra
|
|
3105 backslash before a space and a backslash. See also
|
|
3106 |option-backslash|. For example: >
|
|
3107 :set guifont=Screen15,\ 7x13,font\\,with\\,commas
|
8
|
3108 < will make Vim try to use the font "Screen15" first, and if it fails it
|
7
|
3109 will try to use "7x13" and then "font,with,commas" instead.
|
8
|
3110
|
|
3111 If none of the fonts can be loaded, Vim will keep the current setting.
|
|
3112 If an empty font list is given, Vim will try using other resource
|
|
3113 settings (for X, it will use the Vim.font resource), and finally it
|
|
3114 will try some builtin default which should always be there ("7x13" in
|
|
3115 the case of X). The font names given should be "normal" fonts. Vim
|
|
3116 will try to find the related bold and italic fonts.
|
|
3117
|
170
|
3118 For Win32, GTK, Mac OS and Photon: >
|
8
|
3119 :set guifont=*
|
|
3120 < will bring up a font requester, where you can pick the font you want.
|
|
3121
|
|
3122 The font name depends on the GUI used. See |setting-guifont| for a
|
|
3123 way to set 'guifont' for various systems.
|
|
3124
|
7
|
3125 For the GTK+ 2 GUI the font name looks like this: >
|
|
3126 :set guifont=Andale\ Mono\ 11
|
|
3127 < That's all. XLFDs are no longer accepted.
|
170
|
3128
|
|
3129 For Mac OSX you can use something like this: >
|
|
3130 :set guifont=Monaco:h10
|
|
3131 < *E236*
|
7
|
3132 Note that the fonts must be mono-spaced (all characters have the same
|
8
|
3133 width). An exception is GTK 2: all fonts are accepted, but
|
|
3134 mono-spaced fonts look best.
|
|
3135
|
7
|
3136 To preview a font on X11, you might be able to use the "xfontsel"
|
|
3137 program. The "xlsfonts" program gives a list of all available fonts.
|
8
|
3138
|
7
|
3139 For the Win32 GUI *E244* *E245*
|
|
3140 - takes these options in the font name:
|
|
3141 hXX - height is XX (points, can be floating-point)
|
|
3142 wXX - width is XX (points, can be floating-point)
|
|
3143 b - bold
|
|
3144 i - italic
|
|
3145 u - underline
|
|
3146 s - strikeout
|
233
|
3147 cXX - character set XX. Valid charsets are: ANSI, ARABIC,
|
7
|
3148 BALTIC, CHINESEBIG5, DEFAULT, EASTEUROPE, GB2312, GREEK,
|
|
3149 HANGEUL, HEBREW, JOHAB, MAC, OEM, RUSSIAN, SHIFTJIS,
|
|
3150 SYMBOL, THAI, TURKISH, VIETNAMESE ANSI and BALTIC.
|
22
|
3151 Normally you would use "cDEFAULT".
|
7
|
3152
|
|
3153 Use a ':' to separate the options.
|
|
3154 - A '_' can be used in the place of a space, so you don't need to use
|
|
3155 backslashes to escape the spaces.
|
|
3156 - Examples: >
|
|
3157 :set guifont=courier_new:h12:w5:b:cRUSSIAN
|
|
3158 :set guifont=Andale_Mono:h7.5:w4.5
|
|
3159 < See also |font-sizes|.
|
|
3160
|
|
3161 *'guifontset'* *'gfs'*
|
|
3162 *E250* *E252* *E234* *E597* *E598*
|
|
3163 'guifontset' 'gfs' string (default "")
|
|
3164 global
|
|
3165 {not in Vi}
|
|
3166 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled and
|
|
3167 with the |+xfontset| feature}
|
|
3168 {not available in the GTK+ 2 GUI}
|
|
3169 When not empty, specifies two (or more) fonts to be used. The first
|
|
3170 one for normal English, the second one for your special language. See
|
|
3171 |xfontset|.
|
|
3172 Setting this option also means that all font names will be handled as
|
|
3173 a fontset name. Also the ones used for the "font" argument of the
|
|
3174 |:highlight| command.
|
|
3175 The fonts must match with the current locale. If fonts for the
|
|
3176 character sets that the current locale uses are not included, setting
|
|
3177 'guifontset' will fail.
|
|
3178 Note the difference between 'guifont' and 'guifontset': In 'guifont'
|
|
3179 the comma-separated names are alternative names, one of which will be
|
|
3180 used. In 'guifontset' the whole string is one fontset name,
|
|
3181 including the commas. It is not possible to specify alternative
|
|
3182 fontset names.
|
|
3183 This example works on many X11 systems: >
|
|
3184 :set guifontset=-*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-c-*-*-*
|
|
3185 <
|
|
3186 *'guifontwide'* *'gfw'* *E231* *E533* *E534*
|
|
3187 'guifontwide' 'gfw' string (default "")
|
|
3188 global
|
|
3189 {not in Vi}
|
|
3190 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
|
|
3191 When not empty, specifies a comma-separated list of fonts to be used
|
|
3192 for double-width characters. The first font that can be loaded is
|
|
3193 used.
|
|
3194 Note: The size of these fonts must be exactly twice as wide as the one
|
|
3195 specified with 'guifont' and the same height.
|
|
3196
|
|
3197 All GUI versions but GTK+ 2:
|
|
3198
|
|
3199 'guifontwide' is only used when 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" and
|
|
3200 'guifontset' is empty or invalid.
|
|
3201 When 'guifont' is set and a valid font is found in it and
|
|
3202 'guifontwide' is empty Vim will attempt to find a matching
|
|
3203 double-width font and set 'guifontwide' to it.
|
|
3204
|
|
3205 GTK+ 2 GUI only: *guifontwide_gtk2*
|
|
3206
|
|
3207 If set and valid, 'guifontwide' is always used for double width
|
|
3208 characters, even if 'encoding' is not set to "utf-8".
|
|
3209 Vim does not attempt to find an appropriate value for 'guifontwide'
|
10
|
3210 automatically. If 'guifontwide' is empty Pango/Xft will choose the
|
7
|
3211 font for characters not available in 'guifont'. Thus you do not need
|
|
3212 to set 'guifontwide' at all unless you want to override the choice
|
|
3213 made by Pango/Xft.
|
|
3214
|
|
3215 *'guiheadroom'* *'ghr'*
|
|
3216 'guiheadroom' 'ghr' number (default 50)
|
|
3217 global
|
|
3218 {not in Vi} {only for GTK and X11 GUI}
|
|
3219 The number of pixels subtracted from the screen height when fitting
|
|
3220 the GUI window on the screen. Set this before the GUI is started,
|
|
3221 e.g., in your |gvimrc| file. When zero, the whole screen height will
|
10
|
3222 be used by the window. When positive, the specified number of pixel
|
7
|
3223 lines will be left for window decorations and other items on the
|
|
3224 screen. Set it to a negative value to allow windows taller than the
|
|
3225 screen.
|
|
3226
|
|
3227 *'guioptions'* *'go'*
|
|
3228 'guioptions' 'go' string (default "gmrLtT" (MS-Windows),
|
233
|
3229 "agimrLtT" (GTK, Motif and Athena))
|
7
|
3230 global
|
|
3231 {not in Vi}
|
|
3232 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
|
8
|
3233 This option only has an effect in the GUI version of Vim. It is a
|
7
|
3234 sequence of letters which describes what components and options of the
|
|
3235 GUI should be used.
|
|
3236 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
|
|
3237 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
|
|
3238
|
|
3239 Valid letters are as follows:
|
|
3240 *guioptions_a*
|
|
3241 'a' Autoselect: If present, then whenever VISUAL mode is started,
|
|
3242 or the Visual area extended, Vim tries to become the owner of
|
|
3243 the windowing system's global selection. This means that the
|
|
3244 Visually highlighted text is available for pasting into other
|
|
3245 applications as well as into Vim itself. When the Visual mode
|
|
3246 ends, possibly due to an operation on the text, or when an
|
|
3247 application wants to paste the selection, the highlighted text
|
|
3248 is automatically yanked into the "* selection register.
|
|
3249 Thus the selection is still available for pasting into other
|
|
3250 applications after the VISUAL mode has ended.
|
|
3251 If not present, then Vim won't become the owner of the
|
|
3252 windowing system's global selection unless explicitly told to
|
|
3253 by a yank or delete operation for the "* register.
|
|
3254 The same applies to the modeless selection.
|
|
3255
|
10
|
3256 'A' Autoselect for the modeless selection. Like 'a', but only
|
7
|
3257 applies to the modeless selection.
|
|
3258
|
|
3259 'guioptions' autoselect Visual autoselect modeless ~
|
|
3260 "" - -
|
|
3261 "a" yes yes
|
|
3262 "A" - yes
|
|
3263 "aA" yes yes
|
|
3264
|
|
3265 'c' Use console dialogs instead of popup dialogs for simple
|
|
3266 choices.
|
|
3267
|
697
|
3268 'e' Add tab pages when indicated with 'showtabline'.
|
688
|
3269 'guitablabel' can be used to change the text in the labels.
|
|
3270 When 'e' is missing a non-GUI tab pages line may be used.
|
714
|
3271 The GUI tabs are only supported on some systens, currently
|
|
3272 only for GTK.
|
685
|
3273
|
7
|
3274 'f' Foreground: Don't use fork() to detach the GUI from the shell
|
|
3275 where it was started. Use this for programs that wait for the
|
|
3276 editor to finish (e.g., an e-mail program). Alternatively you
|
|
3277 can use "gvim -f" or ":gui -f" to start the GUI in the
|
|
3278 foreground. |gui-fork|
|
|
3279 Note: Set this option in the vimrc file. The forking may have
|
|
3280 happened already when the gvimrc file is read.
|
|
3281
|
|
3282 'i' Use a Vim icon. For GTK with KDE it is used in the left-upper
|
|
3283 corner of the window. It's black&white on non-GTK, because of
|
|
3284 limitations of X11. For a color icon, see |X11-icon|.
|
|
3285
|
|
3286 'm' Menu bar is present.
|
10
|
3287 'M' The system menu "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim" is not sourced. Note
|
7
|
3288 that this flag must be added in the .vimrc file, before
|
|
3289 switching on syntax or filetype recognition (when the .gvimrc
|
|
3290 file is sourced the system menu has already been loaded; the
|
|
3291 ":syntax on" and ":filetype on" commands load the menu too).
|
|
3292 'g' Grey menu items: Make menu items that are not active grey. If
|
|
3293 'g' is not included inactive menu items are not shown at all.
|
|
3294 Exception: Athena will always use grey menu items.
|
|
3295
|
|
3296 't' Include tearoff menu items. Currently only works for Win32,
|
|
3297 GTK+, and Motif 1.2 GUI.
|
236
|
3298 'T' Include Toolbar. Currently only in Win32, GTK+, Motif, Photon
|
|
3299 and Athena GUIs.
|
7
|
3300
|
|
3301 'r' Right-hand scrollbar is always present.
|
|
3302 'R' Right-hand scrollbar is present when there is a vertically
|
|
3303 split window.
|
|
3304 'l' Left-hand scrollbar is always present.
|
|
3305 'L' Left-hand scrollbar is present when there is a vertically
|
|
3306 split window.
|
|
3307 'b' Bottom (horizontal) scrollbar is present. Its size depends on
|
|
3308 the longest visible line, or on the cursor line if the 'h'
|
|
3309 flag is included. |gui-horiz-scroll|
|
|
3310 'h' Limit horizontal scrollbar size to the length of the cursor
|
|
3311 line. Reduces computations. |gui-horiz-scroll|
|
|
3312
|
|
3313 And yes, you may even have scrollbars on the left AND the right if
|
|
3314 you really want to :-). See |gui-scrollbars| for more information.
|
|
3315
|
|
3316 'v' Use a vertical button layout for dialogs. When not included,
|
|
3317 a horizontal layout is preferred, but when it doesn't fit a
|
|
3318 vertical layout is used anyway.
|
|
3319 'p' Use Pointer callbacks for X11 GUI. This is required for some
|
|
3320 window managers. If the cursor is not blinking or hollow at
|
|
3321 the right moment, try adding this flag. This must be done
|
|
3322 before starting the GUI. Set it in your gvimrc. Adding or
|
|
3323 removing it after the GUI has started has no effect.
|
10
|
3324 'F' Add a footer. Only for Motif. See |gui-footer|.
|
7
|
3325
|
|
3326 *'guipty'* *'noguipty'*
|
|
3327 'guipty' boolean (default on)
|
|
3328 global
|
|
3329 {not in Vi}
|
|
3330 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
|
|
3331 Only in the GUI: If on, an attempt is made to open a pseudo-tty for
|
|
3332 I/O to/from shell commands. See |gui-pty|.
|
|
3333
|
688
|
3334 *'guitablabel'* *'gtl'*
|
|
3335 'guitablabel' 'gtl' string (default empty)
|
|
3336 global
|
|
3337 {not in Vi}
|
692
|
3338 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled and
|
|
3339 with the +windows feature}
|
688
|
3340 When nonempty describes the text to use in a label of the GUI tab
|
692
|
3341 pages line. When empty Vim will use a default label. See
|
688
|
3342 |setting-guitablabel| for more info.
|
|
3343
|
692
|
3344 The format of this option is like that of 'statusline'.
|
|
3345
|
688
|
3346 Only used when the GUI tab pages line is displayed. 'e' must be
|
|
3347 present in 'guioptions'. For the non-GUI tab pages line 'tabline' is
|
|
3348 used.
|
|
3349
|
7
|
3350 *'helpfile'* *'hf'*
|
|
3351 'helpfile' 'hf' string (default (MSDOS) "$VIMRUNTIME\doc\help.txt"
|
|
3352 (others) "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt")
|
|
3353 global
|
|
3354 {not in Vi}
|
|
3355 Name of the main help file. All distributed help files should be
|
|
3356 placed together in one directory. Additionally, all "doc" directories
|
|
3357 in 'runtimepath' will be used.
|
|
3358 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. For example:
|
|
3359 "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt". If $VIMRUNTIME is not set, $VIM is also
|
10
|
3360 tried. Also see |$VIMRUNTIME| and |option-backslash| about including
|
7
|
3361 spaces and backslashes.
|
|
3362 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
3363 security reasons.
|
|
3364
|
|
3365 *'helpheight'* *'hh'*
|
|
3366 'helpheight' 'hh' number (default 20)
|
|
3367 global
|
|
3368 {not in Vi}
|
|
3369 {not available when compiled without the +windows
|
|
3370 feature}
|
|
3371 Minimal initial height of the help window when it is opened with the
|
|
3372 ":help" command. The initial height of the help window is half of the
|
|
3373 current window, or (when the 'ea' option is on) the same as other
|
|
3374 windows. When the height is less than 'helpheight', the height is
|
|
3375 set to 'helpheight'. Set to zero to disable.
|
|
3376
|
|
3377 *'helplang'* *'hlg'*
|
|
3378 'helplang' 'hlg' string (default: messages language or empty)
|
|
3379 global
|
|
3380 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_lang|
|
|
3381 feature}
|
|
3382 {not in Vi}
|
|
3383 Comma separated list of languages. Vim will use the first language
|
|
3384 for which the desired help can be found. The English help will always
|
|
3385 be used as a last resort. You can add "en" to prefer English over
|
|
3386 another language, but that will only find tags that exist in that
|
|
3387 language and not in the English help.
|
|
3388 Example: >
|
|
3389 :set helplang=de,it
|
|
3390 < This will first search German, then Italian and finally English help
|
|
3391 files.
|
|
3392 When using |CTRL-]| and ":help!" in a non-English help file Vim will
|
|
3393 try to find the tag in the current language before using this option.
|
|
3394 See |help-translated|.
|
|
3395
|
|
3396 *'hidden'* *'hid'* *'nohidden'* *'nohid'*
|
|
3397 'hidden' 'hid' boolean (default off)
|
|
3398 global
|
|
3399 {not in Vi}
|
|
3400 When off a buffer is unloaded when it is |abandon|ed. When on a
|
|
3401 buffer becomes hidden when it is |abandon|ed. If the buffer is still
|
|
3402 displayed in another window, it does not become hidden, of course.
|
|
3403 The commands that move through the buffer list sometimes make a buffer
|
|
3404 hidden although the 'hidden' option is off: When the buffer is
|
|
3405 modified, 'autowrite' is off or writing is not possible, and the '!'
|
10
|
3406 flag was used. See also |windows.txt|.
|
12
|
3407 To only make one buffer hidden use the 'bufhidden' option.
|
7
|
3408 This option is set for one command with ":hide {command}" |:hide|.
|
|
3409 WARNING: It's easy to forget that you have changes in hidden buffers.
|
|
3410 Think twice when using ":q!" or ":qa!".
|
|
3411
|
|
3412 *'highlight'* *'hl'*
|
|
3413 'highlight' 'hl' string (default (as a single string):
|
|
3414 "8:SpecialKey,@:NonText,d:Directory,
|
|
3415 e:ErrorMsg,i:IncSearch,l:Search,m:MoreMsg,
|
|
3416 M:ModeMsg,n:LineNr,r:Question,
|
|
3417 s:StatusLine,S:StatusLineNC,c:VertSplit
|
|
3418 t:Title,v:Visual,w:WarningMsg,W:WildMenu,
|
|
3419 f:Folded,F:FoldColumn,A:DiffAdd,
|
|
3420 C:DiffChange,D:DiffDelete,T:DiffText,
|
386
|
3421 >:SignColumn,B:SpellBad,P:SpellCap,
|
540
|
3422 R:SpellRare,L:SpellLocal,
|
|
3423 +:Pmenu,=:PmenuSel,
|
|
3424 x:PmenuSbar,X:PmenuThumb")
|
7
|
3425 global
|
|
3426 {not in Vi}
|
|
3427 This option can be used to set highlighting mode for various
|
|
3428 occasions. It is a comma separated list of character pairs. The
|
|
3429 first character in a pair gives the occasion, the second the mode to
|
10
|
3430 use for that occasion. The occasions are:
|
7
|
3431 |hl-SpecialKey| 8 Meta and special keys listed with ":map"
|
|
3432 |hl-NonText| @ '~' and '@' at the end of the window and
|
|
3433 characters from 'showbreak'
|
|
3434 |hl-Directory| d directories in CTRL-D listing and other special
|
|
3435 things in listings
|
|
3436 |hl-ErrorMsg| e error messages
|
|
3437 h (obsolete, ignored)
|
|
3438 |hl-IncSearch| i 'incsearch' highlighting
|
|
3439 |hl-Search| l last search pattern highlighting (see 'hlsearch')
|
|
3440 |hl-MoreMsg| m |more-prompt|
|
|
3441 |hl-ModeMsg| M Mode (e.g., "-- INSERT --")
|
|
3442 |hl-LineNr| n line number for ":number" and ":#" commands
|
|
3443 |hl-Question| r |hit-enter| prompt and yes/no questions
|
|
3444 |hl-StatusLine| s status line of current window |status-line|
|
|
3445 |hl-StatusLineNC| S status lines of not-current windows
|
|
3446 |hl-Title| t Titles for output from ":set all", ":autocmd" etc.
|
|
3447 |hl-VertSplit| c column used to separate vertically split windows
|
|
3448 |hl-Visual| v Visual mode
|
|
3449 |hl-VisualNOS| V Visual mode when Vim does is "Not Owning the
|
|
3450 Selection" Only X11 Gui's |gui-x11| and
|
|
3451 |xterm-clipboard|.
|
|
3452 |hl-WarningMsg| w warning messages
|
|
3453 |hl-WildMenu| W wildcard matches displayed for 'wildmenu'
|
|
3454 |hl-Folded| f line used for closed folds
|
|
3455 |hl-FoldColumn| F 'foldcolumn'
|
386
|
3456 |hl-DiffAdd| A added line in diff mode
|
|
3457 |hl-DiffChange| C changed line in diff mode
|
|
3458 |hl-DiffDelete| D deleted line in diff mode
|
|
3459 |hl-DiffText| T inserted text in diff mode
|
7
|
3460 |hl-SignColumn| > column used for |signs|
|
221
|
3461 |hl-SpellBad| B misspelled word |spell|
|
386
|
3462 |hl-SpellCap| P word that should start with capital|spell|
|
221
|
3463 |hl-SpellRare| R rare word |spell|
|
|
3464 |hl-SpellLocal| L word from other region |spell|
|
540
|
3465 |hl-Pmenu| + popup menu normal line
|
|
3466 |hl-PmenuSel| = popup menu normal line
|
|
3467 |hl-PmenuSbar| x popup menu scrollbar
|
|
3468 |hl-PmenuThumb| X popup menu scrollbar thumb
|
7
|
3469
|
|
3470 The display modes are:
|
|
3471 r reverse (termcap entry "mr" and "me")
|
|
3472 i italic (termcap entry "ZH" and "ZR")
|
|
3473 b bold (termcap entry "md" and "me")
|
|
3474 s standout (termcap entry "so" and "se")
|
|
3475 u underline (termcap entry "us" and "ue")
|
205
|
3476 c undercurl (termcap entry "Cs" and "Ce")
|
7
|
3477 n no highlighting
|
|
3478 - no highlighting
|
|
3479 : use a highlight group
|
|
3480 The default is used for occasions that are not included.
|
|
3481 If you want to change what the display modes do, see |dos-colors|
|
|
3482 for an example.
|
|
3483 When using the ':' display mode, this must be followed by the name of
|
|
3484 a highlight group. A highlight group can be used to define any type
|
|
3485 of highlighting, including using color. See |:highlight| on how to
|
|
3486 define one. The default uses a different group for each occasion.
|
|
3487 See |highlight-default| for the default highlight groups.
|
|
3488
|
|
3489 *'hlsearch'* *'hls'* *'nohlsearch'* *'nohls'*
|
|
3490 'hlsearch' 'hls' boolean (default off)
|
|
3491 global
|
|
3492 {not in Vi}
|
|
3493 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
3494 |+extra_search| feature}
|
|
3495 When there is a previous search pattern, highlight all its matches.
|
|
3496 The type of highlighting used can be set with the 'l' occasion in the
|
|
3497 'highlight' option. This uses the "Search" highlight group by
|
|
3498 default. Note that only the matching text is highlighted, any offsets
|
|
3499 are not applied.
|
|
3500 See also: 'incsearch' and |:match|.
|
|
3501 When you get bored looking at the highlighted matches, you can turn it
|
|
3502 off with |:nohlsearch|. As soon as you use a search command, the
|
|
3503 highlighting comes back.
|
|
3504 When the search pattern can match an end-of-line, Vim will try to
|
|
3505 highlight all of the matched text. However, this depends on where the
|
10
|
3506 search starts. This will be the first line in the window or the first
|
7
|
3507 line below a closed fold. A match in a previous line which is not
|
|
3508 drawn may not continue in an newly drawn line.
|
|
3509 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
3510
|
|
3511 *'history'* *'hi'*
|
|
3512 'history' 'hi' number (Vim default: 20, Vi default: 0)
|
|
3513 global
|
|
3514 {not in Vi}
|
|
3515 A history of ":" commands, and a history of previous search patterns
|
|
3516 are remembered. This option decides how many entries may be stored in
|
|
3517 each of these histories (see |cmdline-editing|).
|
|
3518 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
3519 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
3520
|
|
3521 *'hkmap'* *'hk'* *'nohkmap'* *'nohk'*
|
|
3522 'hkmap' 'hk' boolean (default off)
|
|
3523 global
|
|
3524 {not in Vi}
|
|
3525 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
|
|
3526 feature}
|
|
3527 When on, the keyboard is mapped for the Hebrew character set.
|
|
3528 Normally you would set 'allowrevins' and use CTRL-_ in insert mode to
|
|
3529 toggle this option. See |rileft.txt|.
|
|
3530 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
3531
|
|
3532 *'hkmapp'* *'hkp'* *'nohkmapp'* *'nohkp'*
|
|
3533 'hkmapp' 'hkp' boolean (default off)
|
|
3534 global
|
|
3535 {not in Vi}
|
|
3536 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
|
|
3537 feature}
|
|
3538 When on, phonetic keyboard mapping is used. 'hkmap' must also be on.
|
|
3539 This is useful if you have a non-Hebrew keyboard.
|
|
3540 See |rileft.txt|.
|
|
3541 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
3542
|
|
3543 *'icon'* *'noicon'*
|
|
3544 'icon' boolean (default off, on when title can be restored)
|
|
3545 global
|
|
3546 {not in Vi}
|
|
3547 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
|
|
3548 feature}
|
|
3549 When on, the icon text of the window will be set to the value of
|
|
3550 'iconstring' (if it is not empty), or to the name of the file
|
|
3551 currently being edited. Only the last part of the name is used.
|
|
3552 Overridden by the 'iconstring' option.
|
|
3553 Only works if the terminal supports setting window icons (currently
|
|
3554 only X11 GUI and terminals with a non-empty 't_IS' option - these are
|
|
3555 Unix xterm and iris-ansi by default, where 't_IS' is taken from the
|
|
3556 builtin termcap).
|
|
3557 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original icon will be
|
233
|
3558 restored if possible |X11|. See |X11-icon| for changing the icon on
|
7
|
3559 X11.
|
|
3560
|
|
3561 *'iconstring'*
|
|
3562 'iconstring' string (default "")
|
|
3563 global
|
|
3564 {not in Vi}
|
|
3565 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
|
|
3566 feature}
|
|
3567 When this option is not empty, it will be used for the icon text of
|
|
3568 the window. This happens only when the 'icon' option is on.
|
|
3569 Only works if the terminal supports setting window icon text
|
|
3570 (currently only X11 GUI and terminals with a non-empty 't_IS' option).
|
|
3571 Does not work for MS Windows.
|
|
3572 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original icon will be
|
|
3573 restored if possible |X11|.
|
|
3574 When this option contains printf-style '%' items, they will be
|
10
|
3575 expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'. See
|
7
|
3576 'titlestring' for example settings.
|
|
3577 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline| feature}
|
|
3578
|
|
3579 *'ignorecase'* *'ic'* *'noignorecase'* *'noic'*
|
|
3580 'ignorecase' 'ic' boolean (default off)
|
|
3581 global
|
|
3582 Ignore case in search patterns. Also used when searching in the tags
|
|
3583 file.
|
|
3584 Also see 'smartcase'.
|
|
3585 Can be overruled by using "\c" or "\C" in the pattern, see
|
|
3586 |/ignorecase|.
|
|
3587
|
|
3588 *'imactivatekey'* *'imak'*
|
|
3589 'imactivatekey' 'imak' string (default "")
|
|
3590 global
|
|
3591 {not in Vi}
|
|
3592 {only available when compiled with |+xim| and
|
|
3593 |+GUI_GTK|}
|
|
3594 Specifies the key that your Input Method in X-Windows uses for
|
|
3595 activation. When this is specified correctly, vim can fully control
|
|
3596 IM with 'imcmdline', 'iminsert' and 'imsearch'.
|
|
3597 You can't use this option to change the activation key, the option
|
|
3598 tells Vim what the key is.
|
|
3599 Format:
|
|
3600 [MODIFIER_FLAG-]KEY_STRING
|
|
3601
|
|
3602 These characters can be used for MODIFIER_FLAG (case is ignored):
|
|
3603 S Shift key
|
|
3604 L Lock key
|
|
3605 C Control key
|
|
3606 1 Mod1 key
|
|
3607 2 Mod2 key
|
|
3608 3 Mod3 key
|
|
3609 4 Mod4 key
|
|
3610 5 Mod5 key
|
|
3611 Combinations are allowed, for example "S-C-space" or "SC-space" are
|
|
3612 both shift+ctrl+space.
|
|
3613 See <X11/keysymdef.h> and XStringToKeysym for KEY_STRING.
|
|
3614
|
|
3615 Example: >
|
|
3616 :set imactivatekey=S-space
|
|
3617 < "S-space" means shift+space. This is the activation key for kinput2 +
|
|
3618 canna (Japanese), and ami (Korean).
|
|
3619
|
|
3620 *'imcmdline'* *'imc'* *'noimcmdline'* *'noimc'*
|
|
3621 'imcmdline' 'imc' boolean (default off)
|
|
3622 global
|
|
3623 {not in Vi}
|
|
3624 {only available when compiled with the |+xim|
|
|
3625 |+multi_byte_ime| or |global-ime| feature}
|
|
3626 When set the Input Method is always on when starting to edit a command
|
|
3627 line, unless entering a search pattern (see 'imsearch' for that).
|
|
3628 Setting this option is useful when your input method allows entering
|
|
3629 English characters directly, e.g., when it's used to type accented
|
|
3630 characters with dead keys.
|
|
3631
|
|
3632 *'imdisable'* *'imd'* *'nodisable'* *'noimd'*
|
|
3633 'imdisable' 'imd' boolean (default off, on for some systems (SGI))
|
|
3634 global
|
|
3635 {not in Vi}
|
|
3636 {only available when compiled with the |+xim|
|
|
3637 |+multi_byte_ime| or |global-ime| feature}
|
|
3638 When set the Input Method is never used. This is useful to disable
|
|
3639 the IM when it doesn't work properly.
|
|
3640 Currently this option is on by default for SGI/IRIX machines. This
|
|
3641 may change in later releases.
|
|
3642
|
|
3643 *'iminsert'* *'imi'*
|
|
3644 'iminsert' 'imi' number (default 0, 2 when an input method is supported)
|
|
3645 local to buffer
|
|
3646 {not in Vi}
|
|
3647 Specifies whether :lmap or an Input Method (IM) is to be used in
|
|
3648 Insert mode. Valid values:
|
|
3649 0 :lmap is off and IM is off
|
|
3650 1 :lmap is ON and IM is off
|
|
3651 2 :lmap is off and IM is ON
|
|
3652 2 is available only when compiled with the |+multi_byte_ime|, |+xim|
|
|
3653 or |global-ime|.
|
|
3654 To always reset the option to zero when leaving Insert mode with <Esc>
|
|
3655 this can be used: >
|
|
3656 :inoremap <ESC> <ESC>:set iminsert=0<CR>
|
|
3657 < This makes :lmap and IM turn off automatically when leaving Insert
|
|
3658 mode.
|
|
3659 Note that this option changes when using CTRL-^ in Insert mode
|
|
3660 |i_CTRL-^|.
|
|
3661 The value is set to 1 when setting 'keymap' to a valid keymap name.
|
|
3662 It is also used for the argument of commands like "r" and "f".
|
|
3663 The value 0 may not work correctly with Athena and Motif with some XIM
|
|
3664 methods. Use 'imdisable' to disable XIM then.
|
|
3665
|
|
3666 *'imsearch'* *'ims'*
|
|
3667 'imsearch' 'ims' number (default 0, 2 when an input method is supported)
|
|
3668 local to buffer
|
|
3669 {not in Vi}
|
|
3670 Specifies whether :lmap or an Input Method (IM) is to be used when
|
|
3671 entering a search pattern. Valid values:
|
|
3672 -1 the value of 'iminsert' is used, makes it look like
|
|
3673 'iminsert' is also used when typing a search pattern
|
|
3674 0 :lmap is off and IM is off
|
|
3675 1 :lmap is ON and IM is off
|
|
3676 2 :lmap is off and IM is ON
|
|
3677 Note that this option changes when using CTRL-^ in Command-line mode
|
|
3678 |c_CTRL-^|.
|
|
3679 The value is set to 1 when it is not -1 and setting the 'keymap'
|
|
3680 option to a valid keymap name.
|
|
3681 The value 0 may not work correctly with Athena and Motif with some XIM
|
|
3682 methods. Use 'imdisable' to disable XIM then.
|
|
3683
|
|
3684 *'include'* *'inc'*
|
|
3685 'include' 'inc' string (default "^\s*#\s*include")
|
|
3686 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
3687 {not in Vi}
|
|
3688 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
3689 |+find_in_path| feature}
|
10
|
3690 Pattern to be used to find an include command. It is a search
|
7
|
3691 pattern, just like for the "/" command (See |pattern|). The default
|
|
3692 value is for C programs. This option is used for the commands "[i",
|
532
|
3693 "]I", "[d", etc.
|
|
3694 Normally the 'isfname' option is used to recognize the file name that
|
534
|
3695 comes after the matched pattern. But if "\zs" appears in the pattern
|
|
3696 then the text matched from "\zs" to the end, or until "\ze" if it
|
|
3697 appears, is used as the file name. Use this to include characters
|
|
3698 that are not in 'isfname', such as a space. You can then use
|
|
3699 'includeexpr' to process the matched text.
|
532
|
3700 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
|
7
|
3701
|
|
3702 *'includeexpr'* *'inex'*
|
|
3703 'includeexpr' 'inex' string (default "")
|
|
3704 local to buffer
|
|
3705 {not in Vi}
|
|
3706 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
3707 |+find_in_path| or |+eval| feature}
|
|
3708 Expression to be used to transform the string found with the 'include'
|
10
|
3709 option to a file name. Mostly useful to change "." to "/" for Java: >
|
7
|
3710 :set includeexpr=substitute(v:fname,'\\.','/','g')
|
|
3711 < The "v:fname" variable will be set to the file name that was detected.
|
634
|
3712
|
7
|
3713 Also used for the |gf| command if an unmodified file name can't be
|
10
|
3714 found. Allows doing "gf" on the name after an 'include' statement.
|
7
|
3715 Also used for |<cfile>|.
|
|
3716
|
634
|
3717 The expression may be evaluated in the |sandbox|, see
|
|
3718 |sandbox-option|.
|
|
3719
|
|
3720 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
|
|
3721 evaluating 'includeexpr' |textlock|.
|
|
3722
|
7
|
3723 *'incsearch'* *'is'* *'noincsearch'* *'nois'*
|
|
3724 'incsearch' 'is' boolean (default off)
|
|
3725 global
|
|
3726 {not in Vi}
|
|
3727 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
3728 |+extra_search| feature}
|
17
|
3729 While typing a search command, show where the pattern, as it was typed
|
|
3730 so far, matches. The matched string is highlighted. If the pattern
|
|
3731 is invalid or not found, nothing is shown. The screen will be updated
|
|
3732 often, this is only useful on fast terminals.
|
|
3733 Note that the match will be shown, but the cursor will return to its
|
|
3734 original position when no match is found and when pressing <Esc>. You
|
|
3735 still need to finish the search command with <Enter> to move the
|
|
3736 cursor to the match.
|
|
3737 The highlighting can be set with the 'i' flag in 'highlight'.
|
|
3738 See also: 'hlsearch'.
|
7
|
3739 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
3740
|
|
3741 *'indentexpr'* *'inde'*
|
|
3742 'indentexpr' 'inde' string (default "")
|
|
3743 local to buffer
|
|
3744 {not in Vi}
|
|
3745 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
|
|
3746 or |+eval| features}
|
|
3747 Expression which is evaluated to obtain the proper indent for a line.
|
|
3748 It is used when a new line is created, for the |=| operator and
|
|
3749 in Insert mode as specified with the 'indentkeys' option.
|
|
3750 When this option is not empty, it overrules the 'cindent' and
|
|
3751 'smartindent' indenting.
|
|
3752 When 'paste' is set this option is not used for indenting.
|
|
3753 The expression is evaluated with |v:lnum| set to the line number for
|
534
|
3754 which the indent is to be computed. The cursor is also in this line
|
7
|
3755 when the expression is evaluated (but it may be moved around).
|
|
3756 The expression must return the number of spaces worth of indent. It
|
|
3757 can return "-1" to keep the current indent (this means 'autoindent' is
|
|
3758 used for the indent).
|
|
3759 Functions useful for computing the indent are |indent()|, |cindent()|
|
|
3760 and |lispindent()|.
|
|
3761 The evaluation of the expression must not have side effects! It must
|
|
3762 not change the text, jump to another window, etc. Afterwards the
|
|
3763 cursor position is always restored, thus the cursor may be moved.
|
|
3764 Normally this option would be set to call a function: >
|
|
3765 :set indentexpr=GetMyIndent()
|
|
3766 < Error messages will be suppressed, unless the 'debug' option contains
|
|
3767 "msg".
|
634
|
3768 See |indent-expression|.
|
7
|
3769 NOTE: This option is made empty when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
3770
|
634
|
3771 The expression may be evaluated in the |sandbox|, see
|
|
3772 |sandbox-option|.
|
|
3773
|
|
3774 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
|
|
3775 evaluating 'indentexpr' |textlock|.
|
|
3776
|
|
3777
|
7
|
3778 *'indentkeys'* *'indk'*
|
|
3779 'indentkeys' 'indk' string (default "0{,0},:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
|
|
3780 local to buffer
|
|
3781 {not in Vi}
|
|
3782 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
|
|
3783 feature}
|
|
3784 A list of keys that, when typed in Insert mode, cause reindenting of
|
|
3785 the current line. Only happens if 'indentexpr' isn't empty.
|
|
3786 The format is identical to 'cinkeys', see |indentkeys-format|.
|
|
3787 See |C-indenting| and |indent-expression|.
|
|
3788
|
|
3789 *'infercase'* *'inf'* *'noinfercase'* *'noinf'*
|
|
3790 'infercase' 'inf' boolean (default off)
|
|
3791 local to buffer
|
|
3792 {not in Vi}
|
|
3793 When doing keyword completion in insert mode |ins-completion|, and
|
|
3794 'ignorecase' is also on, the case of the match is adjusted. If the
|
|
3795 typed text contains a lowercase letter where the match has an upper
|
|
3796 case letter, the completed part is made lowercase. If the typed text
|
|
3797 has no lowercase letters and the match has a lowercase letter where
|
|
3798 the typed text has an uppercase letter, and there is a letter before
|
|
3799 it, the completed part is made uppercase.
|
|
3800
|
|
3801 *'insertmode'* *'im'* *'noinsertmode'* *'noim'*
|
|
3802 'insertmode' 'im' boolean (default off)
|
|
3803 global
|
|
3804 {not in Vi}
|
|
3805 Makes Vim work in a way that Insert mode is the default mode. Useful
|
|
3806 if you want to use Vim as a modeless editor. Used for |evim|.
|
|
3807 These Insert mode commands will be useful:
|
|
3808 - Use the cursor keys to move around.
|
|
3809 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command |i_CTRL-O|). When
|
|
3810 this is a mapping, it is executed as if 'insertmode' was off.
|
|
3811 Normal mode remains active until the mapping is finished.
|
|
3812 - Use CTRL-L to execute a number of Normal mode commands, then use
|
477
|
3813 <Esc> to get back to Insert mode. Note that CTRL-L moves the cursor
|
|
3814 left, like <Esc> does when 'insertmode' isn't set. |i_CTRL-L|
|
7
|
3815
|
|
3816 These items change when 'insertmode' is set:
|
|
3817 - when starting to edit of a file, Vim goes to Insert mode.
|
|
3818 - <Esc> in Insert mode is a no-op and beeps.
|
|
3819 - <Esc> in Normal mode makes Vim go to Insert mode.
|
|
3820 - CTRL-L in Insert mode is a command, it is not inserted.
|
|
3821 - CTRL-Z in Insert mode suspends Vim, see |CTRL-Z|. *i_CTRL-Z*
|
|
3822 However, when <Esc> is used inside a mapping, it behaves like
|
|
3823 'insertmode' was not set. This was done to be able to use the same
|
|
3824 mappings with 'insertmode' set or not set.
|
|
3825 When executing commands with |:normal| 'insertmode' is not used.
|
|
3826
|
|
3827 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
3828
|
|
3829 *'isfname'* *'isf'*
|
|
3830 'isfname' 'isf' string (default for MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2:
|
|
3831 "@,48-57,/,\,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,{,},[,],:,@-@,!,~,="
|
|
3832 for AMIGA: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,$,:"
|
|
3833 for VMS: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,<,>,[,],:,;,~"
|
|
3834 for OS/390: "@,240-249,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,~,="
|
|
3835 otherwise: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,~,=")
|
|
3836 global
|
|
3837 {not in Vi}
|
|
3838 The characters specified by this option are included in file names and
|
|
3839 path names. Filenames are used for commands like "gf", "[i" and in
|
10
|
3840 the tags file. It is also used for "\f" in a |pattern|.
|
7
|
3841 Multi-byte characters 256 and above are always included, only the
|
|
3842 characters up to 255 are specified with this option.
|
|
3843 For UTF-8 the characters 0xa0 to 0xff are included as well.
|
|
3844
|
|
3845 Note that on systems using a backslash as path separator, Vim tries to
|
|
3846 do its best to make it work as you would expect. That is a bit
|
|
3847 tricky, since Vi originally used the backslash to escape special
|
|
3848 characters. Vim will not remove a backslash in front of a normal file
|
|
3849 name character on these systems, but it will on Unix and alikes. The
|
|
3850 '&' and '^' are not included by default, because these are special for
|
|
3851 cmd.exe.
|
|
3852
|
|
3853 The format of this option is a list of parts, separated with commas.
|
10
|
3854 Each part can be a single character number or a range. A range is two
|
|
3855 character numbers with '-' in between. A character number can be a
|
7
|
3856 decimal number between 0 and 255 or the ASCII character itself (does
|
|
3857 not work for digits). Example:
|
|
3858 "_,-,128-140,#-43" (include '_' and '-' and the range
|
|
3859 128 to 140 and '#' to 43)
|
|
3860 If a part starts with '^', the following character number or range
|
|
3861 will be excluded from the option. The option is interpreted from left
|
|
3862 to right. Put the excluded character after the range where it is
|
|
3863 included. To include '^' itself use it as the last character of the
|
|
3864 option or the end of a range. Example:
|
|
3865 "^a-z,#,^" (exclude 'a' to 'z', include '#' and '^')
|
|
3866 If the character is '@', all characters where isalpha() returns TRUE
|
|
3867 are included. Normally these are the characters a to z and A to Z,
|
|
3868 plus accented characters. To include '@' itself use "@-@". Examples:
|
|
3869 "@,^a-z" All alphabetic characters, excluding lower
|
|
3870 case letters.
|
|
3871 "a-z,A-Z,@-@" All letters plus the '@' character.
|
|
3872 A comma can be included by using it where a character number is
|
|
3873 expected. Example:
|
|
3874 "48-57,,,_" Digits, comma and underscore.
|
|
3875 A comma can be excluded by prepending a '^'. Example:
|
|
3876 " -~,^,,9" All characters from space to '~', excluding
|
|
3877 comma, plus <Tab>.
|
|
3878 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
|
|
3879
|
|
3880 *'isident'* *'isi'*
|
|
3881 'isident' 'isi' string (default for MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2:
|
|
3882 "@,48-57,_,128-167,224-235"
|
|
3883 otherwise: "@,48-57,_,192-255")
|
|
3884 global
|
|
3885 {not in Vi}
|
|
3886 The characters given by this option are included in identifiers.
|
|
3887 Identifiers are used in recognizing environment variables and after a
|
|
3888 match of the 'define' option. It is also used for "\i" in a
|
233
|
3889 |pattern|. See 'isfname' for a description of the format of this
|
7
|
3890 option.
|
|
3891 Careful: If you change this option, it might break expanding
|
10
|
3892 environment variables. E.g., when '/' is included and Vim tries to
|
7
|
3893 expand "$HOME/.viminfo". Maybe you should change 'iskeyword' instead.
|
|
3894
|
|
3895 *'iskeyword'* *'isk'*
|
|
3896 'iskeyword' 'isk' string (Vim default for MS-DOS and Win32:
|
|
3897 "@,48-57,_,128-167,224-235"
|
|
3898 otherwise: "@,48-57,_,192-255"
|
|
3899 Vi default: "@,48-57,_")
|
|
3900 local to buffer
|
|
3901 {not in Vi}
|
|
3902 Keywords are used in searching and recognizing with many commands:
|
10
|
3903 "w", "*", "[i", etc. It is also used for "\k" in a |pattern|. See
|
7
|
3904 'isfname' for a description of the format of this option. For C
|
|
3905 programs you could use "a-z,A-Z,48-57,_,.,-,>".
|
|
3906 For a help file it is set to all non-blank printable characters except
|
|
3907 '*', '"' and '|' (so that CTRL-] on a command finds the help for that
|
|
3908 command).
|
|
3909 When the 'lisp' option is on the '-' character is always included.
|
|
3910 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
3911 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
3912
|
|
3913 *'isprint'* *'isp'*
|
|
3914 'isprint' 'isp' string (default for MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2 and Macintosh:
|
|
3915 "@,~-255"; otherwise: "@,161-255")
|
|
3916 global
|
|
3917 {not in Vi}
|
|
3918 The characters given by this option are displayed directly on the
|
|
3919 screen. It is also used for "\p" in a |pattern|. The characters from
|
|
3920 space (ASCII 32) to '~' (ASCII 126) are always displayed directly,
|
|
3921 even when they are not included in 'isprint' or excluded. See
|
|
3922 'isfname' for a description of the format of this option.
|
|
3923
|
|
3924 Non-printable characters are displayed with two characters:
|
|
3925 0 - 31 "^@" - "^_"
|
|
3926 32 - 126 always single characters
|
|
3927 127 "^?"
|
|
3928 128 - 159 "~@" - "~_"
|
|
3929 160 - 254 "| " - "|~"
|
|
3930 255 "~?"
|
|
3931 When 'encoding' is a Unicode one, illegal bytes from 128 to 255 are
|
|
3932 displayed as <xx>, with the hexadecimal value of the byte.
|
|
3933 When 'display' contains "uhex" all unprintable characters are
|
|
3934 displayed as <xx>.
|
|
3935 The NonText highlighting will be used for unprintable characters.
|
|
3936 |hl-NonText|
|
|
3937
|
|
3938 Multi-byte characters 256 and above are always included, only the
|
|
3939 characters up to 255 are specified with this option. When a character
|
|
3940 is printable but it is not available in the current font, a
|
|
3941 replacement character will be shown.
|
|
3942 Unprintable and zero-width Unicode characters are displayed as <xxxx>.
|
|
3943 There is no option to specify these characters.
|
|
3944
|
|
3945 *'joinspaces'* *'js'* *'nojoinspaces'* *'nojs'*
|
|
3946 'joinspaces' 'js' boolean (default on)
|
|
3947 global
|
|
3948 {not in Vi}
|
|
3949 Insert two spaces after a '.', '?' and '!' with a join command.
|
|
3950 When 'cpoptions' includes the 'j' flag, only do this after a '.'.
|
|
3951 Otherwise only one space is inserted.
|
|
3952 NOTE: This option is set when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
3953
|
|
3954 *'key'*
|
|
3955 'key' string (default "")
|
|
3956 local to buffer
|
|
3957 {not in Vi}
|
|
3958 The key that is used for encrypting and decrypting the current buffer.
|
|
3959 See |encryption|.
|
|
3960 Careful: Do not set the key value by hand, someone might see the typed
|
|
3961 key. Use the |:X| command. But you can make 'key' empty: >
|
|
3962 :set key=
|
|
3963 < It is not possible to get the value of this option with ":set key" or
|
|
3964 "echo &key". This is to avoid showing it to someone who shouldn't
|
|
3965 know. It also means you cannot see it yourself once you have set it,
|
|
3966 be careful not to make a typing error!
|
|
3967
|
|
3968 *'keymap'* *'kmp'* *E544*
|
|
3969 'keymap' 'kmp' string (default "")
|
|
3970 local to buffer
|
|
3971 {not in Vi}
|
|
3972 {only available when compiled with the |+keymap|
|
|
3973 feature}
|
|
3974 Name of a keyboard mapping. See |mbyte-keymap|.
|
|
3975 Setting this option to a valid keymap name has the side effect of
|
|
3976 setting 'iminsert' to one, so that the keymap becomes effective.
|
|
3977 'imsearch' is also set to one, unless it was -1
|
36
|
3978 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
|
7
|
3979
|
|
3980 *'keymodel'* *'km'*
|
|
3981 'keymodel' 'km' string (default "")
|
|
3982 global
|
|
3983 {not in Vi}
|
|
3984 List of comma separated words, which enable special things that keys
|
|
3985 can do. These values can be used:
|
|
3986 startsel Using a shifted special key starts selection (either
|
|
3987 Select mode or Visual mode, depending on "key" being
|
|
3988 present in 'selectmode').
|
|
3989 stopsel Using a not-shifted special key stops selection.
|
|
3990 Special keys in this context are the cursor keys, <End>, <Home>,
|
|
3991 <PageUp> and <PageDown>.
|
|
3992 The 'keymodel' option is set by the |:behave| command.
|
|
3993
|
|
3994 *'keywordprg'* *'kp'*
|
|
3995 'keywordprg' 'kp' string (default "man" or "man -s", DOS: ":help",
|
|
3996 OS/2: "view /", VMS: "help")
|
|
3997 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
3998 {not in Vi}
|
|
3999 Program to use for the |K| command. Environment variables are
|
|
4000 expanded |:set_env|. ":help" may be used to access the Vim internal
|
|
4001 help. (Note that previously setting the global option to the empty
|
|
4002 value did this, which is now deprecated.)
|
|
4003 When "man" is used, Vim will automatically translate a count for the
|
|
4004 "K" command to a section number. Also for "man -s", in which case the
|
|
4005 "-s" is removed when there is no count.
|
|
4006 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
|
|
4007 Example: >
|
|
4008 :set keywordprg=man\ -s
|
|
4009 < This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
4010 security reasons.
|
|
4011
|
|
4012 *'langmap'* *'lmap'* *E357* *E358*
|
|
4013 'langmap' 'lmap' string (default "")
|
|
4014 global
|
|
4015 {not in Vi}
|
|
4016 {only available when compiled with the |+langmap|
|
|
4017 feature}
|
|
4018 This option allows switching your keyboard into a special language
|
10
|
4019 mode. When you are typing text in Insert mode the characters are
|
7
|
4020 inserted directly. When in command mode the 'langmap' option takes
|
|
4021 care of translating these special characters to the original meaning
|
|
4022 of the key. This means you don't have to change the keyboard mode to
|
|
4023 be able to execute Normal mode commands.
|
|
4024 This is the opposite of the 'keymap' option, where characters are
|
|
4025 mapped in Insert mode.
|
|
4026 This only works for 8-bit characters. The value of 'langmap' may be
|
|
4027 specified with multi-byte characters (e.g., UTF-8), but only the lower
|
|
4028 8 bits of each character will be used.
|
|
4029
|
699
|
4030 Example (for Greek, in UTF-8): *greek* >
|
|
4031 :set langmap=ΑA,ΒB,ΨC,ΔD,ΕE,ΦF,ΓG,ΗH,ΙI,ΞJ,ΚK,ΛL,ΜM,ΝN,ΟO,ΠP,QQ,ΡR,ΣS,ΤT,ΘU,ΩV,WW,ΧX,ΥY,ΖZ,αa,βb,ψc,δd,εe,φf,γg,ηh,ιi,ξj,κk,λl,μm,νn,οo,πp,qq,ρr,σs,τt,θu,ωv,ςw,χx,υy,ζz
|
7
|
4032 < Example (exchanges meaning of z and y for commands): >
|
|
4033 :set langmap=zy,yz,ZY,YZ
|
|
4034 <
|
|
4035 The 'langmap' option is a list of parts, separated with commas. Each
|
|
4036 part can be in one of two forms:
|
|
4037 1. A list of pairs. Each pair is a "from" character immediately
|
|
4038 followed by the "to" character. Examples: "aA", "aAbBcC".
|
|
4039 2. A list of "from" characters, a semi-colon and a list of "to"
|
|
4040 characters. Example: "abc;ABC"
|
|
4041 Example: "aA,fgh;FGH,cCdDeE"
|
|
4042 Special characters need to be preceded with a backslash. These are
|
|
4043 ";", ',' and backslash itself.
|
|
4044
|
|
4045 This will allow you to activate vim actions without having to switch
|
|
4046 back and forth between the languages. Your language characters will
|
|
4047 be understood as normal vim English characters (according to the
|
|
4048 langmap mappings) in the following cases:
|
|
4049 o Normal/Visual mode (commands, buffer/register names, user mappings)
|
|
4050 o Insert/Replace Mode: Register names after CTRL-R
|
|
4051 o Insert/Replace Mode: Mappings
|
|
4052 Characters entered in Command-line mode will NOT be affected by
|
|
4053 this option. Note that this option can be changed at any time
|
|
4054 allowing to switch between mappings for different languages/encodings.
|
|
4055 Use a mapping to avoid having to type it each time!
|
|
4056
|
|
4057 *'langmenu'* *'lm'*
|
|
4058 'langmenu' 'lm' string (default "")
|
|
4059 global
|
|
4060 {not in Vi}
|
|
4061 {only available when compiled with the |+menu| and
|
|
4062 |+multi_lang| features}
|
|
4063 Language to use for menu translation. Tells which file is loaded
|
|
4064 from the "lang" directory in 'runtimepath': >
|
|
4065 "lang/menu_" . &langmenu . ".vim"
|
|
4066 < (without the spaces). For example, to always use the Dutch menus, no
|
|
4067 matter what $LANG is set to: >
|
|
4068 :set langmenu=nl_NL.ISO_8859-1
|
|
4069 < When 'langmenu' is empty, |v:lang| is used.
|
36
|
4070 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
|
7
|
4071 If your $LANG is set to a non-English language but you do want to use
|
|
4072 the English menus: >
|
|
4073 :set langmenu=none
|
|
4074 < This option must be set before loading menus, switching on filetype
|
|
4075 detection or syntax highlighting. Once the menus are defined setting
|
|
4076 this option has no effect. But you could do this: >
|
|
4077 :source $VIMRUNTIME/delmenu.vim
|
|
4078 :set langmenu=de_DE.ISO_8859-1
|
|
4079 :source $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim
|
|
4080 < Warning: This deletes all menus that you defined yourself!
|
|
4081
|
|
4082 *'laststatus'* *'ls'*
|
|
4083 'laststatus' 'ls' number (default 1)
|
|
4084 global
|
|
4085 {not in Vi}
|
|
4086 The value of this option influences when the last window will have a
|
|
4087 status line:
|
|
4088 0: never
|
|
4089 1: only if there are at least two windows
|
|
4090 2: always
|
|
4091 The screen looks nicer with a status line if you have several
|
|
4092 windows, but it takes another screen line. |status-line|
|
|
4093
|
|
4094 *'lazyredraw'* *'lz'* *'nolazyredraw'* *'nolz'*
|
|
4095 'lazyredraw' 'lz' boolean (default off)
|
|
4096 global
|
|
4097 {not in Vi}
|
|
4098 When this option is set, the screen will not be redrawn while
|
|
4099 executing macros, registers and other commands that have not been
|
10
|
4100 typed. Also, updating the window title is postponed. To force an
|
7
|
4101 update use |:redraw|.
|
|
4102
|
|
4103 *'linebreak'* *'lbr'* *'nolinebreak'* *'nolbr'*
|
|
4104 'linebreak' 'lbr' boolean (default off)
|
|
4105 local to window
|
|
4106 {not in Vi}
|
|
4107 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
|
|
4108 feature}
|
|
4109 If on Vim will wrap long lines at a character in 'breakat' rather
|
|
4110 than at the last character that fits on the screen. Unlike
|
|
4111 'wrapmargin' and 'textwidth', this does not insert <EOL>s in the file,
|
|
4112 it only affects the way the file is displayed, not its contents. The
|
|
4113 value of 'showbreak' is used to put in front of wrapped lines.
|
|
4114 This option is not used when the 'wrap' option is off or 'list' is on.
|
|
4115 Note that <Tab> characters after an <EOL> are mostly not displayed
|
|
4116 with the right amount of white space.
|
|
4117
|
|
4118 *'lines'* *E593*
|
|
4119 'lines' number (default 24 or terminal height)
|
|
4120 global
|
|
4121 Number of lines of the Vim window.
|
|
4122 Normally you don't need to set this. It is done automatically by the
|
161
|
4123 terminal initialization code. Also see |posix-screen-size|.
|
7
|
4124 When Vim is running in the GUI or in a resizable window, setting this
|
|
4125 option will cause the window size to be changed. When you only want
|
|
4126 to use the size for the GUI, put the command in your |gvimrc| file.
|
|
4127 Vim limits the number of lines to what fits on the screen. You can
|
|
4128 use this command to get the tallest window possible: >
|
|
4129 :set lines=999
|
571
|
4130 < Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 1000.
|
|
4131 If you get less lines than expected, check the 'guiheadroom' option.
|
7
|
4132 When you set this option and Vim is unable to change the physical
|
|
4133 number of lines of the display, the display may be messed up.
|
|
4134
|
|
4135 *'linespace'* *'lsp'*
|
|
4136 'linespace' 'lsp' number (default 0, 1 for Win32 GUI)
|
|
4137 global
|
|
4138 {not in Vi}
|
|
4139 {only in the GUI}
|
|
4140 Number of pixel lines inserted between characters. Useful if the font
|
|
4141 uses the full character cell height, making lines touch each other.
|
|
4142 When non-zero there is room for underlining.
|
180
|
4143 With some fonts there can be too much room between lines (to have
|
|
4144 space for ascents and descents). Then it makes sense to set
|
|
4145 'linespace' to a negative value. This may cause display problems
|
|
4146 though!
|
7
|
4147
|
|
4148 *'lisp'* *'nolisp'*
|
|
4149 'lisp' boolean (default off)
|
|
4150 local to buffer
|
|
4151 {not available when compiled without the |+lispindent|
|
|
4152 feature}
|
|
4153 Lisp mode: When <Enter> is typed in insert mode set the indent for
|
|
4154 the next line to Lisp standards (well, sort of). Also happens with
|
|
4155 "cc" or "S". 'autoindent' must also be on for this to work. The 'p'
|
|
4156 flag in 'cpoptions' changes the method of indenting: Vi compatible or
|
|
4157 better. Also see 'lispwords'.
|
|
4158 The '-' character is included in keyword characters. Redefines the
|
|
4159 "=" operator to use this same indentation algorithm rather than
|
|
4160 calling an external program if 'equalprg' is empty.
|
|
4161 This option is not used when 'paste' is set.
|
|
4162 {Vi: Does it a little bit differently}
|
|
4163
|
|
4164 *'lispwords'* *'lw'*
|
|
4165 'lispwords' 'lw' string (default is very long)
|
|
4166 global
|
|
4167 {not in Vi}
|
|
4168 {not available when compiled without the |+lispindent|
|
|
4169 feature}
|
|
4170 Comma separated list of words that influence the Lisp indenting.
|
|
4171 |'lisp'|
|
|
4172
|
|
4173 *'list'* *'nolist'*
|
|
4174 'list' boolean (default off)
|
|
4175 local to window
|
|
4176 List mode: Show tabs as CTRL-I, show end of line with $. Useful to
|
|
4177 see the difference between tabs and spaces and for trailing blanks.
|
|
4178 Note that this will also affect formatting (set with 'textwidth' or
|
|
4179 'wrapmargin') when 'cpoptions' includes 'L'. See 'listchars' for
|
|
4180 changing the way tabs are displayed.
|
|
4181
|
|
4182 *'listchars'* *'lcs'*
|
|
4183 'listchars' 'lcs' string (default "eol:$")
|
|
4184 global
|
|
4185 {not in Vi}
|
10
|
4186 Strings to use in 'list' mode. It is a comma separated list of string
|
7
|
4187 settings.
|
|
4188 eol:c Character to show at the end of each line. When
|
|
4189 omitted, there is no extra character at the end of the
|
|
4190 line.
|
|
4191 tab:xy Two characters to be used to show a Tab. The first
|
|
4192 char is used once. The second char is repeated to
|
|
4193 fill the space that the Tab normally occupies.
|
|
4194 "tab:>-" will show a Tab that takes four spaces as
|
|
4195 ">---". When omitted, a Tab is show as ^I.
|
10
|
4196 trail:c Character to show for trailing spaces. When omitted,
|
7
|
4197 trailing spaces are blank.
|
|
4198 extends:c Character to show in the last column, when 'wrap' is
|
|
4199 off and the line continues beyond the right of the
|
|
4200 screen.
|
|
4201 precedes:c Character to show in the first column, when 'wrap'
|
|
4202 is off and there is text preceding the character
|
|
4203 visible in the first column.
|
13
|
4204 nbsp:c Character to show for a non-breakable space (character
|
|
4205 0xA0, 160). Left blank when omitted.
|
7
|
4206
|
10
|
4207 The characters ':' and ',' should not be used. UTF-8 characters can
|
7
|
4208 be used when 'encoding' is "utf-8", otherwise only printable
|
|
4209 characters are allowed.
|
|
4210
|
|
4211 Examples: >
|
|
4212 :set lcs=tab:>-,trail:-
|
12
|
4213 :set lcs=tab:>-,eol:<,nbsp:%
|
7
|
4214 :set lcs=extends:>,precedes:<
|
|
4215 < The "NonText" highlighting will be used for "eol", "extends" and
|
12
|
4216 "precedes". "SpecialKey" for "nbsp", "tab" and "trail".
|
7
|
4217
|
|
4218 *'lpl'* *'nolpl'* *'loadplugins'* *'noloadplugins'*
|
|
4219 'loadplugins' 'lpl' boolean (default on)
|
|
4220 global
|
|
4221 {not in Vi}
|
|
4222 When on the plugin scripts are loaded when starting up |load-plugins|.
|
|
4223 This option can be reset in your |vimrc| file to disable the loading
|
|
4224 of plugins.
|
|
4225 Note that using the "-u NONE" and "--noplugin" command line arguments
|
|
4226 reset this option. |-u| |--noplugin|
|
|
4227
|
|
4228 *'magic'* *'nomagic'*
|
|
4229 'magic' boolean (default on)
|
|
4230 global
|
|
4231 Changes the special characters that can be used in search patterns.
|
|
4232 See |pattern|.
|
|
4233 NOTE: To avoid portability problems with using patterns, always keep
|
|
4234 this option at the default "on". Only switch it off when working with
|
|
4235 old Vi scripts. In any other situation write patterns that work when
|
20
|
4236 'magic' is on. Include "\M" when you want to |/\M|.
|
7
|
4237
|
|
4238 *'makeef'* *'mef'*
|
|
4239 'makeef' 'mef' string (default: "")
|
|
4240 global
|
|
4241 {not in Vi}
|
|
4242 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
|
|
4243 feature}
|
|
4244 Name of the errorfile for the |:make| command (see |:make_makeprg|)
|
|
4245 and the |:grep| command.
|
|
4246 When it is empty, an internally generated temp file will be used.
|
|
4247 When "##" is included, it is replaced by a number to make the name
|
|
4248 unique. This makes sure that the ":make" command doesn't overwrite an
|
|
4249 existing file.
|
|
4250 NOT used for the ":cf" command. See 'errorfile' for that.
|
|
4251 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
|
|
4252 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
|
|
4253 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
4254 security reasons.
|
|
4255
|
|
4256 *'makeprg'* *'mp'*
|
|
4257 'makeprg' 'mp' string (default "make", VMS: "MMS")
|
|
4258 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
4259 {not in Vi}
|
|
4260 Program to use for the ":make" command. See |:make_makeprg|. This
|
|
4261 option may contain '%' and '#' characters, which are expanded like
|
|
4262 when used in a command-line. Environment variables are expanded
|
|
4263 |:set_env|. See |option-backslash| about including spaces and
|
|
4264 backslashes. Note that a '|' must be escaped twice: once for ":set"
|
|
4265 and once for the interpretation of a command. When you use a filter
|
|
4266 called "myfilter" do it like this: >
|
|
4267 :set makeprg=gmake\ \\\|\ myfilter
|
|
4268 < The placeholder "$*" can be given (even multiple times) to specify
|
|
4269 where the arguments will be included, for example: >
|
|
4270 :set makeprg=latex\ \\\\nonstopmode\ \\\\input\\{$*}
|
|
4271 < This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
4272 security reasons.
|
|
4273
|
|
4274 *'matchpairs'* *'mps'*
|
|
4275 'matchpairs' 'mps' string (default "(:),{:},[:]")
|
|
4276 local to buffer
|
|
4277 {not in Vi}
|
|
4278 Characters that form pairs. The |%| command jumps from one to the
|
10
|
4279 other. Currently only single character pairs are allowed, and they
|
7
|
4280 must be different. The characters must be separated by a colon. The
|
|
4281 pairs must be separated by a comma. Example for including '<' and '>'
|
|
4282 (HTML): >
|
|
4283 :set mps+=<:>
|
|
4284
|
|
4285 < A more exotic example, to jump between the '=' and ';' in an
|
|
4286 assignment, useful for languages like C and Java: >
|
|
4287 :au FileType c,cpp,java set mps+==:;
|
|
4288
|
|
4289 < For a more advanced way of using "%", see the matchit.vim plugin in
|
|
4290 the $VIMRUNTIME/macros directory. |add-local-help|
|
|
4291
|
|
4292 *'matchtime'* *'mat'*
|
|
4293 'matchtime' 'mat' number (default 5)
|
|
4294 global
|
|
4295 {not in Vi}{in Nvi}
|
|
4296 Tenths of a second to show the matching paren, when 'showmatch' is
|
|
4297 set. Note that this is not in milliseconds, like other options that
|
|
4298 set a time. This is to be compatible with Nvi.
|
|
4299
|
714
|
4300 *'maxcombine'* *'mco'*
|
|
4301 'maxcombine' 'mco' number (default 2)
|
|
4302 global
|
|
4303 {not in Vi}
|
|
4304 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
4305 feature}
|
|
4306 The maximum number of combining characters supported for displaying.
|
|
4307 Only used when 'encoding' is "utf-8".
|
|
4308 The default is OK for most languages. Hebrew may require 4.
|
|
4309 Maximum value is 6.
|
|
4310 Even when this option is set to 2 you can still edit text with more
|
|
4311 combining characters, you just can't see them. Use |g8| or |ga|.
|
|
4312 See |mbyte-combining|.
|
|
4313
|
7
|
4314 *'maxfuncdepth'* *'mfd'*
|
|
4315 'maxfuncdepth' 'mfd' number (default 100)
|
|
4316 global
|
|
4317 {not in Vi}
|
|
4318 Maximum depth of function calls for user functions. This normally
|
|
4319 catches endless recursion. When using a recursive function with
|
|
4320 more depth, set 'maxfuncdepth' to a bigger number. But this will use
|
|
4321 more memory, there is the danger of failing when memory is exhausted.
|
|
4322 See also |:function|.
|
|
4323
|
|
4324 *'maxmapdepth'* *'mmd'* *E223*
|
|
4325 'maxmapdepth' 'mmd' number (default 1000)
|
|
4326 global
|
|
4327 {not in Vi}
|
|
4328 Maximum number of times a mapping is done without resulting in a
|
|
4329 character to be used. This normally catches endless mappings, like
|
|
4330 ":map x y" with ":map y x". It still does not catch ":map g wg",
|
|
4331 because the 'w' is used before the next mapping is done. See also
|
|
4332 |key-mapping|.
|
|
4333
|
|
4334 *'maxmem'* *'mm'*
|
|
4335 'maxmem' 'mm' number (default between 256 to 5120 (system
|
|
4336 dependent) or half the amount of memory
|
|
4337 available)
|
|
4338 global
|
|
4339 {not in Vi}
|
|
4340 Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for one buffer. When this
|
|
4341 limit is reached allocating extra memory for a buffer will cause
|
|
4342 other memory to be freed. Maximum value 2000000. Use this to work
|
|
4343 without a limit. Also see 'maxmemtot'.
|
|
4344
|
189
|
4345 *'maxmempattern'* *'mmp'*
|
|
4346 'maxmempattern' 'mmp' number (default 1000)
|
|
4347 global
|
|
4348 {not in Vi}
|
|
4349 Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for pattern matching.
|
|
4350 Maximum value 2000000. Use this to work without a limit.
|
|
4351 *E363*
|
|
4352 When Vim runs into the limit it gives an error message mostly behaves
|
|
4353 like CTRL-C was typed.
|
|
4354 Running into the limit often means that the pattern is very
|
|
4355 inefficient or too complex. This may already happen with the pattern
|
|
4356 "\(.\)*" on a very long line. ".*" works much better.
|
|
4357 Vim may run out of memory before hitting the 'maxmempattern' limit.
|
|
4358
|
7
|
4359 *'maxmemtot'* *'mmt'*
|
|
4360 'maxmemtot' 'mmt' number (default between 2048 and 10240 (system
|
|
4361 dependent) or half the amount of memory
|
|
4362 available)
|
|
4363 global
|
|
4364 {not in Vi}
|
|
4365 Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for all buffers together.
|
10
|
4366 Maximum value 2000000. Use this to work without a limit. Also see
|
7
|
4367 'maxmem'.
|
|
4368
|
|
4369 *'menuitems'* *'mis'*
|
|
4370 'menuitems' 'mis' number (default 25)
|
|
4371 global
|
|
4372 {not in Vi}
|
|
4373 {not available when compiled without the |+menu|
|
|
4374 feature}
|
|
4375 Maximum number of items to use in a menu. Used for menus that are
|
|
4376 generated from a list of items, e.g., the Buffers menu. Changing this
|
|
4377 option has no direct effect, the menu must be refreshed first.
|
|
4378
|
484
|
4379 *'mkspellmem'* *'msm'*
|
|
4380 'mkspellmem' 'msm' string (default "460000,2000,500")
|
|
4381 global
|
|
4382 {not in Vi}
|
|
4383 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
|
|
4384 feature}
|
|
4385 Parameters for |:mkspell|. This tunes when to start compressing the
|
|
4386 word tree. Compression can be slow when there are many words, but
|
|
4387 it's needed to avoid running out of memory. The amount of memory used
|
|
4388 per word depends very much on how similar the words are, that's why
|
|
4389 this tuning is complicated.
|
|
4390
|
|
4391 There are three numbers, separated by commas:
|
|
4392 {start},{inc},{added}
|
|
4393
|
|
4394 For most languages the uncompressed word tree fits in memory. {start}
|
|
4395 gives the amount of memory in Kbyte that can be used before any
|
|
4396 compression is done. It should be a bit smaller than the amount of
|
|
4397 memory that is available to Vim.
|
|
4398
|
|
4399 When going over the {start} limit the {inc} number specifies the
|
|
4400 amount of memory in Kbyte that can be allocated before another
|
|
4401 compression is done. A low number means compression is done after
|
|
4402 less words are added, which is slow. A high number means more memory
|
|
4403 will be allocated.
|
|
4404
|
|
4405 After doing compression, {added} times 1024 words can be added before
|
|
4406 the {inc} limit is ignored and compression is done when any extra
|
|
4407 amount of memory is needed. A low number means there is a smaller
|
|
4408 chance of hitting the {inc} limit, less memory is used but it's
|
|
4409 slower.
|
|
4410
|
|
4411 The languages for which these numbers are important are Italian and
|
|
4412 Hungarian. The default works for when you have about 512 Mbyte. If
|
|
4413 you have 1 Gbyte you could use: >
|
|
4414 :set mkspellmem=900000,3000,800
|
|
4415 < If you have less than 512 Mbyte |:mkspell| may fail for some
|
|
4416 languages, no matter what you set 'mkspellmem' to.
|
|
4417
|
7
|
4418 *'modeline'* *'ml'* *'nomodeline'* *'noml'*
|
|
4419 'modeline' 'ml' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
|
|
4420 local to buffer
|
|
4421 *'modelines'* *'mls'*
|
|
4422 'modelines' 'mls' number (default 5)
|
|
4423 global
|
|
4424 {not in Vi}
|
|
4425 If 'modeline' is on 'modelines' gives the number of lines that is
|
|
4426 checked for set commands. If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is zero
|
|
4427 no lines are checked. See |modeline|.
|
|
4428 NOTE: 'modeline' is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
4429 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
4430
|
|
4431 *'modifiable'* *'ma'* *'nomodifiable'* *'noma'*
|
|
4432 'modifiable' 'ma' boolean (default on)
|
|
4433 local to buffer
|
|
4434 {not in Vi} *E21*
|
|
4435 When off the buffer contents cannot be changed. The 'fileformat' and
|
|
4436 'fileencoding' options also can't be changed.
|
|
4437 Can be reset with the |-M| command line argument.
|
|
4438
|
|
4439 *'modified'* *'mod'* *'nomodified'* *'nomod'*
|
|
4440 'modified' 'mod' boolean (default off)
|
|
4441 local to buffer
|
|
4442 {not in Vi}
|
|
4443 When on, the buffer is considered to be modified. This option is set
|
|
4444 when:
|
|
4445 1. A change was made to the text since it was last written. Using the
|
|
4446 |undo| command to go back to the original text will reset the
|
|
4447 option. But undoing changes that were made before writing the
|
|
4448 buffer will set the option again, since the text is different from
|
|
4449 when it was written.
|
|
4450 2. 'fileformat' or 'fileencoding' is different from its original
|
|
4451 value. The original value is set when the buffer is read or
|
|
4452 written. A ":set nomodified" command also resets the original
|
|
4453 values to the current values and the 'modified' option will be
|
|
4454 reset.
|
|
4455 When 'buftype' is "nowrite" or "nofile" this option may be set, but
|
|
4456 will be ignored.
|
|
4457
|
|
4458 *'more'* *'nomore'*
|
|
4459 'more' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
|
|
4460 global
|
|
4461 {not in Vi}
|
|
4462 When on, listings pause when the whole screen is filled. You will get
|
|
4463 the |more-prompt|. When this option is off there are no pauses, the
|
|
4464 listing continues until finished.
|
|
4465 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
4466 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
4467
|
|
4468 *'mouse'* *E538*
|
|
4469 'mouse' string (default "", "a" for GUI, MS-DOS and Win32)
|
|
4470 global
|
|
4471 {not in Vi}
|
|
4472 Enable the use of the mouse. Only works for certain terminals
|
|
4473 (xterm, MS-DOS, Win32 |win32-mouse|, QNX pterm, and Linux console
|
|
4474 with gpm). For using the mouse in the GUI, see |gui-mouse|.
|
|
4475 The mouse can be enabled for different modes:
|
|
4476 n Normal mode
|
|
4477 v Visual mode
|
|
4478 i Insert mode
|
|
4479 c Command-line mode
|
|
4480 h all previous modes when editing a help file
|
|
4481 a all previous modes
|
|
4482 r for |hit-enter| and |more-prompt| prompt
|
|
4483 Normally you would enable the mouse in all four modes with: >
|
|
4484 :set mouse=a
|
|
4485 < When the mouse is not enabled, the GUI will still use the mouse for
|
|
4486 modeless selection. This doesn't move the text cursor.
|
|
4487
|
|
4488 See |mouse-using|. Also see |'clipboard'|.
|
|
4489
|
|
4490 Note: When enabling the mouse in a terminal, copy/paste will use the
|
10
|
4491 "* register if there is access to an X-server. The xterm handling of
|
7
|
4492 the mouse buttons can still be used by keeping the shift key pressed.
|
|
4493 Also see the 'clipboard' option.
|
|
4494
|
|
4495 *'mousefocus'* *'mousef'* *'nomousefocus'* *'nomousef'*
|
|
4496 'mousefocus' 'mousef' boolean (default off)
|
|
4497 global
|
|
4498 {not in Vi}
|
|
4499 {only works in the GUI}
|
|
4500 The window that the mouse pointer is on is automatically activated.
|
|
4501 When changing the window layout or window focus in another way, the
|
|
4502 mouse pointer is moved to the window with keyboard focus. Off is the
|
|
4503 default because it makes using the pull down menus a little goofy, as
|
|
4504 a pointer transit may activate a window unintentionally.
|
|
4505
|
|
4506 *'mousehide'* *'mh'* *'nomousehide'* *'nomh'*
|
|
4507 'mousehide' 'mh' boolean (default on)
|
|
4508 global
|
|
4509 {not in Vi}
|
|
4510 {only works in the GUI}
|
|
4511 When on, the mouse pointer is hidden when characters are typed.
|
|
4512 The mouse pointer is restored when the mouse is moved.
|
|
4513
|
|
4514 *'mousemodel'* *'mousem'*
|
|
4515 'mousemodel' 'mousem' string (default "extend", "popup" for MS-DOS and Win32)
|
|
4516 global
|
|
4517 {not in Vi}
|
|
4518 Sets the model to use for the mouse. The name mostly specifies what
|
|
4519 the right mouse button is used for:
|
|
4520 extend Right mouse button extends a selection. This works
|
|
4521 like in an xterm.
|
|
4522 popup Right mouse button pops up a menu. The shifted left
|
|
4523 mouse button extends a selection. This works like
|
233
|
4524 with Microsoft Windows.
|
7
|
4525 popup_setpos Like "popup", but the cursor will be moved to the
|
|
4526 position where the mouse was clicked, and thus the
|
|
4527 selected operation will act upon the clicked object.
|
|
4528 If clicking inside a selection, that selection will
|
233
|
4529 be acted upon, i.e. no cursor move. This implies of
|
7
|
4530 course, that right clicking outside a selection will
|
|
4531 end Visual mode.
|
|
4532 Overview of what button does what for each model:
|
|
4533 mouse extend popup(_setpos) ~
|
|
4534 left click place cursor place cursor
|
|
4535 left drag start selection start selection
|
|
4536 shift-left search word extend selection
|
|
4537 right click extend selection popup menu (place cursor)
|
|
4538 right drag extend selection -
|
|
4539 middle click paste paste
|
|
4540
|
|
4541 In the "popup" model the right mouse button produces a pop-up menu.
|
|
4542 You need to define this first, see |popup-menu|.
|
|
4543
|
|
4544 Note that you can further refine the meaning of buttons with mappings.
|
|
4545 See |gui-mouse-mapping|. But mappings are NOT used for modeless
|
|
4546 selection (because that's handled in the GUI code directly).
|
|
4547
|
|
4548 The 'mousemodel' option is set by the |:behave| command.
|
|
4549
|
|
4550 *'mouseshape'* *'mouses'* *E547*
|
|
4551 'mouseshape' 'mouses' string (default "i:beam,r:beam,s:updown,sd:cross,
|
233
|
4552 m:no,ml:up-arrow,v:rightup-arrow")
|
7
|
4553 global
|
|
4554 {not in Vi}
|
|
4555 {only available when compiled with the |+mouseshape|
|
|
4556 feature}
|
|
4557 This option tells Vim what the mouse pointer should look like in
|
|
4558 different modes. The option is a comma separated list of parts, much
|
|
4559 like used for 'guicursor'. Each part consist of a mode/location-list
|
|
4560 and an argument-list:
|
|
4561 mode-list:shape,mode-list:shape,..
|
|
4562 The mode-list is a dash separated list of these modes/locations:
|
|
4563 In a normal window: ~
|
|
4564 n Normal mode
|
|
4565 v Visual mode
|
|
4566 ve Visual mode with 'selection' "exclusive" (same as 'v',
|
|
4567 if not specified)
|
|
4568 o Operator-pending mode
|
|
4569 i Insert mode
|
|
4570 r Replace mode
|
|
4571
|
|
4572 Others: ~
|
|
4573 c appending to the command-line
|
|
4574 ci inserting in the command-line
|
|
4575 cr replacing in the command-line
|
|
4576 m at the 'Hit ENTER' or 'More' prompts
|
|
4577 ml idem, but cursor in the last line
|
|
4578 e any mode, pointer below last window
|
|
4579 s any mode, pointer on a status line
|
|
4580 sd any mode, while dragging a status line
|
|
4581 vs any mode, pointer on a vertical separator line
|
|
4582 vd any mode, while dragging a vertical separator line
|
|
4583 a everywhere
|
|
4584
|
|
4585 The shape is one of the following:
|
|
4586 avail name looks like ~
|
|
4587 w x arrow Normal mouse pointer
|
|
4588 w x blank no pointer at all (use with care!)
|
|
4589 w x beam I-beam
|
|
4590 w x updown up-down sizing arrows
|
|
4591 w x leftright left-right sizing arrows
|
|
4592 w x busy The system's usual busy pointer
|
|
4593 w x no The system's usual 'no input' pointer
|
|
4594 x udsizing indicates up-down resizing
|
|
4595 x lrsizing indicates left-right resizing
|
|
4596 x crosshair like a big thin +
|
|
4597 x hand1 black hand
|
|
4598 x hand2 white hand
|
|
4599 x pencil what you write with
|
|
4600 x question big ?
|
|
4601 x rightup-arrow arrow pointing right-up
|
|
4602 w x up-arrow arrow pointing up
|
|
4603 x <number> any X11 pointer number (see X11/cursorfont.h)
|
|
4604
|
|
4605 The "avail" column contains a 'w' if the shape is available for Win32,
|
|
4606 x for X11.
|
|
4607 Any modes not specified or shapes not available use the normal mouse
|
|
4608 pointer.
|
|
4609
|
|
4610 Example: >
|
|
4611 :set mouseshape=s:udsizing,m:no
|
|
4612 < will make the mouse turn to a sizing arrow over the status lines and
|
|
4613 indicate no input when the hit-enter prompt is displayed (since
|
|
4614 clicking the mouse has no effect in this state.)
|
|
4615
|
|
4616 *'mousetime'* *'mouset'*
|
|
4617 'mousetime' 'mouset' number (default 500)
|
|
4618 global
|
|
4619 {not in Vi}
|
|
4620 Only for GUI, MS-DOS, Win32 and Unix with xterm. Defines the maximum
|
|
4621 time in msec between two mouse clicks for the second click to be
|
|
4622 recognized as a multi click.
|
|
4623
|
14
|
4624 *'mzquantum'* *'mzq'*
|
|
4625 'mzquantum' 'mzq' number (default 100)
|
|
4626 global
|
|
4627 {not in Vi}
|
|
4628 {not available when compiled without the |+mzscheme|
|
|
4629 feature}
|
|
4630 The number of milliseconds between polls for MzScheme threads.
|
|
4631 Negative or zero value means no thread scheduling.
|
|
4632
|
7
|
4633 *'nrformats'* *'nf'*
|
|
4634 'nrformats' 'nf' string (default "octal,hex")
|
|
4635 local to buffer
|
|
4636 {not in Vi}
|
|
4637 This defines what bases Vim will consider for numbers when using the
|
|
4638 CTRL-A and CTRL-X commands for adding to and subtracting from a number
|
|
4639 respectively; see |CTRL-A| for more info on these commands.
|
625
|
4640 alpha If included, single alphabetical characters will be
|
7
|
4641 incremented or decremented. This is useful for a list with a
|
|
4642 letter index a), b), etc.
|
625
|
4643 octal If included, numbers that start with a zero will be considered
|
7
|
4644 to be octal. Example: Using CTRL-A on "007" results in "010".
|
625
|
4645 hex If included, numbers starting with "0x" or "0X" will be
|
7
|
4646 considered to be hexadecimal. Example: Using CTRL-X on
|
|
4647 "0x100" results in "0x0ff".
|
|
4648 Numbers which simply begin with a digit in the range 1-9 are always
|
|
4649 considered decimal. This also happens for numbers that are not
|
|
4650 recognized as octal or hex.
|
|
4651
|
|
4652 *'number'* *'nu'* *'nonumber'* *'nonu'*
|
|
4653 'number' 'nu' boolean (default off)
|
|
4654 local to window
|
|
4655 Print the line number in front of each line. When the 'n' option is
|
|
4656 excluded from 'cpoptions' a wrapped line will not use the column of
|
|
4657 line numbers (this is the default when 'compatible' isn't set).
|
13
|
4658 The 'numberwidth' option can be used to set the room used for the line
|
|
4659 number.
|
7
|
4660 When a long, wrapped line doesn't start with the first character, '-'
|
|
4661 characters are put before the number.
|
|
4662 See |hl-LineNr| for the highlighting used for the number.
|
|
4663
|
13
|
4664 *'numberwidth'* *'nuw'*
|
|
4665 'numberwidth' 'nuw' number (Vim default: 4 Vi default: 8)
|
|
4666 local to window
|
14
|
4667 {not in Vi}
|
|
4668 {only available when compiled with the |+linebreak|
|
|
4669 feature}
|
13
|
4670 Minimal number of columns to use for the line number. Only relevant
|
694
|
4671 when the 'number' option is set or printing lines with a line number.
|
13
|
4672 Since one space is always between the number and the text, there is
|
|
4673 one less character for the number itself.
|
|
4674 The value is the minimum width. A bigger width is used when needed to
|
|
4675 fit the highest line number in the buffer. Thus with the Vim default
|
|
4676 of 4 there is room for a line number up to 999. When the buffer has
|
|
4677 1000 lines five columns will be used.
|
|
4678 The minimum value is 1, the maximum value is 10.
|
|
4679 NOTE: 'numberwidth' is reset to 8 when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
4680
|
523
|
4681 *'omnifunc'* *'ofu'*
|
|
4682 'omnifunc' 'ofu' string (default: empty)
|
502
|
4683 local to buffer
|
|
4684 {not in Vi}
|
|
4685 {not available when compiled without the +eval
|
|
4686 or +insert_expand feature}
|
623
|
4687 This option specifies a function to be used for Insert mode omni
|
|
4688 completion with CTRL-X CTRL-O. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|
|
648
|
4689 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of how the function is
|
|
4690 invoked and what it should return.
|
502
|
4691
|
|
4692
|
593
|
4693 *'operatorfunc'* *'opfunc'*
|
|
4694 'operatorfunc' 'opfunc' string (default: empty)
|
|
4695 global
|
|
4696 {not in Vi}
|
|
4697 This option specifies a function to be called by the |g@| operator.
|
|
4698 See |:map-operator| for more info and an example.
|
|
4699
|
|
4700 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
4701 security reasons.
|
|
4702
|
|
4703
|
7
|
4704 *'osfiletype'* *'oft'* *E366*
|
|
4705 'osfiletype' 'oft' string (RISC-OS default: "Text",
|
|
4706 others default: "")
|
|
4707 local to buffer
|
|
4708 {not in Vi}
|
|
4709 {only available when compiled with the |+osfiletype|
|
|
4710 feature}
|
|
4711 Some operating systems store extra information about files besides
|
|
4712 name, datestamp and permissions. This option contains the extra
|
|
4713 information, the nature of which will vary between systems.
|
|
4714 The value of this option is usually set when the file is loaded, and
|
|
4715 use to set the file type when file is written.
|
|
4716 It can affect the pattern matching of the automatic commands.
|
|
4717 |autocmd-osfiletypes|
|
|
4718
|
|
4719 *'paragraphs'* *'para'*
|
|
4720 'paragraphs' 'para' string (default "IPLPPPQPP LIpplpipbp")
|
|
4721 global
|
|
4722 Specifies the nroff macros that separate paragraphs. These are pairs
|
|
4723 of two letters (see |object-motions|).
|
|
4724
|
|
4725 *'paste'* *'nopaste'*
|
|
4726 'paste' boolean (default off)
|
|
4727 global
|
|
4728 {not in Vi}
|
10
|
4729 Put Vim in Paste mode. This is useful if you want to cut or copy
|
|
4730 some text from one window and paste it in Vim. This will avoid
|
7
|
4731 unexpected effects.
|
|
4732 Setting this option is useful when using Vim in a terminal, where Vim
|
10
|
4733 cannot distinguish between typed text and pasted text. In the GUI, Vim
|
7
|
4734 knows about pasting and will mostly do the right thing without 'paste'
|
|
4735 being set. The same is true for a terminal where Vim handles the
|
|
4736 mouse clicks itself.
|
148
|
4737 This option is reset when starting the GUI. Thus if you set it in
|
|
4738 your .vimrc it will work in a terminal, but not in the GUI. Setting
|
|
4739 'paste' in the GUI has side effects: e.g., the Paste toolbar button
|
|
4740 will no longer work in Insert mode, because it uses a mapping.
|
7
|
4741 When the 'paste' option is switched on (also when it was already on):
|
|
4742 - mapping in Insert mode and Command-line mode is disabled
|
|
4743 - abbreviations are disabled
|
|
4744 - 'textwidth' is set to 0
|
|
4745 - 'wrapmargin' is set to 0
|
|
4746 - 'autoindent' is reset
|
|
4747 - 'smartindent' is reset
|
|
4748 - 'softtabstop' is set to 0
|
|
4749 - 'revins' is reset
|
|
4750 - 'ruler' is reset
|
|
4751 - 'showmatch' is reset
|
|
4752 - 'formatoptions' is used like it is empty
|
|
4753 These options keep their value, but their effect is disabled:
|
|
4754 - 'lisp'
|
|
4755 - 'indentexpr'
|
|
4756 - 'cindent'
|
|
4757 NOTE: When you start editing another file while the 'paste' option is
|
|
4758 on, settings from the modelines or autocommands may change the
|
|
4759 settings again, causing trouble when pasting text. You might want to
|
|
4760 set the 'paste' option again.
|
|
4761 When the 'paste' option is reset the mentioned options are restored to
|
|
4762 the value before the moment 'paste' was switched from off to on.
|
|
4763 Resetting 'paste' before ever setting it does not have any effect.
|
|
4764 Since mapping doesn't work while 'paste' is active, you need to use
|
|
4765 the 'pastetoggle' option to toggle the 'paste' option with some key.
|
|
4766
|
|
4767 *'pastetoggle'* *'pt'*
|
|
4768 'pastetoggle' 'pt' string (default "")
|
|
4769 global
|
|
4770 {not in Vi}
|
|
4771 When non-empty, specifies the key sequence that toggles the 'paste'
|
|
4772 option. This is like specifying a mapping: >
|
|
4773 :map {keys} :set invpaste<CR>
|
|
4774 < Where {keys} is the value of 'pastetoggle'.
|
|
4775 The difference is that it will work even when 'paste' is set.
|
|
4776 'pastetoggle' works in Insert mode and Normal mode, but not in
|
|
4777 Command-line mode.
|
|
4778 Mappings are checked first, thus overrule 'pastetoggle'. However,
|
|
4779 when 'paste' is on mappings are ignored in Insert mode, thus you can do
|
|
4780 this: >
|
|
4781 :map <F10> :set paste<CR>
|
|
4782 :map <F11> :set nopaste<CR>
|
|
4783 :imap <F10> <C-O>:set paste<CR>
|
|
4784 :imap <F11> <nop>
|
|
4785 :set pastetoggle=<F11>
|
|
4786 < This will make <F10> start paste mode and <F11> stop paste mode.
|
|
4787 Note that typing <F10> in paste mode inserts "<F10>", since in paste
|
|
4788 mode everything is inserted literally, except the 'pastetoggle' key
|
|
4789 sequence.
|
|
4790
|
|
4791 *'pex'* *'patchexpr'*
|
|
4792 'patchexpr' 'pex' string (default "")
|
|
4793 global
|
|
4794 {not in Vi}
|
|
4795 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
|
|
4796 feature}
|
|
4797 Expression which is evaluated to apply a patch to a file and generate
|
10
|
4798 the resulting new version of the file. See |diff-patchexpr|.
|
7
|
4799
|
|
4800 *'patchmode'* *'pm'* *E206*
|
|
4801 'patchmode' 'pm' string (default "")
|
|
4802 global
|
|
4803 {not in Vi}
|
|
4804 When non-empty the oldest version of a file is kept. This can be used
|
|
4805 to keep the original version of a file if you are changing files in a
|
|
4806 source distribution. Only the first time that a file is written a
|
|
4807 copy of the original file will be kept. The name of the copy is the
|
|
4808 name of the original file with the string in the 'patchmode' option
|
|
4809 appended. This option should start with a dot. Use a string like
|
|
4810 ".org". 'backupdir' must not be empty for this to work (Detail: The
|
|
4811 backup file is renamed to the patchmode file after the new file has
|
|
4812 been successfully written, that's why it must be possible to write a
|
|
4813 backup file). If there was no file to be backed up, an empty file is
|
|
4814 created.
|
|
4815 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a patchmode file is not made.
|
|
4816 Using 'patchmode' for compressed files appends the extension at the
|
|
4817 end (e.g., "file.gz.orig"), thus the resulting name isn't always
|
|
4818 recognized as a compressed file.
|
36
|
4819 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
|
7
|
4820
|
|
4821 *'path'* *'pa'* *E343* *E345* *E347*
|
|
4822 'path' 'pa' string (default on Unix: ".,/usr/include,,"
|
|
4823 on OS/2: ".,/emx/include,,"
|
|
4824 other systems: ".,,")
|
|
4825 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
4826 {not in Vi}
|
|
4827 This is a list of directories which will be searched when using the
|
|
4828 |gf|, [f, ]f, ^Wf, |:find| and other commands, provided that the file
|
|
4829 being searched for has a relative path (not starting with '/'). The
|
|
4830 directories in the 'path' option may be relative or absolute.
|
|
4831 - Use commas to separate directory names: >
|
|
4832 :set path=.,/usr/local/include,/usr/include
|
|
4833 < - Spaces can also be used to separate directory names (for backwards
|
|
4834 compatibility with version 3.0). To have a space in a directory
|
|
4835 name, precede it with an extra backslash, and escape the space: >
|
|
4836 :set path=.,/dir/with\\\ space
|
|
4837 < - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with an extra
|
|
4838 backslash: >
|
|
4839 :set path=.,/dir/with\\,comma
|
|
4840 < - To search relative to the directory of the current file, use: >
|
|
4841 :set path=.
|
|
4842 < - To search in the current directory use an empty string between two
|
|
4843 commas: >
|
|
4844 :set path=,,
|
|
4845 < - A directory name may end in a ':' or '/'.
|
|
4846 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
|
|
4847 - When using |netrw.vim| URLs can be used. For example, adding
|
|
4848 "http://www.vim.org" will make ":find index.html" work.
|
|
4849 - Search upwards and downwards in a directory tree:
|
|
4850 1) "*" matches a sequence of characters, e.g.: >
|
|
4851 :set path=/usr/include/*
|
|
4852 < means all subdirectories in /usr/include (but not /usr/include
|
|
4853 itself). >
|
|
4854 :set path=/usr/*c
|
|
4855 < matches /usr/doc and /usr/src.
|
|
4856 2) "**" matches a subtree, up to 100 directories deep. Example: >
|
|
4857 :set path=/home/user_x/src/**
|
|
4858 < means search in the whole subtree under "/home/usr_x/src".
|
|
4859 3) If the path ends with a ';', this path is the startpoint
|
|
4860 for upward search.
|
|
4861 See |file-searching| for more info and exact syntax.
|
|
4862 {not available when compiled without the |+path_extra| feature}
|
|
4863 - Careful with '\' characters, type two to get one in the option: >
|
|
4864 :set path=.,c:\\include
|
|
4865 < Or just use '/' instead: >
|
|
4866 :set path=.,c:/include
|
|
4867 < Don't forget "." or files won't even be found in the same directory as
|
|
4868 the file!
|
10
|
4869 The maximum length is limited. How much depends on the system, mostly
|
7
|
4870 it is something like 256 or 1024 characters.
|
|
4871 You can check if all the include files are found, using the value of
|
|
4872 'path', see |:checkpath|.
|
|
4873 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
|
|
4874 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
|
|
4875 uses another default. To remove the current directory use: >
|
|
4876 :set path-=
|
|
4877 < To add the current directory use: >
|
|
4878 :set path+=
|
|
4879 < To use an environment variable, you probably need to replace the
|
|
4880 separator. Here is an example to append $INCL, in which directory
|
|
4881 names are separated with a semi-colon: >
|
|
4882 :let &path = &path . "," . substitute($INCL, ';', ',', 'g')
|
|
4883 < Replace the ';' with a ':' or whatever separator is used. Note that
|
|
4884 this doesn't work when $INCL contains a comma or white space.
|
|
4885
|
|
4886 *'preserveindent'* *'pi'* *'nopreserveindent'* *'nopi'*
|
|
4887 'preserveindent' 'pi' boolean (default off)
|
|
4888 local to buffer
|
|
4889 {not in Vi}
|
|
4890 When changing the indent of the current line, preserve as much of the
|
|
4891 indent structure as possible. Normally the indent is replaced by a
|
|
4892 series of tabs followed by spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is
|
|
4893 enabled, in which case only spaces are used). Enabling this option
|
|
4894 means the indent will preserve as many existing characters as possible
|
|
4895 for indenting, and only add additional tabs or spaces as required.
|
|
4896 NOTE: When using ">>" multiple times the resulting indent is a mix of
|
|
4897 tabs and spaces. You might not like this.
|
|
4898 NOTE: 'preserveindent' is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
4899 Also see 'copyindent'.
|
|
4900 Use |:retab| to clean up white space.
|
|
4901
|
|
4902 *'previewheight'* *'pvh'*
|
|
4903 'previewheight' 'pvh' number (default 12)
|
|
4904 global
|
|
4905 {not in Vi}
|
|
4906 {not available when compiled without the |+windows| or
|
|
4907 |+quickfix| feature}
|
|
4908 Default height for a preview window. Used for |:ptag| and associated
|
|
4909 commands. Used for |CTRL-W_}| when no count is given.
|
|
4910
|
|
4911 *'previewwindow'* *'nopreviewwindow'*
|
|
4912 *'pvw'* *'nopvw'* *E590*
|
|
4913 'previewwindow' 'pvw' boolean (default off)
|
|
4914 local to window
|
|
4915 {not in Vi}
|
|
4916 {not available when compiled without the |+windows| or
|
|
4917 |+quickfix| feature}
|
10
|
4918 Identifies the preview window. Only one window can have this option
|
7
|
4919 set. It's normally not set directly, but by using one of the commands
|
|
4920 |:ptag|, |:pedit|, etc.
|
|
4921
|
|
4922 *'printdevice'* *'pdev'*
|
|
4923 'printdevice' 'pdev' string (default empty)
|
|
4924 global
|
|
4925 {not in Vi}
|
|
4926 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
|
|
4927 feature}
|
15
|
4928 The name of the printer to be used for |:hardcopy|.
|
|
4929 See |pdev-option|.
|
36
|
4930 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
4931 security reasons.
|
15
|
4932
|
|
4933 *'printencoding'* *'penc'*
|
|
4934 'printencoding' 'penc' String (default empty, except for some systems)
|
7
|
4935 global
|
|
4936 {not in Vi}
|
|
4937 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
|
|
4938 and |+postscript| features}
|
15
|
4939 Sets the character encoding used when printing.
|
|
4940 See |penc-option|.
|
7
|
4941
|
|
4942 *'printexpr'* *'pexpr'*
|
|
4943 'printexpr' 'pexpr' String (default: see below)
|
|
4944 global
|
|
4945 {not in Vi}
|
|
4946 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
|
|
4947 and |+postscript| features}
|
15
|
4948 Expression used to print the PostScript produced with |:hardcopy|.
|
|
4949 See |pexpr-option|.
|
|
4950
|
|
4951 *'printfont'* *'pfn'*
|
7
|
4952 'printfont' 'pfn' string (default "courier")
|
|
4953 global
|
|
4954 {not in Vi}
|
|
4955 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
|
|
4956 feature}
|
15
|
4957 The name of the font that will be used for |:hardcopy|.
|
|
4958 See |pfn-option|.
|
7
|
4959
|
|
4960 *'printheader'* *'pheader'*
|
|
4961 'printheader' 'pheader' string (default "%<%f%h%m%=Page %N")
|
|
4962 global
|
|
4963 {not in Vi}
|
|
4964 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
|
|
4965 feature}
|
15
|
4966 The format of the header produced in |:hardcopy| output.
|
|
4967 See |pheader-option|.
|
|
4968
|
|
4969 *'printmbcharset'* *'pmbcs'*
|
|
4970 'printmbcharset' 'pmbcs' string (default "")
|
|
4971 global
|
|
4972 {not in Vi}
|
180
|
4973 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|,
|
|
4974 |+postscript| and |+multi_byte| features}
|
15
|
4975 The CJK character set to be used for CJK output from |:hardcopy|.
|
|
4976 See |pmbcs-option|.
|
|
4977
|
|
4978 *'printmbfont'* *'pmbfn'*
|
|
4979 'printmbfont' 'pmbfn' string (default "")
|
|
4980 global
|
|
4981 {not in Vi}
|
180
|
4982 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|,
|
|
4983 |+postscript| and |+multi_byte| features}
|
15
|
4984 List of font names to be used for CJK output from |:hardcopy|.
|
|
4985 See |pmbfn-option|.
|
7
|
4986
|
|
4987 *'printoptions'* *'popt'*
|
|
4988 'printoptions' 'popt' string (default "")
|
|
4989 global
|
|
4990 {not in Vi}
|
|
4991 {only available when compiled with |+printer| feature}
|
15
|
4992 List of items that control the format of the output of |:hardcopy|.
|
|
4993 See |popt-option|.
|
|
4994
|
168
|
4995 *'prompt'* *'noprompt'*
|
|
4996 'prompt' boolean (default on)
|
|
4997 global
|
|
4998 When on a ":" prompt is used in Ex mode.
|
|
4999
|
140
|
5000 *'quoteescape'* *'qe'*
|
12
|
5001 'quoteescape' 'qe' string (default "\")
|
|
5002 local to buffer
|
|
5003 {not in Vi}
|
|
5004 The characters that are used to escape quotes in a string. Used for
|
|
5005 objects like a', a" and a` |a'|.
|
|
5006 When one of the characters in this option is found inside a string,
|
|
5007 the following character will be skipped. The default value makes the
|
|
5008 text "foo\"bar\\" considered to be one string.
|
|
5009
|
7
|
5010 *'readonly'* *'ro'* *'noreadonly'* *'noro'*
|
|
5011 'readonly' 'ro' boolean (default off)
|
|
5012 local to buffer
|
|
5013 If on, writes fail unless you use a '!'. Protects you from
|
|
5014 accidentally overwriting a file. Default on when Vim is started
|
|
5015 in read-only mode ("vim -R") or when the executable is called "view".
|
164
|
5016 When using ":w!" the 'readonly' option is reset for the current
|
|
5017 buffer, unless the 'Z' flag is in 'cpoptions'.
|
7
|
5018 {not in Vi:} When using the ":view" command the 'readonly' option is
|
164
|
5019 set for the newly edited buffer.
|
7
|
5020
|
|
5021 *'remap'* *'noremap'*
|
|
5022 'remap' boolean (default on)
|
|
5023 global
|
|
5024 Allows for mappings to work recursively. If you do not want this for
|
|
5025 a single entry, use the :noremap[!] command.
|
717
|
5026 NOTE: To avoid portability problems with Vim scripts, always keep
|
|
5027 this option at the default "on". Only switch it off when working with
|
|
5028 old Vi scripts.
|
7
|
5029
|
|
5030 *'report'*
|
|
5031 'report' number (default 2)
|
|
5032 global
|
|
5033 Threshold for reporting number of lines changed. When the number of
|
|
5034 changed lines is more than 'report' a message will be given for most
|
|
5035 ":" commands. If you want it always, set 'report' to 0.
|
|
5036 For the ":substitute" command the number of substitutions is used
|
|
5037 instead of the number of lines.
|
|
5038
|
|
5039 *'restorescreen'* *'rs'* *'norestorescreen'* *'nors'*
|
|
5040 'restorescreen' 'rs' boolean (default on)
|
|
5041 global
|
|
5042 {not in Vi} {only in Windows 95/NT console version}
|
|
5043 When set, the screen contents is restored when exiting Vim. This also
|
|
5044 happens when executing external commands.
|
|
5045
|
|
5046 For non-Windows Vim: You can set or reset the 't_ti' and 't_te'
|
|
5047 options in your .vimrc. To disable restoring:
|
|
5048 set t_ti= t_te=
|
|
5049 To enable restoring (for an xterm):
|
|
5050 set t_ti=^[7^[[r^[[?47h t_te=^[[?47l^[8
|
|
5051 (Where ^[ is an <Esc>, type CTRL-V <Esc> to insert it)
|
|
5052
|
|
5053 *'revins'* *'ri'* *'norevins'* *'nori'*
|
|
5054 'revins' 'ri' boolean (default off)
|
|
5055 global
|
|
5056 {not in Vi}
|
|
5057 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
|
|
5058 feature}
|
|
5059 Inserting characters in Insert mode will work backwards. See "typing
|
|
5060 backwards" |ins-reverse|. This option can be toggled with the CTRL-_
|
|
5061 command in Insert mode, when 'allowrevins' is set.
|
|
5062 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' or 'paste' is set.
|
|
5063
|
|
5064 *'rightleft'* *'rl'* *'norightleft'* *'norl'*
|
|
5065 'rightleft' 'rl' boolean (default off)
|
|
5066 local to window
|
|
5067 {not in Vi}
|
|
5068 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
|
|
5069 feature}
|
|
5070 When on, display orientation becomes right-to-left, i.e., characters
|
|
5071 that are stored in the file appear from the right to the left.
|
|
5072 Using this option, it is possible to edit files for languages that
|
|
5073 are written from the right to the left such as Hebrew and Arabic.
|
|
5074 This option is per window, so it is possible to edit mixed files
|
|
5075 simultaneously, or to view the same file in both ways (this is
|
|
5076 useful whenever you have a mixed text file with both right-to-left
|
|
5077 and left-to-right strings so that both sets are displayed properly
|
|
5078 in different windows). Also see |rileft.txt|.
|
|
5079
|
|
5080 *'rightleftcmd'* *'rlc'* *'norightleftcmd'* *'norlc'*
|
|
5081 'rightleftcmd' 'rlc' string (default "search")
|
|
5082 local to window
|
|
5083 {not in Vi}
|
|
5084 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
|
|
5085 feature}
|
|
5086 Each word in this option enables the command line editing to work in
|
|
5087 right-to-left mode for a group of commands:
|
|
5088
|
|
5089 search "/" and "?" commands
|
|
5090
|
|
5091 This is useful for languages such as Hebrew, Arabic and Farsi.
|
|
5092 The 'rightleft' option must be set for 'rightleftcmd' to take effect.
|
|
5093
|
|
5094 *'ruler'* *'ru'* *'noruler'* *'noru'*
|
|
5095 'ruler' 'ru' boolean (default off)
|
|
5096 global
|
|
5097 {not in Vi}
|
|
5098 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
5099 |+cmdline_info| feature}
|
|
5100 Show the line and column number of the cursor position, separated by a
|
10
|
5101 comma. When there is room, the relative position of the displayed
|
7
|
5102 text in the file is shown on the far right:
|
|
5103 Top first line is visible
|
|
5104 Bot last line is visible
|
|
5105 All first and last line are visible
|
|
5106 45% relative position in the file
|
|
5107 If 'rulerformat' is set, it will determine the contents of the ruler.
|
10
|
5108 Each window has its own ruler. If a window has a status line, the
|
7
|
5109 ruler is shown there. Otherwise it is shown in the last line of the
|
233
|
5110 screen. If the statusline is given by 'statusline' (i.e. not empty),
|
7
|
5111 this option takes precedence over 'ruler' and 'rulerformat'
|
|
5112 If the number of characters displayed is different from the number of
|
|
5113 bytes in the text (e.g., for a TAB or a multi-byte character), both
|
|
5114 the text column (byte number) and the screen column are shown,
|
|
5115 separated with a dash.
|
|
5116 For an empty line "0-1" is shown.
|
|
5117 For an empty buffer the line number will also be zero: "0,0-1".
|
|
5118 This option is reset when the 'paste' option is set.
|
|
5119 If you don't want to see the ruler all the time but want to know where
|
|
5120 you are, use "g CTRL-G" |g_CTRL-G|.
|
|
5121 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
5122
|
|
5123 *'rulerformat'* *'ruf'*
|
|
5124 'rulerformat' 'ruf' string (default empty)
|
|
5125 global
|
|
5126 {not in Vi}
|
|
5127 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline|
|
|
5128 feature}
|
|
5129 When this option is not empty, it determines the content of the ruler
|
|
5130 string, as displayed for the 'ruler' option.
|
692
|
5131 The format of this option is like that of 'statusline'.
|
7
|
5132 The default ruler width is 17 characters. To make the ruler 15
|
|
5133 characters wide, put "%15(" at the start and "%)" at the end.
|
|
5134 Example: >
|
|
5135 :set rulerformat=%15(%c%V\ %p%%%)
|
|
5136 <
|
|
5137 *'runtimepath'* *'rtp'* *vimfiles*
|
|
5138 'runtimepath' 'rtp' string (default:
|
|
5139 Unix: "$HOME/.vim,
|
|
5140 $VIM/vimfiles,
|
|
5141 $VIMRUNTIME,
|
|
5142 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
|
|
5143 $HOME/.vim/after"
|
|
5144 Amiga: "home:vimfiles,
|
|
5145 $VIM/vimfiles,
|
|
5146 $VIMRUNTIME,
|
|
5147 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
|
|
5148 home:vimfiles/after"
|
|
5149 PC, OS/2: "$HOME/vimfiles,
|
|
5150 $VIM/vimfiles,
|
|
5151 $VIMRUNTIME,
|
|
5152 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
|
|
5153 $HOME/vimfiles/after"
|
|
5154 Macintosh: "$VIM:vimfiles,
|
|
5155 $VIMRUNTIME,
|
|
5156 $VIM:vimfiles:after"
|
|
5157 RISC-OS: "Choices:vimfiles,
|
|
5158 $VIMRUNTIME,
|
|
5159 Choices:vimfiles/after"
|
|
5160 VMS: "sys$login:vimfiles,
|
|
5161 $VIM/vimfiles,
|
|
5162 $VIMRUNTIME,
|
|
5163 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
|
233
|
5164 sys$login:vimfiles/after")
|
7
|
5165 global
|
|
5166 {not in Vi}
|
|
5167 This is a list of directories which will be searched for runtime
|
|
5168 files:
|
|
5169 filetype.vim filetypes by file name |new-filetype|
|
|
5170 scripts.vim filetypes by file contents |new-filetype-scripts|
|
164
|
5171 autoload/ automatically loaded scripts |autoload-functions|
|
7
|
5172 colors/ color scheme files |:colorscheme|
|
|
5173 compiler/ compiler files |:compiler|
|
|
5174 doc/ documentation |write-local-help|
|
|
5175 ftplugin/ filetype plugins |write-filetype-plugin|
|
|
5176 indent/ indent scripts |indent-expression|
|
|
5177 keymap/ key mapping files |mbyte-keymap|
|
|
5178 lang/ menu translations |:menutrans|
|
|
5179 menu.vim GUI menus |menu.vim|
|
|
5180 plugin/ plugin scripts |write-plugin|
|
|
5181 print/ files for printing |postscript-print-encoding|
|
650
|
5182 spell/ spell checking files |spell|
|
7
|
5183 syntax/ syntax files |mysyntaxfile|
|
|
5184 tutor/ files for vimtutor |tutor|
|
|
5185
|
|
5186 And any other file searched for with the |:runtime| command.
|
|
5187
|
|
5188 The defaults for most systems are setup to search five locations:
|
|
5189 1. In your home directory, for your personal preferences.
|
|
5190 2. In a system-wide Vim directory, for preferences from the system
|
|
5191 administrator.
|
|
5192 3. In $VIMRUNTIME, for files distributed with Vim.
|
|
5193 *after-directory*
|
|
5194 4. In the "after" directory in the system-wide Vim directory. This is
|
|
5195 for the system administrator to overrule or add to the distributed
|
|
5196 defaults (rarely needed)
|
|
5197 5. In the "after" directory in your home directory. This is for
|
|
5198 personal preferences to overrule or add to the distributed defaults
|
|
5199 or system-wide settings (rarely needed).
|
|
5200
|
|
5201 Note that, unlike 'path', no wildcards like "**" are allowed. Normal
|
|
5202 wildcards are allowed, but can significantly slow down searching for
|
10
|
5203 runtime files. For speed, use as few items as possible and avoid
|
7
|
5204 wildcards.
|
|
5205 See |:runtime|.
|
|
5206 Example: >
|
|
5207 :set runtimepath=~/vimruntime,/mygroup/vim,$VIMRUNTIME
|
|
5208 < This will use the directory "~/vimruntime" first (containing your
|
|
5209 personal Vim runtime files), then "/mygroup/vim" (shared between a
|
|
5210 group of people) and finally "$VIMRUNTIME" (the distributed runtime
|
|
5211 files).
|
|
5212 You probably should always include $VIMRUNTIME somewhere, to use the
|
|
5213 distributed runtime files. You can put a directory before $VIMRUNTIME
|
|
5214 to find files which replace a distributed runtime files. You can put
|
|
5215 a directory after $VIMRUNTIME to find files which add to distributed
|
|
5216 runtime files.
|
|
5217 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5218 security reasons.
|
|
5219
|
|
5220 *'scroll'* *'scr'*
|
|
5221 'scroll' 'scr' number (default: half the window height)
|
|
5222 local to window
|
|
5223 Number of lines to scroll with CTRL-U and CTRL-D commands. Will be
|
|
5224 set to half the number of lines in the window when the window size
|
|
5225 changes. If you give a count to the CTRL-U or CTRL-D command it will
|
10
|
5226 be used as the new value for 'scroll'. Reset to half the window
|
7
|
5227 height with ":set scroll=0". {Vi is a bit different: 'scroll' gives
|
|
5228 the number of screen lines instead of file lines, makes a difference
|
|
5229 when lines wrap}
|
|
5230
|
|
5231 *'scrollbind'* *'scb'* *'noscrollbind'* *'noscb'*
|
|
5232 'scrollbind' 'scb' boolean (default off)
|
|
5233 local to window
|
|
5234 {not in Vi}
|
|
5235 {not available when compiled without the |+scrollbind|
|
|
5236 feature}
|
|
5237 See also |scroll-binding|. When this option is set, the current
|
|
5238 window scrolls as other scrollbind windows (windows that also have
|
|
5239 this option set) scroll. This option is useful for viewing the
|
|
5240 differences between two versions of a file, see 'diff'.
|
|
5241 See |'scrollopt'| for options that determine how this option should be
|
|
5242 interpreted.
|
|
5243 This option is mostly reset when splitting a window to edit another
|
|
5244 file. This means that ":split | edit file" results in two windows
|
|
5245 with scroll-binding, but ":split file" does not.
|
|
5246
|
|
5247 *'scrolljump'* *'sj'*
|
|
5248 'scrolljump' 'sj' number (default 1)
|
|
5249 global
|
|
5250 {not in Vi}
|
|
5251 Minimal number of lines to scroll when the cursor gets off the
|
|
5252 screen (e.g., with "j"). Not used for scroll commands (e.g., CTRL-E,
|
|
5253 CTRL-D). Useful if your terminal scrolls very slowly.
|
532
|
5254 When set to a negative number from -1 to -100 this is used as the
|
|
5255 percentage of the window height. Thus -50 scrolls half the window
|
|
5256 height.
|
7
|
5257 NOTE: This option is set to 1 when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
5258
|
|
5259 *'scrolloff'* *'so'*
|
|
5260 'scrolloff' 'so' number (default 0)
|
|
5261 global
|
|
5262 {not in Vi}
|
|
5263 Minimal number of screen lines to keep above and below the cursor.
|
|
5264 This will make some context visible around where you are working. If
|
|
5265 you set it to a very large value (999) the cursor line will always be
|
|
5266 in the middle of the window (except at the start or end of the file or
|
|
5267 when long lines wrap).
|
|
5268 For scrolling horizontally see 'sidescrolloff'.
|
|
5269 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
5270
|
|
5271 *'scrollopt'* *'sbo'*
|
|
5272 'scrollopt' 'sbo' string (default "ver,jump")
|
|
5273 global
|
|
5274 {not available when compiled without the |+scrollbind|
|
|
5275 feature}
|
|
5276 {not in Vi}
|
|
5277 This is a comma-separated list of words that specifies how
|
236
|
5278 'scrollbind' windows should behave. 'sbo' stands for ScrollBind
|
|
5279 Options.
|
7
|
5280 The following words are available:
|
|
5281 ver Bind vertical scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
|
|
5282 hor Bind horizontal scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
|
|
5283 jump Applies to the offset between two windows for vertical
|
|
5284 scrolling. This offset is the difference in the first
|
|
5285 displayed line of the bound windows. When moving
|
|
5286 around in a window, another 'scrollbind' window may
|
|
5287 reach a position before the start or after the end of
|
|
5288 the buffer. The offset is not changed though, when
|
|
5289 moving back the 'scrollbind' window will try to scroll
|
|
5290 to the desired position when possible.
|
|
5291 When now making that window the current one, two
|
|
5292 things can be done with the relative offset:
|
|
5293 1. When "jump" is not included, the relative offset is
|
|
5294 adjusted for the scroll position in the new current
|
|
5295 window. When going back to the other window, the
|
|
5296 the new relative offset will be used.
|
|
5297 2. When "jump" is included, the other windows are
|
|
5298 scrolled to keep the same relative offset. When
|
|
5299 going back to the other window, it still uses the
|
|
5300 same relative offset.
|
|
5301 Also see |scroll-binding|.
|
|
5302
|
|
5303 *'sections'* *'sect'*
|
|
5304 'sections' 'sect' string (default "SHNHH HUnhsh")
|
|
5305 global
|
|
5306 Specifies the nroff macros that separate sections. These are pairs of
|
|
5307 two letters (See |object-motions|). The default makes a section start
|
|
5308 at the nroff macros ".SH", ".NH", ".H", ".HU", ".nh" and ".sh".
|
|
5309
|
|
5310 *'secure'* *'nosecure'* *E523*
|
|
5311 'secure' boolean (default off)
|
|
5312 global
|
|
5313 {not in Vi}
|
|
5314 When on, ":autocmd", shell and write commands are not allowed in
|
|
5315 ".vimrc" and ".exrc" in the current directory and map commands are
|
|
5316 displayed. Switch it off only if you know that you will not run into
|
|
5317 problems, or when the 'exrc' option is off. On Unix this option is
|
|
5318 only used if the ".vimrc" or ".exrc" is not owned by you. This can be
|
10
|
5319 dangerous if the systems allows users to do a "chown". You better set
|
7
|
5320 'secure' at the end of your ~/.vimrc then.
|
|
5321 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5322 security reasons.
|
|
5323
|
|
5324 *'selection'* *'sel'*
|
|
5325 'selection' 'sel' string (default "inclusive")
|
|
5326 global
|
|
5327 {not in Vi}
|
|
5328 This option defines the behavior of the selection. It is only used
|
|
5329 in Visual and Select mode.
|
|
5330 Possible values:
|
|
5331 value past line inclusive ~
|
|
5332 old no yes
|
|
5333 inclusive yes yes
|
|
5334 exclusive yes no
|
|
5335 "past line" means that the cursor is allowed to be positioned one
|
|
5336 character past the line.
|
|
5337 "inclusive" means that the last character of the selection is included
|
|
5338 in an operation. For example, when "x" is used to delete the
|
|
5339 selection.
|
|
5340 Note that when "exclusive" is used and selecting from the end
|
|
5341 backwards, you cannot include the last character of a line, when
|
|
5342 starting in Normal mode and 'virtualedit' empty.
|
|
5343
|
|
5344 The 'selection' option is set by the |:behave| command.
|
|
5345
|
|
5346 *'selectmode'* *'slm'*
|
|
5347 'selectmode' 'slm' string (default "")
|
|
5348 global
|
|
5349 {not in Vi}
|
|
5350 This is a comma separated list of words, which specifies when to start
|
|
5351 Select mode instead of Visual mode, when a selection is started.
|
|
5352 Possible values:
|
|
5353 mouse when using the mouse
|
|
5354 key when using shifted special keys
|
|
5355 cmd when using "v", "V" or CTRL-V
|
|
5356 See |Select-mode|.
|
|
5357 The 'selectmode' option is set by the |:behave| command.
|
|
5358
|
|
5359 *'sessionoptions'* *'ssop'*
|
|
5360 'sessionoptions' 'ssop' string (default: "blank,buffers,curdir,folds,
|
|
5361 help,options,winsize")
|
|
5362 global
|
|
5363 {not in Vi}
|
|
5364 {not available when compiled without the +mksession
|
|
5365 feature}
|
|
5366 Changes the effect of the |:mksession| command. It is a comma
|
|
5367 separated list of words. Each word enables saving and restoring
|
|
5368 something:
|
|
5369 word save and restore ~
|
|
5370 blank empty windows
|
|
5371 buffers hidden and unloaded buffers, not just those in windows
|
|
5372 curdir the current directory
|
|
5373 folds manually created folds, opened/closed folds and local
|
|
5374 fold options
|
|
5375 globals global variables that start with an uppercase letter
|
75
|
5376 and contain at least one lowercase letter. Only
|
|
5377 String and Number types are stored.
|
7
|
5378 help the help window
|
|
5379 localoptions options and mappings local to a window or buffer (not
|
|
5380 global values for local options)
|
|
5381 options all options and mappings (also global values for local
|
|
5382 options)
|
|
5383 resize size of the Vim window: 'lines' and 'columns'
|
|
5384 sesdir the directory in which the session file is located
|
|
5385 will become the current directory (useful with
|
|
5386 projects accessed over a network from different
|
|
5387 systems)
|
|
5388 slash backslashes in file names replaced with forward
|
|
5389 slashes
|
|
5390 unix with Unix end-of-line format (single <NL>), even when
|
|
5391 on Windows or DOS
|
|
5392 winpos position of the whole Vim window
|
|
5393 winsize window sizes
|
|
5394
|
|
5395 Don't include both "curdir" and "sesdir".
|
674
|
5396 There is no option to include tab pages yet, only the current tab page
|
|
5397 is stored in the session. |tab-page|
|
7
|
5398 When "curdir" nor "sesdir" is included, file names are stored with
|
|
5399 absolute paths.
|
|
5400 "slash" and "unix" are useful on Windows when sharing session files
|
|
5401 with Unix. The Unix version of Vim cannot source dos format scripts,
|
|
5402 but the Windows version of Vim can source unix format scripts.
|
|
5403
|
|
5404 *'shell'* *'sh'* *E91*
|
|
5405 'shell' 'sh' string (default $SHELL or "sh",
|
|
5406 MS-DOS and Win32: "command.com" or
|
|
5407 "cmd.exe", OS/2: "cmd")
|
|
5408 global
|
|
5409 Name of the shell to use for ! and :! commands. When changing the
|
|
5410 value also check these options: 'shelltype', 'shellpipe', 'shellslash'
|
|
5411 'shellredir', 'shellquote', 'shellxquote' and 'shellcmdflag'.
|
10
|
5412 It is allowed to give an argument to the command, e.g. "csh -f".
|
7
|
5413 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
|
|
5414 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
|
|
5415 If the name of the shell contains a space, you might need to enclose
|
|
5416 it in quotes. Example: >
|
|
5417 :set shell=\"c:\program\ files\unix\sh.exe\"\ -f
|
|
5418 < Note the backslash before each quote (to avoid starting a comment) and
|
10
|
5419 each space (to avoid ending the option value). Also note that the
|
7
|
5420 "-f" is not inside the quotes, because it is not part of the command
|
|
5421 name. And Vim automagically recognizes the backslashes that are path
|
|
5422 separators.
|
|
5423 For Dos 32 bits (DJGPP), you can set the $DJSYSFLAGS environment
|
|
5424 variable to change the way external commands are executed. See the
|
|
5425 libc.inf file of DJGPP.
|
|
5426 Under MS-Windows, when the executable ends in ".com" it must be
|
|
5427 included. Thus setting the shell to "command.com" or "4dos.com"
|
|
5428 works, but "command" and "4dos" do not work for all commands (e.g.,
|
|
5429 filtering).
|
|
5430 For unknown reasons, when using "4dos.com" the current directory is
|
|
5431 changed to "C:\". To avoid this set 'shell' like this: >
|
|
5432 :set shell=command.com\ /c\ 4dos
|
|
5433 < This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5434 security reasons.
|
|
5435
|
|
5436 *'shellcmdflag'* *'shcf'*
|
|
5437 'shellcmdflag' 'shcf' string (default: "-c", MS-DOS and Win32, when 'shell'
|
|
5438 does not contain "sh" somewhere: "/c")
|
|
5439 global
|
|
5440 {not in Vi}
|
|
5441 Flag passed to the shell to execute "!" and ":!" commands; e.g.,
|
|
5442 "bash.exe -c ls" or "command.com /c dir". For the MS-DOS-like
|
|
5443 systems, the default is set according to the value of 'shell', to
|
|
5444 reduce the need to set this option by the user. It's not used for
|
|
5445 OS/2 (EMX figures this out itself). See |option-backslash| about
|
|
5446 including spaces and backslashes. See |dos-shell|.
|
|
5447 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5448 security reasons.
|
|
5449
|
|
5450 *'shellpipe'* *'sp'*
|
|
5451 'shellpipe' 'sp' string (default ">", "| tee", "|& tee" or "2>&1| tee")
|
|
5452 global
|
|
5453 {not in Vi}
|
|
5454 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
|
|
5455 feature}
|
|
5456 String to be used to put the output of the ":make" command in the
|
10
|
5457 error file. See also |:make_makeprg|. See |option-backslash| about
|
7
|
5458 including spaces and backslashes.
|
|
5459 The name of the temporary file can be represented by "%s" if necessary
|
|
5460 (the file name is appended automatically if no %s appears in the value
|
|
5461 of this option).
|
|
5462 For the Amiga and MS-DOS the default is ">". The output is directly
|
|
5463 saved in a file and not echoed to the screen.
|
|
5464 For Unix the default it "| tee". The stdout of the compiler is saved
|
|
5465 in a file and echoed to the screen. If the 'shell' option is "csh" or
|
|
5466 "tcsh" after initializations, the default becomes "|& tee". If the
|
|
5467 'shell' option is "sh", "ksh", "zsh" or "bash" the default becomes
|
|
5468 "2>&1| tee". This means that stderr is also included.
|
|
5469 The initialization of this option is done after reading the ".vimrc"
|
|
5470 and the other initializations, so that when the 'shell' option is set
|
|
5471 there, the 'shellpipe' option changes automatically, unless it was
|
|
5472 explicitly set before.
|
|
5473 When 'shellpipe' is set to an empty string, no redirection of the
|
|
5474 ":make" output will be done. This is useful if you use a 'makeprg'
|
|
5475 that writes to 'makeef' by itself. If you want no piping, but do
|
|
5476 want to include the 'makeef', set 'shellpipe' to a single space.
|
|
5477 Don't forget to precede the space with a backslash: ":set sp=\ ".
|
|
5478 In the future pipes may be used for filtering and this option will
|
|
5479 become obsolete (at least for Unix).
|
|
5480 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5481 security reasons.
|
|
5482
|
|
5483 *'shellquote'* *'shq'*
|
|
5484 'shellquote' 'shq' string (default: ""; MS-DOS and Win32, when 'shell'
|
|
5485 contains "sh" somewhere: "\"")
|
|
5486 global
|
|
5487 {not in Vi}
|
|
5488 Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for
|
|
5489 the "!" and ":!" commands. The redirection is kept outside of the
|
|
5490 quoting. See 'shellxquote' to include the redirection. It's
|
|
5491 probably not useful to set both options.
|
|
5492 This is an empty string by default. Only known to be useful for
|
|
5493 third-party shells on MS-DOS-like systems, such as the MKS Korn Shell
|
|
5494 or bash, where it should be "\"". The default is adjusted according
|
|
5495 the value of 'shell', to reduce the need to set this option by the
|
|
5496 user. See |dos-shell|.
|
|
5497 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5498 security reasons.
|
|
5499
|
|
5500 *'shellredir'* *'srr'*
|
|
5501 'shellredir' 'srr' string (default ">", ">&" or ">%s 2>&1")
|
|
5502 global
|
|
5503 {not in Vi}
|
|
5504 String to be used to put the output of a filter command in a temporary
|
|
5505 file. See also |:!|. See |option-backslash| about including spaces
|
|
5506 and backslashes.
|
|
5507 The name of the temporary file can be represented by "%s" if necessary
|
|
5508 (the file name is appended automatically if no %s appears in the value
|
|
5509 of this option).
|
|
5510 The default is ">". For Unix, if the 'shell' option is "csh", "tcsh"
|
|
5511 or "zsh" during initializations, the default becomes ">&". If the
|
|
5512 'shell' option is "sh", "ksh" or "bash" the default becomes
|
|
5513 ">%s 2>&1". This means that stderr is also included.
|
|
5514 For Win32, the Unix checks are done and additionally "cmd" is checked
|
|
5515 for, which makes the default ">%s 2>&1". Also, the same names with
|
|
5516 ".exe" appended are checked for.
|
|
5517 The initialization of this option is done after reading the ".vimrc"
|
|
5518 and the other initializations, so that when the 'shell' option is set
|
|
5519 there, the 'shellredir' option changes automatically unless it was
|
|
5520 explicitly set before.
|
|
5521 In the future pipes may be used for filtering and this option will
|
|
5522 become obsolete (at least for Unix).
|
|
5523 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5524 security reasons.
|
|
5525
|
|
5526 *'shellslash'* *'ssl'* *'noshellslash'* *'nossl'*
|
|
5527 'shellslash' 'ssl' boolean (default off)
|
|
5528 global
|
|
5529 {not in Vi} {only for MSDOS, MS-Windows and OS/2}
|
|
5530 When set, a forward slash is used when expanding file names. This is
|
|
5531 useful when a Unix-like shell is used instead of command.com or
|
|
5532 cmd.exe. Backward slashes can still be typed, but they are changed to
|
|
5533 forward slashes by Vim.
|
|
5534 Note that setting or resetting this option has no effect for some
|
|
5535 existing file names, thus this option needs to be set before opening
|
|
5536 any file for best results. This might change in the future.
|
|
5537 'shellslash' only works when a backslash can be used as a path
|
|
5538 separator. To test if this is so use: >
|
|
5539 if exists('+shellslash')
|
|
5540 <
|
168
|
5541 *'shelltemp'* *'stmp'* *'noshelltemp'* *'nostmp'*
|
|
5542 'shelltemp' 'stmp' boolean (Vi default off, Vim default on)
|
|
5543 global
|
|
5544 {not in Vi}
|
|
5545 When on, use temp files for shell commands. When off use a pipe.
|
|
5546 When using a pipe is not possible temp files are used anyway.
|
|
5547 Currently a pipe is only supported on Unix. You can check it with: >
|
|
5548 :if has("filterpipe")
|
|
5549 < The advantage of using a pipe is that nobody can read the temp file
|
|
5550 and the 'shell' command does not need to support redirection.
|
|
5551 The advantage of using a temp file is that the file type and encoding
|
|
5552 can be detected.
|
|
5553 The |FilterReadPre|, |FilterReadPost| and |FilterWritePre|,
|
|
5554 |FilterWritePost| autocommands event are not triggered when
|
|
5555 'shelltemp' is off.
|
|
5556
|
7
|
5557 *'shelltype'* *'st'*
|
|
5558 'shelltype' 'st' number (default 0)
|
|
5559 global
|
|
5560 {not in Vi} {only for the Amiga}
|
|
5561 On the Amiga this option influences the way how the commands work
|
|
5562 which use a shell.
|
|
5563 0 and 1: always use the shell
|
|
5564 2 and 3: use the shell only to filter lines
|
|
5565 4 and 5: use shell only for ':sh' command
|
|
5566 When not using the shell, the command is executed directly.
|
|
5567
|
|
5568 0 and 2: use "shell 'shellcmdflag' cmd" to start external commands
|
|
5569 1 and 3: use "shell cmd" to start external commands
|
|
5570
|
|
5571 *'shellxquote'* *'sxq'*
|
|
5572 'shellxquote' 'sxq' string (default: "";
|
|
5573 for Win32, when 'shell' contains "sh"
|
|
5574 somewhere: "\""
|
|
5575 for Unix, when using system(): "\"")
|
|
5576 global
|
|
5577 {not in Vi}
|
|
5578 Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for
|
|
5579 the "!" and ":!" commands. Includes the redirection. See
|
|
5580 'shellquote' to exclude the redirection. It's probably not useful
|
|
5581 to set both options.
|
|
5582 This is an empty string by default. Known to be useful for
|
|
5583 third-party shells when using the Win32 version, such as the MKS Korn
|
|
5584 Shell or bash, where it should be "\"". The default is adjusted
|
|
5585 according the value of 'shell', to reduce the need to set this option
|
|
5586 by the user. See |dos-shell|.
|
|
5587 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5588 security reasons.
|
|
5589
|
|
5590 *'shiftround'* *'sr'* *'noshiftround'* *'nosr'*
|
|
5591 'shiftround' 'sr' boolean (default off)
|
|
5592 global
|
|
5593 {not in Vi}
|
|
5594 Round indent to multiple of 'shiftwidth'. Applies to > and <
|
|
5595 commands. CTRL-T and CTRL-D in Insert mode always round the indent to
|
|
5596 a multiple of 'shiftwidth' (this is Vi compatible).
|
|
5597 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
5598
|
|
5599 *'shiftwidth'* *'sw'*
|
|
5600 'shiftwidth' 'sw' number (default 8)
|
|
5601 local to buffer
|
10
|
5602 Number of spaces to use for each step of (auto)indent. Used for
|
7
|
5603 |'cindent'|, |>>|, |<<|, etc.
|
|
5604
|
|
5605 *'shortmess'* *'shm'*
|
168
|
5606 'shortmess' 'shm' string (Vim default "filnxtToO", Vi default: "",
|
|
5607 POSIX default: "A")
|
7
|
5608 global
|
|
5609 {not in Vi}
|
|
5610 This option helps to avoid all the |hit-enter| prompts caused by file
|
|
5611 messages, for example with CTRL-G, and to avoid some other messages.
|
|
5612 It is a list of flags:
|
|
5613 flag meaning when present ~
|
|
5614 f use "(3 of 5)" instead of "(file 3 of 5)"
|
|
5615 i use "[noeol]" instead of "[Incomplete last line]"
|
|
5616 l use "999L, 888C" instead of "999 lines, 888 characters"
|
|
5617 m use "[+]" instead of "[Modified]"
|
|
5618 n use "[New]" instead of "[New File]"
|
|
5619 r use "[RO]" instead of "[readonly]"
|
|
5620 w use "[w]" instead of "written" for file write message
|
|
5621 and "[a]" instead of "appended" for ':w >> file' command
|
|
5622 x use "[dos]" instead of "[dos format]", "[unix]" instead of
|
|
5623 "[unix format]" and "[mac]" instead of "[mac format]".
|
|
5624 a all of the above abbreviations
|
|
5625
|
|
5626 o overwrite message for writing a file with subsequent message
|
|
5627 for reading a file (useful for ":wn" or when 'autowrite' on)
|
|
5628 O message for reading a file overwrites any previous message.
|
|
5629 Also for quickfix message (e.g., ":cn").
|
|
5630 s don't give "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" or "search
|
|
5631 hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM" messages
|
|
5632 t truncate file message at the start if it is too long to fit
|
|
5633 on the command-line, "<" will appear in the left most column.
|
|
5634 Ignored in Ex mode.
|
|
5635 T truncate other messages in the middle if they are too long to
|
233
|
5636 fit on the command line. "..." will appear in the middle.
|
7
|
5637 Ignored in Ex mode.
|
|
5638 W don't give "written" or "[w]" when writing a file
|
|
5639 A don't give the "ATTENTION" message when an existing swap file
|
|
5640 is found.
|
|
5641 I don't give the intro message when starting Vim |:intro|.
|
|
5642
|
|
5643 This gives you the opportunity to avoid that a change between buffers
|
|
5644 requires you to hit <Enter>, but still gives as useful a message as
|
|
5645 possible for the space available. To get the whole message that you
|
|
5646 would have got with 'shm' empty, use ":file!"
|
|
5647 Useful values:
|
|
5648 shm= No abbreviation of message.
|
|
5649 shm=a Abbreviation, but no loss of information.
|
|
5650 shm=at Abbreviation, and truncate message when necessary.
|
|
5651
|
|
5652 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
5653 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
5654
|
|
5655 *'shortname'* *'sn'* *'noshortname'* *'nosn'*
|
|
5656 'shortname' 'sn' boolean (default off)
|
|
5657 local to buffer
|
|
5658 {not in Vi, not in MS-DOS versions}
|
|
5659 Filenames are assumed to be 8 characters plus one extension of 3
|
|
5660 characters. Multiple dots in file names are not allowed. When this
|
|
5661 option is on, dots in file names are replaced with underscores when
|
|
5662 adding an extension (".~" or ".swp"). This option is not available
|
|
5663 for MS-DOS, because then it would always be on. This option is useful
|
|
5664 when editing files on an MS-DOS compatible filesystem, e.g., messydos
|
|
5665 or crossdos. When running the Win32 GUI version under Win32s, this
|
|
5666 option is always on by default.
|
|
5667
|
|
5668 *'showbreak'* *'sbr'* *E595*
|
|
5669 'showbreak' 'sbr' string (default "")
|
|
5670 global
|
|
5671 {not in Vi}
|
|
5672 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
|
|
5673 feature}
|
|
5674 String to put at the start of lines that have been wrapped. Useful
|
|
5675 values are "> " or "+++ ".
|
|
5676 Only printable single-cell characters are allowed, excluding <Tab> and
|
|
5677 comma (in a future version the comma might be used to separate the
|
|
5678 part that is shown at the end and at the start of a line).
|
|
5679 The characters are highlighted according to the '@' flag in
|
|
5680 'highlight'.
|
|
5681 Note that tabs after the showbreak will be displayed differently.
|
|
5682 If you want the 'showbreak' to appear in between line numbers, add the
|
|
5683 "n" flag to 'cpoptions'.
|
|
5684
|
|
5685 *'showcmd'* *'sc'* *'noshowcmd'* *'nosc'*
|
|
5686 'showcmd' 'sc' boolean (Vim default: on, off for Unix, Vi default:
|
|
5687 off)
|
|
5688 global
|
|
5689 {not in Vi}
|
|
5690 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
5691 |+cmdline_info| feature}
|
10
|
5692 Show (partial) command in status line. Set this option off if your
|
7
|
5693 terminal is slow.
|
|
5694 In Visual mode the size of the selected area is shown:
|
|
5695 - When selecting characters within a line, the number of characters.
|
|
5696 - When selecting more than one line, the number of lines.
|
|
5697 - When selecting a block, the size in screen characters: linesxcolumns.
|
|
5698 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
5699 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
5700
|
|
5701 *'showfulltag'* *'sft'* *'noshowfulltag'* *'nosft'*
|
|
5702 'showfulltag' 'sft' boolean (default off)
|
|
5703 global
|
|
5704 {not in Vi}
|
|
5705 When completing a word in insert mode (see |ins-completion|) from the
|
|
5706 tags file, show both the tag name and a tidied-up form of the search
|
10
|
5707 pattern (if there is one) as possible matches. Thus, if you have
|
7
|
5708 matched a C function, you can see a template for what arguments are
|
|
5709 required (coding style permitting).
|
|
5710
|
|
5711 *'showmatch'* *'sm'* *'noshowmatch'* *'nosm'*
|
|
5712 'showmatch' 'sm' boolean (default off)
|
|
5713 global
|
|
5714 When a bracket is inserted, briefly jump to the matching one. The
|
|
5715 jump is only done if the match can be seen on the screen. The time to
|
|
5716 show the match can be set with 'matchtime'.
|
|
5717 A Beep is given if there is no match (no matter if the match can be
|
|
5718 seen or not). This option is reset when the 'paste' option is set.
|
|
5719 When the 'm' flag is not included in 'cpoptions', typing a character
|
|
5720 will immediately move the cursor back to where it belongs.
|
|
5721 See the "sm" field in 'guicursor' for setting the cursor shape and
|
|
5722 blinking when showing the match.
|
|
5723 The 'matchpairs' option can be used to specify the characters to show
|
|
5724 matches for. 'rightleft' and 'revins' are used to look for opposite
|
|
5725 matches.
|
699
|
5726 Also see the matchparen plugin for highlighting the match when moving
|
|
5727 around |pi_paren.txt|.
|
|
5728 Note: Use of the short form is rated PG.
|
7
|
5729
|
|
5730 *'showmode'* *'smd'* *'noshowmode'* *'nosmd'*
|
|
5731 'showmode' 'smd' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
|
|
5732 global
|
|
5733 If in Insert, Replace or Visual mode put a message on the last line.
|
|
5734 Use the 'M' flag in 'highlight' to set the type of highlighting for
|
|
5735 this message.
|
10
|
5736 When |XIM| may be used the message will include "XIM". But this
|
7
|
5737 doesn't mean XIM is really active, especially when 'imactivatekey' is
|
|
5738 not set.
|
|
5739 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
5740 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
5741
|
677
|
5742 *'showtabline'* *'stal'*
|
|
5743 'showtabline' 'stal' number (default 1)
|
|
5744 global
|
|
5745 {not in Vi}
|
|
5746 {not available when compiled without the +windows
|
|
5747 feature}
|
|
5748 The value of this option specifies when the line with tab page labels
|
|
5749 will be displayed:
|
|
5750 0: never
|
|
5751 1: only if there are at least two tab pages
|
|
5752 2: always
|
|
5753 This is both for the GUI and non-GUI implementation of the tab pages
|
|
5754 line.
|
|
5755 See |tab-page| for more information about tab pages.
|
|
5756
|
7
|
5757 *'sidescroll'* *'ss'*
|
|
5758 'sidescroll' 'ss' number (default 0)
|
|
5759 global
|
|
5760 {not in Vi}
|
|
5761 The minimal number of columns to scroll horizontally. Used only when
|
|
5762 the 'wrap' option is off and the cursor is moved off of the screen.
|
|
5763 When it is zero the cursor will be put in the middle of the screen.
|
|
5764 When using a slow terminal set it to a large number or 0. When using
|
|
5765 a fast terminal use a small number or 1. Not used for "zh" and "zl"
|
|
5766 commands.
|
|
5767
|
|
5768 *'sidescrolloff'* *'siso'*
|
|
5769 'sidescrolloff' 'siso' number (default 0)
|
|
5770 global
|
|
5771 {not in Vi}
|
|
5772 The minimal number of screen columns to keep to the left and to the
|
534
|
5773 right of the cursor if 'nowrap' is set. Setting this option to a
|
|
5774 value greater than 0 while having |'sidescroll'| also at a non-zero
|
|
5775 value makes some context visible in the line you are scrolling in
|
|
5776 horizontally (except at beginning of the line). Setting this option
|
|
5777 to a large value (like 999) has the effect of keeping the cursor
|
|
5778 horizontally centered in the window, as long as one does not come too
|
|
5779 close to the beginning of the line.
|
7
|
5780 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
5781
|
|
5782 Example: Try this together with 'sidescroll' and 'listchars' as
|
|
5783 in the following example to never allow the cursor to move
|
|
5784 onto the "extends" character:
|
|
5785
|
|
5786 :set nowrap sidescroll=1 listchars=extends:>,precedes:<
|
|
5787 :set sidescrolloff=1
|
|
5788
|
|
5789
|
|
5790 *'smartcase'* *'scs'* *'nosmartcase'* *'noscs'*
|
|
5791 'smartcase' 'scs' boolean (default off)
|
|
5792 global
|
|
5793 {not in Vi}
|
|
5794 Override the 'ignorecase' option if the search pattern contains upper
|
|
5795 case characters. Only used when the search pattern is typed and
|
|
5796 'ignorecase' option is on. Used for the commands "/", "?", "n", "N",
|
10
|
5797 ":g" and ":s". Not used for "*", "#", "gd", tag search, etc.. After
|
7
|
5798 "*" and "#" you can make 'smartcase' used by doing a "/" command,
|
|
5799 recalling the search pattern from history and hitting <Enter>.
|
|
5800 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
5801
|
|
5802 *'smartindent'* *'si'* *'nosmartindent'* *'nosi'*
|
|
5803 'smartindent' 'si' boolean (default off)
|
|
5804 local to buffer
|
|
5805 {not in Vi}
|
|
5806 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
5807 |+smartindent| feature}
|
|
5808 Do smart autoindenting when starting a new line. Works for C-like
|
|
5809 programs, but can also be used for other languages. 'cindent' does
|
|
5810 something like this, works better in most cases, but is more strict,
|
|
5811 see |C-indenting|. When 'cindent' is on, setting 'si' has no effect.
|
|
5812 'indentexpr' is a more advanced alternative.
|
|
5813 Normally 'autoindent' should also be on when using 'smartindent'.
|
|
5814 An indent is automatically inserted:
|
|
5815 - After a line ending in '{'.
|
|
5816 - After a line starting with a keyword from 'cinwords'.
|
|
5817 - Before a line starting with '}' (only with the "O" command).
|
|
5818 When typing '}' as the first character in a new line, that line is
|
|
5819 given the same indent as the matching '{'.
|
|
5820 When typing '#' as the first character in a new line, the indent for
|
|
5821 that line is removed, the '#' is put in the first column. The indent
|
10
|
5822 is restored for the next line. If you don't want this, use this
|
7
|
5823 mapping: ":inoremap # X^H#", where ^H is entered with CTRL-V CTRL-H.
|
|
5824 When using the ">>" command, lines starting with '#' are not shifted
|
|
5825 right.
|
10
|
5826 NOTE: 'smartindent' is reset when 'compatible' is set. When 'paste'
|
7
|
5827 is set smart indenting is disabled.
|
|
5828
|
|
5829 *'smarttab'* *'sta'* *'nosmarttab'* *'nosta'*
|
|
5830 'smarttab' 'sta' boolean (default off)
|
|
5831 global
|
|
5832 {not in Vi}
|
|
5833 When on, a <Tab> in front of a line inserts blanks according to
|
648
|
5834 'shiftwidth'. 'tabstop' or 'softtabstop' is used in other places. A
|
|
5835 <BS> will delete a 'shiftwidth' worth of space at the start of the
|
|
5836 line.
|
650
|
5837 When off, a <Tab> always inserts blanks according to 'tabstop' or
|
648
|
5838 'softtabstop'. 'shiftwidth' is only used for shifting text left or
|
|
5839 right |shift-left-right|.
|
7
|
5840 What gets inserted (a Tab or spaces) depends on the 'expandtab'
|
|
5841 option. Also see |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the
|
11
|
5842 number of spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s.
|
7
|
5843 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
5844
|
|
5845 *'softtabstop'* *'sts'*
|
|
5846 'softtabstop' 'sts' number (default 0)
|
|
5847 local to buffer
|
|
5848 {not in Vi}
|
|
5849 Number of spaces that a <Tab> counts for while performing editing
|
|
5850 operations, like inserting a <Tab> or using <BS>. It "feels" like
|
|
5851 <Tab>s are being inserted, while in fact a mix of spaces and <Tab>s is
|
|
5852 used. This is useful to keep the 'ts' setting at its standard value
|
|
5853 of 8, while being able to edit like it is set to 'sts'. However,
|
|
5854 commands like "x" still work on the actual characters.
|
|
5855 When 'sts' is zero, this feature is off.
|
|
5856 'softtabstop' is set to 0 when the 'paste' option is set.
|
|
5857 See also |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the number of
|
|
5858 spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s.
|
|
5859 The 'L' flag in 'cpoptions' changes how tabs are used when 'list' is
|
|
5860 set.
|
|
5861 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
5862
|
221
|
5863 *'spell'* *'nospell'*
|
|
5864 'spell' boolean (default off)
|
|
5865 local to window
|
|
5866 {not in Vi}
|
|
5867 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
|
|
5868 feature}
|
|
5869 When on spell checking will be done. See |spell|.
|
236
|
5870 The languages are specified with 'spelllang'.
|
221
|
5871
|
386
|
5872 *'spellcapcheck'* *'spc'*
|
389
|
5873 'spellcapcheck' 'spc' string (default "[.?!]\_[\])'" \t]\+")
|
386
|
5874 local to buffer
|
|
5875 {not in Vi}
|
|
5876 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
|
|
5877 feature}
|
|
5878 Pattern to locate the end of a sentence. The following word will be
|
|
5879 checked to start with a capital letter. If not then it is highlighted
|
484
|
5880 with SpellCap |hl-SpellCap| (unless the word is also badly spelled).
|
386
|
5881 When this check is not wanted make this option empty.
|
|
5882 Only used when 'spell' is set.
|
389
|
5883 Be careful with special characters, see |option-backslash| about
|
|
5884 including spaces and backslashes.
|
480
|
5885 To set this option automatically depending on the language, see
|
|
5886 |set-spc-auto|.
|
386
|
5887
|
314
|
5888 *'spellfile'* *'spf'*
|
|
5889 'spellfile' 'spf' string (default empty)
|
|
5890 local to buffer
|
|
5891 {not in Vi}
|
|
5892 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
|
|
5893 feature}
|
|
5894 Name of the word list file where words are added for the |zg| and |zw|
|
401
|
5895 commands. It must end in ".{encoding}.add". You need to include the
|
|
5896 path, otherwise the file is placed in the current directory.
|
386
|
5897 *E765*
|
|
5898 It may also be a comma separated list of names. A count before the
|
|
5899 |zg| and |zw| commands can be used to access each. This allows using
|
|
5900 a personal word list file and a project word list file.
|
314
|
5901 When a word is added while this option is empty Vim will set it for
|
|
5902 you: Using the first "spell" directory in 'runtimepath' that is
|
353
|
5903 writable and the first language name that appears in 'spelllang',
|
|
5904 ignoring the region.
|
|
5905 The resulting ".spl" file will be used for spell checking, it does not
|
|
5906 have to appear in 'spelllang'.
|
|
5907 Normally one file is used for all regions, but you can add the region
|
|
5908 name if you want to. However, it will then only be used when
|
|
5909 'spellfile' is set to it, for entries in 'spelllang' only files
|
|
5910 without region name will be found.
|
336
|
5911 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
5912 security reasons.
|
314
|
5913
|
221
|
5914 *'spelllang'* *'spl'*
|
314
|
5915 'spelllang' 'spl' string (default "en")
|
221
|
5916 local to buffer
|
|
5917 {not in Vi}
|
|
5918 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
|
|
5919 feature}
|
353
|
5920 A comma separated list of word list names. When the 'spell' option is
|
|
5921 on spellchecking will be done for these languages. Example: >
|
|
5922 set spelllang=en_us,nl,medical
|
|
5923 < This means US English, Dutch and medical words are recognized. Words
|
|
5924 that are not recognized will be highlighted.
|
|
5925 The word list name must not include a comma or dot. Using a dash is
|
|
5926 recommended to separate the two letter language name from a
|
|
5927 specification. Thus "en-rare" is used for rare English words.
|
|
5928 A region name must come last and have the form "_xx", where "xx" is
|
|
5929 the two-letter, lower case region name. You can use more than one
|
|
5930 region by listing them: "en_us,en_ca" supports both US and Canadian
|
|
5931 English, but not words specific for Australia, New Zealand or Great
|
|
5932 Britain.
|
484
|
5933 *E757*
|
419
|
5934 As a special case the name of a .spl file can be given as-is. The
|
|
5935 first "_xx" in the name is removed and used as the region name
|
|
5936 (_xx is an underscore, two letters and followed by a non-letter).
|
|
5937 This is mainly for testing purposes. You must make sure the correct
|
|
5938 encoding is used, Vim doesn't check it.
|
236
|
5939 When 'encoding' is set the word lists are reloaded. Thus it's a good
|
419
|
5940 idea to set 'spelllang' after setting 'encoding' to avoid loading the
|
|
5941 files twice.
|
353
|
5942 How the related spell files are found is explained here: |spell-load|.
|
221
|
5943
|
653
|
5944 If the |spellfile.vim| plugin is active and you use a language name
|
|
5945 for which Vim cannot find the .spl file in 'runtimepath' the plugin
|
|
5946 will ask you if you want to download the file.
|
|
5947
|
480
|
5948 After this option has been set successfully, Vim will source the files
|
|
5949 "spell/LANG.vim" in 'runtimepath'. "LANG" is the value of 'spelllang'
|
650
|
5950 up to the first comma, dot or underscore.
|
|
5951 Also see |set-spc-auto|.
|
480
|
5952
|
|
5953
|
344
|
5954 *'spellsuggest'* *'sps'*
|
|
5955 'spellsuggest' 'sps' string (default "best")
|
|
5956 global
|
|
5957 {not in Vi}
|
|
5958 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
|
|
5959 feature}
|
593
|
5960 Methods used for spelling suggestions. Both for the |z=| command and
|
374
|
5961 the |spellsuggest()| function. This is a comma-separated list of
|
|
5962 items:
|
|
5963
|
|
5964 best Internal method that works best for English. Finds
|
|
5965 changes like "fast" and uses a bit of sound-a-like
|
|
5966 scoring to improve the ordering.
|
|
5967
|
|
5968 double Internal method that uses two methods and mixes the
|
|
5969 results. The first method is "fast", the other method
|
344
|
5970 computes how much the suggestion sounds like the bad
|
374
|
5971 word. That only works when the language specifies
|
|
5972 sound folding. Can be slow and doesn't always give
|
|
5973 better results.
|
|
5974
|
|
5975 fast Internal method that only checks for simple changes:
|
|
5976 character inserts/deletes/swaps. Works well for
|
|
5977 simple typing mistakes.
|
|
5978
|
593
|
5979 {number} The maximum number of suggestions listed for |z=|.
|
484
|
5980 Not used for |spellsuggest()|. The number of
|
|
5981 suggestions is never more than the value of 'lines'
|
|
5982 minus two.
|
|
5983
|
374
|
5984 file:{filename} Read file {filename}, which must have two columns,
|
|
5985 separated by a slash. The first column contains the
|
|
5986 bad word, the second column the suggested good word.
|
|
5987 Example:
|
|
5988 theribal/terrible ~
|
|
5989 Use this for common mistakes that do not appear at the
|
|
5990 top of the suggestion list with the internal methods.
|
|
5991 Lines without a slash are ignored, use this for
|
|
5992 comments.
|
|
5993 The file is used for all languages.
|
|
5994
|
|
5995 expr:{expr} Evaluate expression {expr}. Use a function to avoid
|
|
5996 trouble with spaces. |v:val| holds the badly spelled
|
|
5997 word. The expression must evaluate to a List of
|
|
5998 Lists, each with a suggestion and a score.
|
|
5999 Example:
|
|
6000 [['the', 33], ['that', 44]]
|
593
|
6001 Set 'verbose' and use |z=| to see the scores that the
|
374
|
6002 internal methods use. A lower score is better.
|
|
6003 This may invoke |spellsuggest()| if you temporarily
|
|
6004 set 'spellsuggest' to exclude the "expr:" part.
|
|
6005 Errors are silently ignored, unless you set the
|
|
6006 'verbose' option to a non-zero value.
|
|
6007
|
|
6008 Only one of "best", "double" or "fast" may be used. The others may
|
|
6009 appear several times in any order. Example: >
|
|
6010 :set sps=file:~/.vim/sugg,best,expr:MySuggest()
|
|
6011 <
|
|
6012 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
6013 security reasons.
|
344
|
6014
|
|
6015
|
7
|
6016 *'splitbelow'* *'sb'* *'nosplitbelow'* *'nosb'*
|
|
6017 'splitbelow' 'sb' boolean (default off)
|
|
6018 global
|
|
6019 {not in Vi}
|
|
6020 {not available when compiled without the +windows
|
|
6021 feature}
|
|
6022 When on, splitting a window will put the new window below the current
|
|
6023 one. |:split|
|
|
6024
|
|
6025 *'splitright'* *'spr'* *'nosplitright'* *'nospr'*
|
|
6026 'splitright' 'spr' boolean (default off)
|
|
6027 global
|
|
6028 {not in Vi}
|
|
6029 {not available when compiled without the +vertsplit
|
|
6030 feature}
|
|
6031 When on, splitting a window will put the new window right of the
|
|
6032 current one. |:vsplit|
|
|
6033
|
|
6034 *'startofline'* *'sol'* *'nostartofline'* *'nosol'*
|
|
6035 'startofline' 'sol' boolean (default on)
|
|
6036 global
|
|
6037 {not in Vi}
|
|
6038 When "on" the commands listed below move the cursor to the first
|
11
|
6039 non-blank of the line. When off the cursor is kept in the same column
|
10
|
6040 (if possible). This applies to the commands: CTRL-D, CTRL-U, CTRL-B,
|
11
|
6041 CTRL-F, "G", "H", "M", "L", gg, and to the commands "d", "<<" and ">>"
|
7
|
6042 with a linewise operator, with "%" with a count and to buffer changing
|
|
6043 commands (CTRL-^, :bnext, :bNext, etc.). Also for an Ex command that
|
|
6044 only has a line number, e.g., ":25" or ":+".
|
|
6045 In case of buffer changing commands the cursor is placed at the column
|
|
6046 where it was the last time the buffer was edited.
|
|
6047 NOTE: This option is set when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
6048
|
|
6049 *'statusline'* *'stl'* *E540* *E541* *E542*
|
|
6050 'statusline' 'stl' string (default empty)
|
40
|
6051 global or local to window |global-local|
|
7
|
6052 {not in Vi}
|
|
6053 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline|
|
|
6054 feature}
|
|
6055 When nonempty, this option determines the content of the status line.
|
|
6056 Also see |status-line|.
|
|
6057
|
|
6058 The option consists of printf style '%' items interspersed with
|
|
6059 normal text. Each status line item is of the form:
|
|
6060 %-0{minwid}.{maxwid}{item}
|
|
6061 All fields except the {item} is optional. A single percent sign can
|
|
6062 be given as "%%". Up to 80 items can be specified.
|
|
6063
|
680
|
6064 When the option starts with "%!" then it is used as an expression,
|
|
6065 evaluated and the result is used as the option value. Example: >
|
|
6066 :set statusline=%!MyStatusLine()
|
|
6067 < The result can contain %{} items that will be evaluated too.
|
|
6068
|
|
6069 When there is error while evaluating the option then it will be made
|
|
6070 empty to avoid further errors. Otherwise screen updating would loop.
|
|
6071
|
7
|
6072 Note that the only effect of 'ruler' when this option is set (and
|
|
6073 'laststatus' is 2) is controlling the output of |CTRL-G|.
|
|
6074
|
|
6075 field meaning ~
|
233
|
6076 - Left justify the item. The default is right justified
|
7
|
6077 when minwid is larger than the length of the item.
|
233
|
6078 0 Leading zeroes in numeric items. Overridden by '-'.
|
7
|
6079 minwid Minimum width of the item, padding as set by '-' & '0'.
|
|
6080 Value must be 50 or less.
|
10
|
6081 maxwid Maximum width of the item. Truncation occurs with a '<'
|
7
|
6082 on the left for text items. Numeric items will be
|
|
6083 shifted down to maxwid-2 digits followed by '>'number
|
|
6084 where number is the amount of missing digits, much like
|
|
6085 an exponential notation.
|
|
6086 item A one letter code as described below.
|
|
6087
|
|
6088 Following is a description of the possible statusline items. The
|
|
6089 second character in "item" is the type:
|
|
6090 N for number
|
|
6091 S for string
|
|
6092 F for flags as described below
|
|
6093 - not applicable
|
|
6094
|
|
6095 item meaning ~
|
|
6096 f S Path to the file in the buffer, relative to current directory.
|
|
6097 F S Full path to the file in the buffer.
|
|
6098 t S File name (tail) of file in the buffer.
|
|
6099 m F Modified flag, text is " [+]"; " [-]" if 'modifiable' is off.
|
|
6100 M F Modified flag, text is ",+" or ",-".
|
|
6101 r F Readonly flag, text is " [RO]".
|
|
6102 R F Readonly flag, text is ",RO".
|
|
6103 h F Help buffer flag, text is " [help]".
|
|
6104 H F Help buffer flag, text is ",HLP".
|
|
6105 w F Preview window flag, text is " [Preview]".
|
|
6106 W F Preview window flag, text is ",PRV".
|
|
6107 y F Type of file in the buffer, e.g., " [vim]". See 'filetype'.
|
|
6108 Y F Type of file in the buffer, e.g., ",VIM". See 'filetype'.
|
|
6109 {not available when compiled without |+autocmd| feature}
|
|
6110 k S Value of "b:keymap_name" or 'keymap' when |:lmap| mappings are
|
|
6111 being used: "<keymap>"
|
|
6112 n N Buffer number.
|
|
6113 b N Value of byte under cursor.
|
|
6114 B N As above, in hexadecimal.
|
|
6115 o N Byte number in file of byte under cursor, first byte is 1.
|
|
6116 Mnemonic: Offset from start of file (with one added)
|
|
6117 {not available when compiled without |+byte_offset| feature}
|
|
6118 O N As above, in hexadecimal.
|
233
|
6119 N N Printer page number. (Only works in the 'printheader' option.)
|
7
|
6120 l N Line number.
|
|
6121 L N Number of lines in buffer.
|
|
6122 c N Column number.
|
|
6123 v N Virtual column number.
|
10
|
6124 V N Virtual column number as -{num}. Not displayed if equal to 'c'.
|
7
|
6125 p N Percentage through file in lines as in |CTRL-G|.
|
|
6126 P S Percentage through file of displayed window. This is like the
|
|
6127 percentage described for 'ruler'. Always 3 in length.
|
233
|
6128 a S Argument list status as in default title. ({current} of {max})
|
7
|
6129 Empty if the argument file count is zero or one.
|
680
|
6130 { NF Evaluate expression between '%{' and '}' and substitute result.
|
625
|
6131 Note that there is no '%' before the closing '}'.
|
7
|
6132 ( - Start of item group. Can be used for setting the width and
|
|
6133 alignment of a section. Must be followed by %) somewhere.
|
|
6134 ) - End of item group. No width fields allowed.
|
681
|
6135 T N For 'tabline': start of tab page N label. Use %T after the last
|
|
6136 label. This information is used for mouse clicks.
|
|
6137 X N For 'tabline': start of close tab N label. Use %X after the
|
|
6138 label, e.g.: %3Xclose%X. Use %999X for a "close current tab"
|
|
6139 mark. This information is used for mouse clicks.
|
7
|
6140 < - Where to truncate line if too long. Default is at the start.
|
|
6141 No width fields allowed.
|
|
6142 = - Separation point between left and right aligned items.
|
|
6143 No width fields allowed.
|
680
|
6144 # - Set highlight group. The name must follow and then a # again.
|
|
6145 Thus use %#HLname# for highlight group HLname. The same
|
|
6146 highlighting is used, also for the statusline of non-current
|
|
6147 windows.
|
7
|
6148 * - Set highlight group to User{N}, where {N} is taken from the
|
233
|
6149 minwid field, e.g. %1*. Restore normal highlight with %* or %0*.
|
7
|
6150 The difference between User{N} and StatusLine will be applied
|
|
6151 to StatusLineNC for the statusline of non-current windows.
|
|
6152 The number N must be between 1 and 9. See |hl-User1..9|
|
|
6153
|
|
6154 Display of flags are controlled by the following heuristic:
|
|
6155 If a flag text starts with comma it is assumed that it wants to
|
10
|
6156 separate itself from anything but preceding plaintext. If it starts
|
7
|
6157 with a space it is assumed that it wants to separate itself from
|
|
6158 anything but other flags. That is: A leading comma is removed if the
|
|
6159 preceding character stems from plaintext. A leading space is removed
|
233
|
6160 if the preceding character stems from another active flag. This will
|
7
|
6161 make a nice display when flags are used like in the examples below.
|
|
6162
|
233
|
6163 When all items in a group becomes an empty string (i.e. flags that are
|
7
|
6164 not set) and a minwid is not set for the group, the whole group will
|
|
6165 become empty. This will make a group like the following disappear
|
|
6166 completely from the statusline when none of the flags are set. >
|
|
6167 :set statusline=...%(\ [%M%R%H]%)...
|
|
6168 <
|
|
6169 Beware that an expression is evaluated each and every time the status
|
|
6170 line is displayed. The current buffer and current window will be set
|
|
6171 temporarily to that of the window (and buffer) whose statusline is
|
233
|
6172 currently being drawn. The expression will evaluate in this context.
|
7
|
6173 The variable "actual_curbuf" is set to the 'bufnr()' number of the
|
634
|
6174 real current buffer.
|
|
6175
|
|
6176 The 'statusline' option may be evaluated in the |sandbox|, see
|
|
6177 |sandbox-option|.
|
|
6178
|
|
6179 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
|
|
6180 evaluating 'statusline' |textlock|.
|
7
|
6181
|
|
6182 If the statusline is not updated when you want it (e.g., after setting
|
|
6183 a variable that's used in an expression), you can force an update by
|
|
6184 setting an option without changing its value. Example: >
|
|
6185 :let &ro = &ro
|
|
6186
|
|
6187 < A result of all digits is regarded a number for display purposes.
|
|
6188 Otherwise the result is taken as flag text and applied to the rules
|
|
6189 described above.
|
|
6190
|
199
|
6191 Watch out for errors in expressions. They may render Vim unusable!
|
7
|
6192 If you are stuck, hold down ':' or 'Q' to get a prompt, then quit and
|
|
6193 edit your .vimrc or whatever with "vim -u NONE" to get it right.
|
|
6194
|
|
6195 Examples:
|
|
6196 Emulate standard status line with 'ruler' set >
|
|
6197 :set statusline=%<%f\ %h%m%r%=%-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %P
|
|
6198 < Similar, but add ASCII value of char under the cursor (like "ga") >
|
|
6199 :set statusline=%<%f%h%m%r%=%b\ 0x%B\ \ %l,%c%V\ %P
|
|
6200 < Display byte count and byte value, modified flag in red. >
|
|
6201 :set statusline=%<%f%=\ [%1*%M%*%n%R%H]\ %-19(%3l,%02c%03V%)%O'%02b'
|
|
6202 :hi User1 term=inverse,bold cterm=inverse,bold ctermfg=red
|
|
6203 < Display a ,GZ flag if a compressed file is loaded >
|
|
6204 :set statusline=...%r%{VarExists('b:gzflag','\ [GZ]')}%h...
|
|
6205 < In the |:autocmd|'s: >
|
|
6206 :let b:gzflag = 1
|
|
6207 < And: >
|
|
6208 :unlet b:gzflag
|
|
6209 < And define this function: >
|
|
6210 :function VarExists(var, val)
|
|
6211 : if exists(a:var) | return a:val | else | return '' | endif
|
|
6212 :endfunction
|
|
6213 <
|
|
6214 *'suffixes'* *'su'*
|
|
6215 'suffixes' 'su' string (default ".bak,~,.o,.h,.info,.swp,.obj")
|
|
6216 global
|
|
6217 {not in Vi}
|
|
6218 Files with these suffixes get a lower priority when multiple files
|
|
6219 match a wildcard. See |suffixes|. Commas can be used to separate the
|
10
|
6220 suffixes. Spaces after the comma are ignored. A dot is also seen as
|
|
6221 the start of a suffix. To avoid a dot or comma being recognized as a
|
7
|
6222 separator, precede it with a backslash (see |option-backslash| about
|
|
6223 including spaces and backslashes).
|
|
6224 See 'wildignore' for completely ignoring files.
|
|
6225 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
|
|
6226 suffixes from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
|
|
6227 uses another default.
|
|
6228
|
|
6229 *'suffixesadd'* *'sua'*
|
|
6230 'suffixesadd' 'sua' string (default "")
|
|
6231 local to buffer
|
|
6232 {not in Vi}
|
|
6233 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
6234 |+file_in_path| feature}
|
|
6235 Comma separated list of suffixes, which are used when searching for a
|
|
6236 file for the "gf", "[I", etc. commands. Example: >
|
|
6237 :set suffixesadd=.java
|
|
6238 <
|
|
6239 *'swapfile'* *'swf'* *'noswapfile'* *'noswf'*
|
|
6240 'swapfile' 'swf' boolean (default on)
|
|
6241 local to buffer
|
|
6242 {not in Vi}
|
10
|
6243 Use a swapfile for the buffer. This option can be reset when a
|
7
|
6244 swapfile is not wanted for a specific buffer. For example, with
|
|
6245 confidential information that even root must not be able to access.
|
|
6246 Careful: All text will be in memory:
|
|
6247 - Don't use this for big files.
|
|
6248 - Recovery will be impossible!
|
|
6249 A swapfile will only be present when |'updatecount'| is non-zero and
|
|
6250 'swapfile' is set.
|
|
6251 When 'swapfile' is reset, the swap file for the current buffer is
|
|
6252 immediately deleted. When 'swapfile' is set, and 'updatecount' is
|
|
6253 non-zero, a swap file is immediately created.
|
|
6254 Also see |swap-file| and |'swapsync'|.
|
|
6255
|
|
6256 This option is used together with 'bufhidden' and 'buftype' to
|
|
6257 specify special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
|
|
6258
|
|
6259 *'swapsync'* *'sws'*
|
|
6260 'swapsync' 'sws' string (default "fsync")
|
|
6261 global
|
|
6262 {not in Vi}
|
|
6263 When this option is not empty a swap file is synced to disk after
|
10
|
6264 writing to it. This takes some time, especially on busy unix systems.
|
7
|
6265 When this option is empty parts of the swap file may be in memory and
|
|
6266 not written to disk. When the system crashes you may lose more work.
|
|
6267 On Unix the system does a sync now and then without Vim asking for it,
|
|
6268 so the disadvantage of setting this option off is small. On some
|
|
6269 systems the swap file will not be written at all. For a unix system
|
|
6270 setting it to "sync" will use the sync() call instead of the default
|
|
6271 fsync(), which may work better on some systems.
|
36
|
6272 The 'fsync' option is used for the actual file.
|
7
|
6273
|
|
6274 *'switchbuf'* *'swb'*
|
|
6275 'switchbuf' 'swb' string (default "")
|
|
6276 global
|
|
6277 {not in Vi}
|
|
6278 This option controls the behavior when switching between buffers.
|
|
6279 Possible values (comma separated list):
|
|
6280 useopen If included, jump to the first open window that
|
|
6281 contains the specified buffer (if there is one).
|
|
6282 Otherwise: Do not examine other windows.
|
|
6283 This setting is checked with |quickfix| commands, when
|
|
6284 jumping to errors (":cc", ":cn", "cp", etc.). It is
|
|
6285 also used in all buffer related split commands, for
|
|
6286 example ":sbuffer", ":sbnext", or ":sbrewind".
|
|
6287 split If included, split the current window before loading
|
233
|
6288 a buffer. Otherwise: do not split, use current window.
|
7
|
6289 Supported in |quickfix| commands that display errors.
|
|
6290
|
410
|
6291 *'synmaxcol'* *'smc'*
|
|
6292 'synmaxcol' 'smc' number (default 3000)
|
|
6293 local to buffer
|
|
6294 {not in Vi}
|
|
6295 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
|
|
6296 feature}
|
419
|
6297 Maximum column in which to search for syntax items. In long lines the
|
|
6298 text after this column is not highlighted and following lines may not
|
|
6299 be highlighted correctly, because the syntax state is cleared.
|
410
|
6300 This helps to avoid very slow redrawing for an XML file that is one
|
|
6301 long line.
|
|
6302 Set to zero to remove the limit.
|
|
6303
|
7
|
6304 *'syntax'* *'syn'*
|
|
6305 'syntax' 'syn' string (default empty)
|
|
6306 local to buffer
|
|
6307 {not in Vi}
|
|
6308 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
|
|
6309 feature}
|
|
6310 When this option is set, the syntax with this name is loaded, unless
|
|
6311 syntax highlighting has been switched off with ":syntax off".
|
|
6312 Otherwise this option does not always reflect the current syntax (the
|
|
6313 b:current_syntax variable does).
|
|
6314 This option is most useful in a modeline, for a file which syntax is
|
410
|
6315 not automatically recognized. Example, in an IDL file: >
|
7
|
6316 /* vim: set syntax=idl : */
|
|
6317 < To switch off syntax highlighting for the current file, use: >
|
|
6318 :set syntax=OFF
|
|
6319 < To switch syntax highlighting on according to the current value of the
|
|
6320 'filetype' option: >
|
|
6321 :set syntax=ON
|
|
6322 < What actually happens when setting the 'syntax' option is that the
|
|
6323 Syntax autocommand event is triggered with the value as argument.
|
|
6324 This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or
|
|
6325 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
|
36
|
6326 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
|
7
|
6327
|
699
|
6328 *'tabline'* *'tal'*
|
677
|
6329 'tabline' 'tal' string (default empty)
|
674
|
6330 global
|
|
6331 {not in Vi}
|
|
6332 {not available when compiled without the +windows
|
|
6333 feature}
|
677
|
6334 When nonempty, this option determines the content of the tab pages
|
|
6335 line at the top of the Vim window. When empty Vim will use a default
|
681
|
6336 tab pages line. See |setting-tabline| for more info.
|
677
|
6337
|
|
6338 The tab pages line only appears as specified with the 'showtabline'
|
688
|
6339 option and only when there is no GUI tab line. When 'e' is in
|
|
6340 'guioptions' and the GUI supports a tab line 'guitablabel' is used
|
|
6341 instead.
|
677
|
6342
|
|
6343 The value is evaluated like with 'statusline'. You can use
|
|
6344 |tabpagenr()|, |tabpagewinnr()| and |tabpagebuflist()| to figure out
|
681
|
6345 the text to be displayed. Use "%1T" for the first label, "%2T" for
|
|
6346 the second one, etc. Use "%X" items for closing labels.
|
677
|
6347
|
|
6348 Keep in mind that only one of the tab pages is the current one, others
|
|
6349 are invisible and you can't jump to their windows.
|
|
6350
|
674
|
6351
|
699
|
6352 *'tabpagemax'* *'tpm'*
|
|
6353 'tabpagemax' 'tpm' number (default 10)
|
|
6354 global
|
|
6355 {not in Vi}
|
|
6356 {not available when compiled without the +windows
|
|
6357 feature}
|
|
6358 Maximum number of tab pages to be opened by the |-p| command line
|
|
6359 argument or the ":tab all" command. |tabpage|
|
|
6360
|
|
6361
|
|
6362 *'tabstop'* *'ts'*
|
7
|
6363 'tabstop' 'ts' number (default 8)
|
|
6364 local to buffer
|
|
6365 Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for. Also see
|
|
6366 |:retab| command, and 'softtabstop' option.
|
|
6367
|
|
6368 Note: Setting 'tabstop' to any other value than 8 can make your file
|
|
6369 appear wrong in many places (e.g., when printing it).
|
|
6370
|
|
6371 There are four main ways to use tabs in Vim:
|
|
6372 1. Always keep 'tabstop' at 8, set 'softtabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to 4
|
|
6373 (or 3 or whatever you prefer) and use 'noexpandtab'. Then Vim
|
|
6374 will use a mix of tabs and spaces, but typing Tab and BS will
|
|
6375 behave like a tab appears every 4 (or 3) characters.
|
|
6376 2. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use
|
|
6377 'expandtab'. This way you will always insert spaces. The
|
|
6378 formatting will never be messed up when 'tabstop' is changed.
|
|
6379 3. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use a
|
10
|
6380 |modeline| to set these values when editing the file again. Only
|
7
|
6381 works when using Vim to edit the file.
|
|
6382 4. Always set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to the same value, and
|
|
6383 'noexpandtab'. This should then work (for initial indents only)
|
|
6384 for any tabstop setting that people use. It might be nice to have
|
|
6385 tabs after the first non-blank inserted as spaces if you do this
|
|
6386 though. Otherwise aligned comments will be wrong when 'tabstop' is
|
|
6387 changed.
|
|
6388
|
|
6389 *'tagbsearch'* *'tbs'* *'notagbsearch'* *'notbs'*
|
|
6390 'tagbsearch' 'tbs' boolean (default on)
|
|
6391 global
|
|
6392 {not in Vi}
|
|
6393 When searching for a tag (e.g., for the |:ta| command), Vim can either
|
10
|
6394 use a binary search or a linear search in a tags file. Binary
|
7
|
6395 searching makes searching for a tag a LOT faster, but a linear search
|
|
6396 will find more tags if the tags file wasn't properly sorted.
|
|
6397 Vim normally assumes that your tags files are sorted, or indicate that
|
|
6398 they are not sorted. Only when this is not the case does the
|
|
6399 'tagbsearch' option need to be switched off.
|
|
6400
|
|
6401 When 'tagbsearch' is on, binary searching is first used in the tags
|
10
|
6402 files. In certain situations, Vim will do a linear search instead for
|
7
|
6403 certain files, or retry all files with a linear search. When
|
|
6404 'tagbsearch' is off, only a linear search is done.
|
|
6405
|
|
6406 Linear searching is done anyway, for one file, when Vim finds a line
|
|
6407 at the start of the file indicating that it's not sorted: >
|
|
6408 !_TAG_FILE_SORTED 0 /some command/
|
|
6409 < [The whitespace before and after the '0' must be a single <Tab>]
|
|
6410
|
|
6411 When a binary search was done and no match was found in any of the
|
|
6412 files listed in 'tags', and 'ignorecase' is set or a pattern is used
|
|
6413 instead of a normal tag name, a retry is done with a linear search.
|
|
6414 Tags in unsorted tags files, and matches with different case will only
|
|
6415 be found in the retry.
|
|
6416
|
22
|
6417 If a tag file indicates that it is case-fold sorted, the second,
|
7
|
6418 linear search can be avoided for the 'ignorecase' case. Use a value
|
|
6419 of '2' in the "!_TAG_FILE_SORTED" line for this. A tag file can be
|
|
6420 case-fold sorted with the -f switch to "sort" in most unices, as in
|
|
6421 the command: "sort -f -o tags tags". For "Exuberant ctags" version
|
|
6422 5.3 or higher the -f or --fold-case-sort switch can be used for this
|
|
6423 as well. Note that case must be folded to uppercase for this to work.
|
|
6424
|
|
6425 When 'tagbsearch' is off, tags searching is slower when a full match
|
|
6426 exists, but faster when no full match exists. Tags in unsorted tags
|
|
6427 files may only be found with 'tagbsearch' off.
|
|
6428 When the tags file is not sorted, or sorted in a wrong way (not on
|
|
6429 ASCII byte value), 'tagbsearch' should be off, or the line given above
|
|
6430 must be included in the tags file.
|
|
6431 This option doesn't affect commands that find all matching tags (e.g.,
|
|
6432 command-line completion and ":help").
|
|
6433 {Vi: always uses binary search in some versions}
|
|
6434
|
|
6435 *'taglength'* *'tl'*
|
|
6436 'taglength' 'tl' number (default 0)
|
|
6437 global
|
|
6438 If non-zero, tags are significant up to this number of characters.
|
|
6439
|
|
6440 *'tagrelative'* *'tr'* *'notagrelative'* *'notr'*
|
|
6441 'tagrelative' 'tr' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
|
|
6442 global
|
|
6443 {not in Vi}
|
|
6444 If on and using a tag file in another directory, file names in that
|
|
6445 tag file are relative to the directory where the tag file is.
|
|
6446 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
6447 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
6448
|
|
6449 *'tags'* *'tag'* *E433*
|
|
6450 'tags' 'tag' string (default "./tags,tags", when compiled with
|
|
6451 |+emacs_tags|: "./tags,./TAGS,tags,TAGS")
|
|
6452 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
6453 Filenames for the tag command, separated by spaces or commas. To
|
|
6454 include a space or comma in a file name, precede it with a backslash
|
|
6455 (see |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes).
|
|
6456 When a file name starts with "./", the '.' is replaced with the path
|
|
6457 of the current file. But only when the 'd' flag is not included in
|
|
6458 'cpoptions'. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. Also see
|
|
6459 |tags-option|.
|
|
6460 "*", "**" and other wildcards can be used to search for tags files in
|
|
6461 a directory tree. See |file-searching|. {not available when compiled
|
|
6462 without the |+path_extra| feature}
|
515
|
6463 The |tagfiles()| function can be used to get a list of the file names
|
|
6464 actually used.
|
7
|
6465 If Vim was compiled with the |+emacs_tags| feature, Emacs-style tag
|
|
6466 files are also supported. They are automatically recognized. The
|
|
6467 default value becomes "./tags,./TAGS,tags,TAGS", unless case
|
|
6468 differences are ignored (MS-Windows). |emacs-tags|
|
|
6469 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
|
|
6470 file names from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
|
|
6471 uses another default.
|
|
6472 {Vi: default is "tags /usr/lib/tags"}
|
|
6473
|
|
6474 *'tagstack'* *'tgst'* *'notagstack'* *'notgst'*
|
|
6475 'tagstack' 'tgst' boolean (default on)
|
|
6476 global
|
|
6477 {not in all versions of Vi}
|
|
6478 When on, the |tagstack| is used normally. When off, a ":tag" or
|
|
6479 ":tselect" command with an argument will not push the tag onto the
|
|
6480 tagstack. A following ":tag" without an argument, a ":pop" command or
|
|
6481 any other command that uses the tagstack will use the unmodified
|
|
6482 tagstack, but does change the pointer to the active entry.
|
|
6483 Resetting this option is useful when using a ":tag" command in a
|
|
6484 mapping which should not change the tagstack.
|
|
6485
|
|
6486 *'term'* *E529* *E530* *E531*
|
|
6487 'term' string (default is $TERM, if that fails:
|
|
6488 in the GUI: "builtin_gui"
|
|
6489 on Amiga: "amiga"
|
|
6490 on BeOS: "beos-ansi"
|
|
6491 on Mac: "mac-ansi"
|
|
6492 on MiNT: "vt52"
|
|
6493 on MS-DOS: "pcterm"
|
|
6494 on OS/2: "os2ansi"
|
|
6495 on Unix: "ansi"
|
|
6496 on VMS: "ansi"
|
|
6497 on Win 32: "win32")
|
|
6498 global
|
|
6499 Name of the terminal. Used for choosing the terminal control
|
|
6500 characters. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
|
|
6501 For example: >
|
|
6502 :set term=$TERM
|
|
6503 < See |termcap|.
|
|
6504
|
|
6505 *'termbidi'* *'tbidi'*
|
|
6506 *'notermbidi'* *'notbidi'*
|
|
6507 'termbidi' 'tbidi' boolean (default off, on for "mlterm")
|
|
6508 global
|
|
6509 {not in Vi}
|
|
6510 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
|
|
6511 feature}
|
|
6512 The terminal is in charge of Bi-directionality of text (as specified
|
|
6513 by Unicode). The terminal is also expected to do the required shaping
|
|
6514 that some languages (such as Arabic) require.
|
|
6515 Setting this option implies that 'rightleft' will not be set when
|
|
6516 'arabic' is set and the value of 'arabicshape' will be ignored.
|
|
6517 Note that setting 'termbidi' has the immediate effect that
|
|
6518 'arabicshape' is ignored, but 'rightleft' isn't changed automatically.
|
|
6519 This option is reset when the GUI is started.
|
|
6520 For further details see |arabic.txt|.
|
|
6521
|
|
6522 *'termencoding'* *'tenc'*
|
|
6523 'termencoding' 'tenc' string (default ""; with GTK+ 2 GUI: "utf-8"; with
|
|
6524 Macintosh GUI: "macroman")
|
|
6525 global
|
|
6526 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
|
|
6527 feature}
|
|
6528 {not in Vi}
|
|
6529 Encoding used for the terminal. This specifies what character
|
|
6530 encoding the keyboard produces and the display will understand. For
|
|
6531 the GUI it only applies to the keyboard ('encoding' is used for the
|
|
6532 display).
|
|
6533 In the Win32 console version the default value is the console codepage
|
|
6534 when it differs from the ANSI codepage.
|
|
6535 *E617*
|
|
6536 Note: This does not apply to the GTK+ 2 GUI. After the GUI has been
|
|
6537 successfully initialized, 'termencoding' is forcibly set to "utf-8".
|
|
6538 Any attempts to set a different value will be rejected, and an error
|
|
6539 message is shown.
|
|
6540 For the Win32 GUI 'termencoding' is not used for typed characters,
|
|
6541 because the Win32 system always passes Unicode characters.
|
|
6542 When empty, the same encoding is used as for the 'encoding' option.
|
|
6543 This is the normal value.
|
|
6544 Not all combinations for 'termencoding' and 'encoding' are valid. See
|
|
6545 |encoding-table|.
|
|
6546 The value for this option must be supported by internal conversions or
|
|
6547 iconv(). When this is not possible no conversion will be done and you
|
|
6548 will probably experience problems with non-ASCII characters.
|
|
6549 Example: You are working with the locale set to euc-jp (Japanese) and
|
|
6550 want to edit a UTF-8 file: >
|
|
6551 :let &termencoding = &encoding
|
|
6552 :set encoding=utf-8
|
|
6553 < You need to do this when your system has no locale support for UTF-8.
|
|
6554
|
|
6555 *'terse'* *'noterse'*
|
|
6556 'terse' boolean (default off)
|
|
6557 global
|
|
6558 When set: Add 's' flag to 'shortmess' option (this makes the message
|
|
6559 for a search that hits the start or end of the file not being
|
|
6560 displayed). When reset: Remove 's' flag from 'shortmess' option. {Vi
|
|
6561 shortens a lot of messages}
|
|
6562
|
|
6563 *'textauto'* *'ta'* *'notextauto'* *'nota'*
|
|
6564 'textauto' 'ta' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
|
|
6565 global
|
|
6566 {not in Vi}
|
|
6567 This option is obsolete. Use 'fileformats'.
|
|
6568 For backwards compatibility, when 'textauto' is set, 'fileformats' is
|
|
6569 set to the default value for the current system. When 'textauto' is
|
|
6570 reset, 'fileformats' is made empty.
|
|
6571 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
6572 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
6573
|
|
6574 *'textmode'* *'tx'* *'notextmode'* *'notx'*
|
|
6575 'textmode' 'tx' boolean (MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2: default on,
|
|
6576 others: default off)
|
|
6577 local to buffer
|
|
6578 {not in Vi}
|
|
6579 This option is obsolete. Use 'fileformat'.
|
|
6580 For backwards compatibility, when 'textmode' is set, 'fileformat' is
|
|
6581 set to "dos". When 'textmode' is reset, 'fileformat' is set to
|
|
6582 "unix".
|
|
6583
|
|
6584 *'textwidth'* *'tw'*
|
|
6585 'textwidth' 'tw' number (default 0)
|
|
6586 local to buffer
|
|
6587 {not in Vi}
|
|
6588 Maximum width of text that is being inserted. A longer line will be
|
|
6589 broken after white space to get this width. A zero value disables
|
10
|
6590 this. 'textwidth' is set to 0 when the 'paste' option is set. When
|
|
6591 'textwidth' is zero, 'wrapmargin' may be used. See also
|
7
|
6592 'formatoptions' and |ins-textwidth|.
|
|
6593 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
6594
|
|
6595 *'thesaurus'* *'tsr'*
|
|
6596 'thesaurus' 'tsr' string (default "")
|
|
6597 global or local to buffer |global-local|
|
|
6598 {not in Vi}
|
|
6599 List of file names, separated by commas, that are used to lookup words
|
10
|
6600 for thesaurus completion commands |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|. Each line in
|
7
|
6601 the file should contain words with similar meaning, separated by
|
|
6602 non-keyword characters (white space is preferred). Maximum line
|
|
6603 length is 510 bytes.
|
|
6604 To obtain a file to be used here, check out the wordlist FAQ at
|
|
6605 http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk .
|
10
|
6606 To include a comma in a file name precede it with a backslash. Spaces
|
7
|
6607 after a comma are ignored, otherwise spaces are included in the file
|
|
6608 name. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes.
|
|
6609 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
|
|
6610 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
|
|
6611 uses another default.
|
|
6612 Backticks cannot be used in this option for security reasons.
|
|
6613
|
|
6614 *'tildeop'* *'top'* *'notildeop'* *'notop'*
|
|
6615 'tildeop' 'top' boolean (default off)
|
|
6616 global
|
|
6617 {not in Vi}
|
|
6618 When on: The tilde command "~" behaves like an operator.
|
|
6619 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
6620
|
|
6621 *'timeout'* *'to'* *'notimeout'* *'noto'*
|
|
6622 'timeout' 'to' boolean (default on)
|
|
6623 global
|
|
6624 *'ttimeout'* *'nottimeout'*
|
|
6625 'ttimeout' boolean (default off)
|
|
6626 global
|
|
6627 {not in Vi}
|
|
6628 These two options together determine the behavior when part of a
|
|
6629 mapped key sequence or keyboard code has been received:
|
|
6630
|
|
6631 'timeout' 'ttimeout' action ~
|
|
6632 off off do not time out
|
|
6633 on on or off time out on :mappings and key codes
|
|
6634 off on time out on key codes
|
|
6635
|
|
6636 If both options are off, Vim will wait until either the complete
|
|
6637 mapping or key sequence has been received, or it is clear that there
|
|
6638 is no mapping or key sequence for the received characters. For
|
|
6639 example: if you have mapped "vl" and Vim has received 'v', the next
|
|
6640 character is needed to see if the 'v' is followed by an 'l'.
|
|
6641 When one of the options is on, Vim will wait for about 1 second for
|
|
6642 the next character to arrive. After that the already received
|
|
6643 characters are interpreted as single characters. The waiting time can
|
|
6644 be changed with the 'timeoutlen' option.
|
|
6645 On slow terminals or very busy systems timing out may cause
|
|
6646 malfunctioning cursor keys. If both options are off, Vim waits
|
|
6647 forever after an entered <Esc> if there are key codes that start
|
|
6648 with <Esc>. You will have to type <Esc> twice. If you do not have
|
|
6649 problems with key codes, but would like to have :mapped key
|
|
6650 sequences not timing out in 1 second, set the 'ttimeout' option and
|
|
6651 reset the 'timeout' option.
|
|
6652
|
|
6653 NOTE: 'ttimeout' is reset when 'compatible' is set.
|
|
6654
|
|
6655 *'timeoutlen'* *'tm'*
|
|
6656 'timeoutlen' 'tm' number (default 1000)
|
|
6657 global
|
|
6658 {not in all versions of Vi}
|
|
6659 *'ttimeoutlen'* *'ttm'*
|
|
6660 'ttimeoutlen' 'ttm' number (default -1)
|
|
6661 global
|
|
6662 {not in Vi}
|
|
6663 The time in milliseconds that is waited for a key code or mapped key
|
|
6664 sequence to complete. Also used for CTRL-\ CTRL-N and CTRL-\ CTRL-G
|
|
6665 when part of a command has been typed.
|
|
6666 Normally only 'timeoutlen' is used and 'ttimeoutlen' is -1. When a
|
|
6667 different timeout value for key codes is desired set 'ttimeoutlen' to
|
|
6668 a non-negative number.
|
|
6669
|
|
6670 ttimeoutlen mapping delay key code delay ~
|
|
6671 < 0 'timeoutlen' 'timeoutlen'
|
|
6672 >= 0 'timeoutlen' 'ttimeoutlen'
|
|
6673
|
|
6674 The timeout only happens when the 'timeout' and 'ttimeout' options
|
|
6675 tell so. A useful setting would be >
|
|
6676 :set timeout timeoutlen=3000 ttimeoutlen=100
|
|
6677 < (time out on mapping after three seconds, time out on key codes after
|
|
6678 a tenth of a second).
|
|
6679
|
|
6680 *'title'* *'notitle'*
|
|
6681 'title' boolean (default off, on when title can be restored)
|
|
6682 global
|
|
6683 {not in Vi}
|
|
6684 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
|
|
6685 feature}
|
|
6686 When on, the title of the window will be set to the value of
|
|
6687 'titlestring' (if it is not empty), or to:
|
|
6688 filename [+=-] (path) - VIM
|
|
6689 Where:
|
|
6690 filename the name of the file being edited
|
|
6691 - indicates the file cannot be modified, 'ma' off
|
|
6692 + indicates the file was modified
|
|
6693 = indicates the file is read-only
|
|
6694 =+ indicates the file is read-only and modified
|
|
6695 (path) is the path of the file being edited
|
|
6696 - VIM the server name |v:servername| or "VIM"
|
|
6697 Only works if the terminal supports setting window titles
|
|
6698 (currently Amiga console, Win32 console, all GUI versions and
|
|
6699 terminals with a non- empty 't_ts' option - these are Unix xterm and
|
|
6700 iris-ansi by default, where 't_ts' is taken from the builtin termcap).
|
|
6701 *X11*
|
|
6702 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original title will
|
|
6703 be restored if possible. The output of ":version" will include "+X11"
|
|
6704 when HAVE_X11 was defined, otherwise it will be "-X11". This also
|
|
6705 works for the icon name |'icon'|.
|
|
6706 But: When Vim was started with the |-X| argument, restoring the title
|
|
6707 will not work (except in the GUI).
|
|
6708 If the title cannot be restored, it is set to the value of 'titleold'.
|
|
6709 You might want to restore the title outside of Vim then.
|
|
6710 When using an xterm from a remote machine you can use this command:
|
|
6711 rsh machine_name xterm -display $DISPLAY &
|
|
6712 then the WINDOWID environment variable should be inherited and the
|
|
6713 title of the window should change back to what it should be after
|
|
6714 exiting Vim.
|
|
6715
|
|
6716 *'titlelen'*
|
|
6717 'titlelen' number (default 85)
|
|
6718 global
|
|
6719 {not in Vi}
|
|
6720 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
|
|
6721 feature}
|
|
6722 Gives the percentage of 'columns' to use for the length of the window
|
10
|
6723 title. When the title is longer, only the end of the path name is
|
|
6724 shown. A '<' character before the path name is used to indicate this.
|
7
|
6725 Using a percentage makes this adapt to the width of the window. But
|
|
6726 it won't work perfectly, because the actual number of characters
|
|
6727 available also depends on the font used and other things in the title
|
|
6728 bar. When 'titlelen' is zero the full path is used. Otherwise,
|
|
6729 values from 1 to 30000 percent can be used.
|
|
6730 'titlelen' is also used for the 'titlestring' option.
|
|
6731
|
|
6732 *'titleold'*
|
|
6733 'titleold' string (default "Thanks for flying Vim")
|
|
6734 global
|
|
6735 {not in Vi}
|
|
6736 {only available when compiled with the |+title|
|
|
6737 feature}
|
|
6738 This option will be used for the window title when exiting Vim if the
|
|
6739 original title cannot be restored. Only happens if 'title' is on or
|
|
6740 'titlestring' is not empty.
|
36
|
6741 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
6742 security reasons.
|
7
|
6743 *'titlestring'*
|
|
6744 'titlestring' string (default "")
|
|
6745 global
|
|
6746 {not in Vi}
|
|
6747 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
|
|
6748 feature}
|
|
6749 When this option is not empty, it will be used for the title of the
|
|
6750 window. This happens only when the 'title' option is on.
|
|
6751 Only works if the terminal supports setting window titles (currently
|
|
6752 Amiga console, Win32 console, all GUI versions and terminals with a
|
|
6753 non-empty 't_ts' option).
|
|
6754 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original title will
|
|
6755 be restored if possible |X11|.
|
|
6756 When this option contains printf-style '%' items, they will be
|
|
6757 expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'.
|
|
6758 Example: >
|
|
6759 :auto BufEnter * let &titlestring = hostname() . "/" . expand("%:p")
|
|
6760 :set title titlestring=%<%F%=%l/%L-%P titlelen=70
|
|
6761 < The value of 'titlelen' is used to align items in the middle or right
|
|
6762 of the available space.
|
|
6763 Some people prefer to have the file name first: >
|
|
6764 :set titlestring=%t%(\ %M%)%(\ (%{expand(\"%:~:.:h\")})%)%(\ %a%)
|
|
6765 < Note the use of "%{ }" and an expression to get the path of the file,
|
10
|
6766 without the file name. The "%( %)" constructs are used to add a
|
7
|
6767 separating space only when needed.
|
|
6768 NOTE: Use of special characters in 'titlestring' may cause the display
|
|
6769 to be garbled (e.g., when it contains a CR or NL character).
|
|
6770 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline| feature}
|
|
6771
|
|
6772 *'toolbar'* *'tb'*
|
|
6773 'toolbar' 'tb' string (default "icons,tooltips")
|
|
6774 global
|
|
6775 {only for |+GUI_GTK|, |+GUI_Athena|, |+GUI_Motif| and
|
|
6776 |+GUI_Photon|}
|
10
|
6777 The contents of this option controls various toolbar settings. The
|
7
|
6778 possible values are:
|
|
6779 icons Toolbar buttons are shown with icons.
|
|
6780 text Toolbar buttons shown with text.
|
|
6781 horiz Icon and text of a toolbar button are
|
10
|
6782 horizontally arranged. {only in GTK+ 2 GUI}
|
7
|
6783 tooltips Tooltips are active for toolbar buttons.
|
|
6784 Tooltips refer to the popup help text which appears after the mouse
|
|
6785 cursor is placed over a toolbar button for a brief moment.
|
|
6786
|
|
6787 If you want the toolbar to be shown with icons as well as text, do the
|
|
6788 following: >
|
|
6789 :set tb=icons,text
|
|
6790 < Motif and Athena cannot display icons and text at the same time. They
|
|
6791 will show icons if both are requested.
|
|
6792
|
|
6793 If none of the strings specified in 'toolbar' are valid or if
|
|
6794 'toolbar' is empty, this option is ignored. If you want to disable
|
|
6795 the toolbar, you need to set the 'guioptions' option. For example: >
|
|
6796 :set guioptions-=T
|
|
6797 < Also see |gui-toolbar|.
|
|
6798
|
|
6799 *'toolbariconsize'* *'tbis'*
|
|
6800 'toolbariconsize' 'tbis' string (default "small")
|
|
6801 global
|
|
6802 {not in Vi}
|
|
6803 {only in the GTK+ 2 GUI}
|
|
6804 Controls the size of toolbar icons. The possible values are:
|
|
6805 tiny Use tiny toolbar icons.
|
|
6806 small Use small toolbar icons (default).
|
|
6807 medium Use medium-sized toolbar icons.
|
|
6808 large Use large toolbar icons.
|
|
6809 The exact dimensions in pixels of the various icon sizes depend on
|
|
6810 the current theme. Common dimensions are large=32x32, medium=24x24,
|
|
6811 small=20x20 and tiny=16x16.
|
|
6812
|
|
6813 If 'toolbariconsize' is empty, the global default size as determined
|
|
6814 by user preferences or the current theme is used.
|
|
6815
|
|
6816 *'ttybuiltin'* *'tbi'* *'nottybuiltin'* *'notbi'*
|
|
6817 'ttybuiltin' 'tbi' boolean (default on)
|
|
6818 global
|
|
6819 {not in Vi}
|
|
6820 When on, the builtin termcaps are searched before the external ones.
|
|
6821 When off the builtin termcaps are searched after the external ones.
|
|
6822 When this option is changed, you should set the 'term' option next for
|
|
6823 the change to take effect, for example: >
|
|
6824 :set notbi term=$TERM
|
|
6825 < See also |termcap|.
|
|
6826 Rationale: The default for this option is "on", because the builtin
|
|
6827 termcap entries are generally better (many systems contain faulty
|
|
6828 xterm entries...).
|
|
6829
|
|
6830 *'ttyfast'* *'tf'* *'nottyfast'* *'notf'*
|
|
6831 'ttyfast' 'tf' boolean (default off, on when 'term' is xterm, hpterm,
|
|
6832 sun-cmd, screen, rxvt, dtterm or
|
|
6833 iris-ansi; also on when running Vim in
|
|
6834 a DOS console)
|
|
6835 global
|
|
6836 {not in Vi}
|
|
6837 Indicates a fast terminal connection. More characters will be sent to
|
|
6838 the screen for redrawing, instead of using insert/delete line
|
|
6839 commands. Improves smoothness of redrawing when there are multiple
|
|
6840 windows and the terminal does not support a scrolling region.
|
|
6841 Also enables the extra writing of characters at the end of each screen
|
|
6842 line for lines that wrap. This helps when using copy/paste with the
|
|
6843 mouse in an xterm and other terminals.
|
|
6844
|
|
6845 *'ttymouse'* *'ttym'*
|
|
6846 'ttymouse' 'ttym' string (default depends on 'term')
|
|
6847 global
|
|
6848 {not in Vi}
|
|
6849 {only in Unix and VMS, doesn't work in the GUI; not
|
|
6850 available when compiled without |+mouse|}
|
|
6851 Name of the terminal type for which mouse codes are to be recognized.
|
|
6852 Currently these three strings are valid:
|
|
6853 *xterm-mouse*
|
|
6854 xterm xterm-like mouse handling. The mouse generates
|
|
6855 "<Esc>[Mscr", where "scr" is three bytes:
|
|
6856 "s" = button state
|
|
6857 "c" = column plus 33
|
|
6858 "r" = row plus 33
|
189
|
6859 This only works up to 223 columns! See "dec" for a
|
|
6860 solution.
|
7
|
6861 xterm2 Works like "xterm", but with the xterm reporting the
|
|
6862 mouse position while the mouse is dragged. This works
|
|
6863 much faster and more precise. Your xterm must at
|
180
|
6864 least at patchlevel 88 / XFree 3.3.3 for this to
|
7
|
6865 work. See below for how Vim detects this
|
|
6866 automatically.
|
|
6867 *netterm-mouse*
|
|
6868 netterm NetTerm mouse handling. The mouse generates
|
|
6869 "<Esc>}r,c<CR>", where "r,c" are two decimal numbers
|
|
6870 for the row and column.
|
|
6871 *dec-mouse*
|
|
6872 dec DEC terminal mouse handling. The mouse generates a
|
|
6873 rather complex sequence, starting with "<Esc>[".
|
189
|
6874 This is also available for an Xterm, if it was
|
|
6875 configured with "--enable-dec-locator".
|
7
|
6876 *jsbterm-mouse*
|
|
6877 jsbterm JSB term mouse handling.
|
|
6878 *pterm-mouse*
|
|
6879 pterm QNX pterm mouse handling.
|
|
6880
|
|
6881 The mouse handling must be enabled at compile time |+mouse_xterm|
|
|
6882 |+mouse_dec| |+mouse_netterm|.
|
|
6883 Only "xterm"(2) is really recognized. NetTerm mouse codes are always
|
|
6884 recognized, if enabled at compile time. DEC terminal mouse codes
|
|
6885 are recognized if enabled at compile time, and 'ttymouse' is not
|
|
6886 "xterm" (because the xterm and dec mouse codes conflict).
|
|
6887 This option is automatically set to "xterm", when the 'term' option is
|
|
6888 set to a name that starts with "xterm", and 'ttymouse' is not "xterm"
|
|
6889 or "xterm2" already. The main use of this option is to set it to
|
|
6890 "xterm", when the terminal name doesn't start with "xterm", but it can
|
|
6891 handle xterm mouse codes.
|
|
6892 The "xterm2" value will be set if the xterm version is reported to be
|
|
6893 95 of higher. This only works when compiled with the |+termresponse|
|
|
6894 feature and if |t_RV| is set to the escape sequence to request the
|
|
6895 xterm version number. Otherwise "xterm2" must be set explicitly.
|
|
6896 If you do not want 'ttymouse' to be set to "xterm2" automatically, set
|
|
6897 t_RV to an empty string: >
|
|
6898 :set t_RV=
|
|
6899 <
|
|
6900 *'ttyscroll'* *'tsl'*
|
|
6901 'ttyscroll' 'tsl' number (default 999)
|
|
6902 global
|
|
6903 Maximum number of lines to scroll the screen. If there are more lines
|
|
6904 to scroll the window is redrawn. For terminals where scrolling is
|
|
6905 very slow and redrawing is not slow this can be set to a small number,
|
|
6906 e.g., 3, to speed up displaying.
|
|
6907
|
|
6908 *'ttytype'* *'tty'*
|
|
6909 'ttytype' 'tty' string (default from $TERM)
|
|
6910 global
|
|
6911 Alias for 'term', see above.
|
|
6912
|
|
6913 *'undolevels'* *'ul'*
|
|
6914 'undolevels' 'ul' number (default 100, 1000 for Unix, VMS,
|
|
6915 Win32 and OS/2)
|
|
6916 global
|
|
6917 {not in Vi}
|
|
6918 Maximum number of changes that can be undone. Since undo information
|
|
6919 is kept in memory, higher numbers will cause more memory to be used
|
|
6920 (nevertheless, a single change can use an unlimited amount of memory).
|
|
6921 Set to 0 for Vi compatibility: One level of undo and "u" undoes
|
|
6922 itself: >
|
|
6923 set ul=0
|
|
6924 < But you can also get Vi compatibility by including the 'u' flag in
|
|
6925 'cpoptions', and still be able to use CTRL-R to repeat undo.
|
|
6926 Set to a negative number for no undo at all: >
|
|
6927 set ul=-1
|
|
6928 < This helps when you run out of memory for a single change.
|
|
6929 Also see |undo-two-ways|.
|
|
6930
|
|
6931 *'updatecount'* *'uc'*
|
|
6932 'updatecount' 'uc' number (default: 200)
|
|
6933 global
|
|
6934 {not in Vi}
|
|
6935 After typing this many characters the swap file will be written to
|
|
6936 disk. When zero, no swap file will be created at all (see chapter on
|
|
6937 recovery |crash-recovery|). 'updatecount' is set to zero by starting
|
|
6938 Vim with the "-n" option, see |startup|. When editing in readonly
|
|
6939 mode this option will be initialized to 10000.
|
|
6940 The swapfile can be disabled per buffer with |'swapfile'|.
|
|
6941 When 'updatecount' is set from zero to non-zero, swap files are
|
|
6942 created for all buffers that have 'swapfile' set. When 'updatecount'
|
|
6943 is set to zero, existing swap files are not deleted.
|
|
6944 Also see |'swapsync'|.
|
|
6945 This option has no meaning in buffers where |'buftype'| is "nofile"
|
|
6946 or "nowrite".
|
|
6947
|
|
6948 *'updatetime'* *'ut'*
|
|
6949 'updatetime' 'ut' number (default 4000)
|
|
6950 global
|
|
6951 {not in Vi}
|
|
6952 If this many milliseconds nothing is typed the swap file will be
|
|
6953 written to disk (see |crash-recovery|). Also used for the
|
|
6954 |CursorHold| autocommand event.
|
|
6955
|
|
6956 *'verbose'* *'vbs'*
|
|
6957 'verbose' 'vbs' number (default 0)
|
|
6958 global
|
|
6959 {not in Vi, although some versions have a boolean
|
|
6960 verbose option}
|
|
6961 When bigger than zero, Vim will give messages about what it is doing.
|
|
6962 Currently, these messages are given:
|
|
6963 >= 1 When the viminfo file is read or written.
|
|
6964 >= 2 When a file is ":source"'ed.
|
712
|
6965 >= 5 Every searched tags file and include file.
|
7
|
6966 >= 8 Files for which a group of autocommands is executed.
|
|
6967 >= 9 Every executed autocommand.
|
|
6968 >= 12 Every executed function.
|
|
6969 >= 13 When an exception is thrown, caught, finished, or discarded.
|
|
6970 >= 14 Anything pending in a ":finally" clause.
|
|
6971 >= 15 Every executed Ex command (truncated at 200 characters).
|
|
6972
|
|
6973 This option can also be set with the "-V" argument. See |-V|.
|
|
6974 This option is also set by the |:verbose| command.
|
|
6975
|
293
|
6976 When the 'verbosefile' option is set then the verbose messages are not
|
|
6977 displayed.
|
|
6978
|
|
6979 *'verbosefile'* *'vfile'*
|
|
6980 'verbosefile' 'vfile' string (default empty)
|
|
6981 global
|
|
6982 {not in Vi}
|
|
6983 When not empty all messages are written in a file with this name.
|
|
6984 When the file exists messages are appended.
|
|
6985 Writing to the file ends when Vim exits or when 'verbosefile' is made
|
|
6986 empty.
|
|
6987 Setting 'verbosefile' to a new value is like making it empty first.
|
|
6988 The difference with |:redir| is that verbose messages are not
|
|
6989 displayed when 'verbosefile' is set.
|
|
6990
|
7
|
6991 *'viewdir'* *'vdir'*
|
|
6992 'viewdir' 'vdir' string (default for Amiga, MS-DOS, OS/2 and Win32:
|
|
6993 "$VIM/vimfiles/view",
|
|
6994 for Unix: "~/.vim/view",
|
|
6995 for Macintosh: "$VIM:vimfiles:view"
|
|
6996 for VMS: "sys$login:vimfiles/view"
|
|
6997 for RiscOS: "Choices:vimfiles/view")
|
|
6998 global
|
|
6999 {not in Vi}
|
|
7000 {not available when compiled without the +mksession
|
|
7001 feature}
|
|
7002 Name of the directory where to store files for |:mkview|.
|
|
7003 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
7004 security reasons.
|
|
7005
|
|
7006 *'viewoptions'* *'vop'*
|
|
7007 'viewoptions' 'vop' string (default: "folds,options,cursor")
|
|
7008 global
|
|
7009 {not in Vi}
|
|
7010 {not available when compiled without the +mksession
|
|
7011 feature}
|
|
7012 Changes the effect of the |:mkview| command. It is a comma separated
|
10
|
7013 list of words. Each word enables saving and restoring something:
|
7
|
7014 word save and restore ~
|
|
7015 cursor cursor position in file and in window
|
|
7016 folds manually created folds, opened/closed folds and local
|
|
7017 fold options
|
|
7018 options options and mappings local to a window or buffer (not
|
|
7019 global values for local options)
|
|
7020 slash backslashes in file names replaced with forward
|
|
7021 slashes
|
|
7022 unix with Unix end-of-line format (single <NL>), even when
|
|
7023 on Windows or DOS
|
|
7024
|
|
7025 "slash" and "unix" are useful on Windows when sharing view files
|
|
7026 with Unix. The Unix version of Vim cannot source dos format scripts,
|
|
7027 but the Windows version of Vim can source unix format scripts.
|
|
7028
|
|
7029 *'viminfo'* *'vi'* *E526* *E527* *E528*
|
|
7030 'viminfo' 'vi' string (Vi default: "", Vim default for MS-DOS,
|
|
7031 Windows and OS/2: '20,<50,s10,h,rA:,rB:,
|
|
7032 for Amiga: '20,<50,s10,h,rdf0:,rdf1:,rdf2:
|
|
7033 for others: '20,<50,s10,h)
|
|
7034 global
|
|
7035 {not in Vi}
|
|
7036 {not available when compiled without the |+viminfo|
|
|
7037 feature}
|
|
7038 When non-empty, the viminfo file is read upon startup and written
|
10
|
7039 when exiting Vim (see |viminfo-file|). The string should be a comma
|
7
|
7040 separated list of parameters, each consisting of a single character
|
|
7041 identifying the particular parameter, followed by a number or string
|
|
7042 which specifies the value of that parameter. If a particular
|
|
7043 character is left out, then the default value is used for that
|
|
7044 parameter. The following is a list of the identifying characters and
|
|
7045 the effect of their value.
|
|
7046 CHAR VALUE ~
|
|
7047 ! When included, save and restore global variables that start
|
|
7048 with an uppercase letter, and don't contain a lowercase
|
|
7049 letter. Thus "KEEPTHIS and "K_L_M" are stored, but "KeepThis"
|
75
|
7050 and "_K_L_M" are not. Only String and Number types are
|
|
7051 stored.
|
7
|
7052 " Maximum number of lines saved for each register. Old name of
|
|
7053 the '<' item, with the disadvantage that you need to put a
|
|
7054 backslash before the ", otherwise it will be recognized as the
|
|
7055 start of a comment!
|
|
7056 % When included, save and restore the buffer list. If Vim is
|
|
7057 started with a file name argument, the buffer list is not
|
|
7058 restored. If Vim is started without a file name argument, the
|
10
|
7059 buffer list is restored from the viminfo file. Buffers
|
7
|
7060 without a file name and buffers for help files are not written
|
|
7061 to the viminfo file.
|
23
|
7062 When followed by a number, the number specifies the maximum
|
|
7063 number of buffers that are stored. Without a number all
|
|
7064 buffers are stored.
|
7
|
7065 ' Maximum number of previously edited files for which the marks
|
|
7066 are remembered. This parameter must always be included when
|
|
7067 'viminfo' is non-empty.
|
|
7068 Including this item also means that the |jumplist| and the
|
|
7069 |changelist| are stored in the viminfo file.
|
|
7070 / Maximum number of items in the search pattern history to be
|
10
|
7071 saved. If non-zero, then the previous search and substitute
|
7
|
7072 patterns are also saved. When not included, the value of
|
|
7073 'history' is used.
|
|
7074 : Maximum number of items in the command-line history to be
|
10
|
7075 saved. When not included, the value of 'history' is used.
|
7
|
7076 < Maximum number of lines saved for each register. If zero then
|
|
7077 registers are not saved. When not included, all lines are
|
|
7078 saved. '"' is the old name for this item.
|
|
7079 Also see the 's' item below: limit specified in Kbyte.
|
|
7080 @ Maximum number of items in the input-line history to be
|
10
|
7081 saved. When not included, the value of 'history' is used.
|
7
|
7082 c When included, convert the text in the viminfo file from the
|
|
7083 'encoding' used when writing the file to the current
|
233
|
7084 'encoding'. See |viminfo-encoding|.
|
7
|
7085 f Whether file marks need to be stored. If zero, file marks ('0
|
|
7086 to '9, 'A to 'Z) are not stored. When not present or when
|
10
|
7087 non-zero, they are all stored. '0 is used for the current
|
7
|
7088 cursor position (when exiting or when doing ":wviminfo").
|
|
7089 h Disable the effect of 'hlsearch' when loading the viminfo
|
|
7090 file. When not included, it depends on whether ":nohlsearch"
|
|
7091 has been used since the last search command.
|
|
7092 n Name of the viminfo file. The name must immediately follow
|
|
7093 the 'n'. Must be the last one! If the "-i" argument was
|
|
7094 given when starting Vim, that file name overrides the one
|
|
7095 given here with 'viminfo'. Environment variables are expanded
|
|
7096 when opening the file, not when setting the option.
|
|
7097 r Removable media. The argument is a string (up to the next
|
|
7098 ','). This parameter can be given several times. Each
|
|
7099 specifies the start of a path for which no marks will be
|
|
7100 stored. This is to avoid removable media. For MS-DOS you
|
|
7101 could use "ra:,rb:", for Amiga "rdf0:,rdf1:,rdf2:". You can
|
|
7102 also use it for temp files, e.g., for Unix: "r/tmp". Case is
|
|
7103 ignored. Maximum length of each 'r' argument is 50
|
|
7104 characters.
|
|
7105 s Maximum size of an item in Kbyte. If zero then registers are
|
|
7106 not saved. Currently only applies to registers. The default
|
|
7107 "s10" will exclude registers with more than 10 Kbyte of text.
|
|
7108 Also see the '<' item above: line count limit.
|
|
7109
|
|
7110 Example: >
|
|
7111 :set viminfo='50,<1000,s100,:0,n~/vim/viminfo
|
|
7112 <
|
|
7113 '50 Marks will be remembered for the last 50 files you
|
|
7114 edited.
|
|
7115 <1000 Contents of registers (up to 1000 lines each) will be
|
|
7116 remembered.
|
|
7117 s100 Registers with more than 100 Kbyte text are skipped.
|
|
7118 :0 Command-line history will not be saved.
|
|
7119 n~/vim/viminfo The name of the file to use is "~/vim/viminfo".
|
|
7120 no / Since '/' is not specified, the default will be used,
|
|
7121 that is, save all of the search history, and also the
|
|
7122 previous search and substitute patterns.
|
|
7123 no % The buffer list will not be saved nor read back.
|
|
7124 no h 'hlsearch' highlighting will be restored.
|
|
7125
|
|
7126 When setting 'viminfo' from an empty value you can use |:rviminfo| to
|
|
7127 load the contents of the file, this is not done automatically.
|
|
7128
|
|
7129 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
|
|
7130 security reasons.
|
|
7131
|
|
7132 *'virtualedit'* *'ve'*
|
|
7133 'virtualedit' 've' string (default "")
|
|
7134 global
|
|
7135 {not in Vi}
|
|
7136 {not available when compiled without the
|
|
7137 |+virtualedit| feature}
|
|
7138 A comma separated list of these words:
|
|
7139 block Allow virtual editing in Visual block mode.
|
|
7140 insert Allow virtual editing in Insert mode.
|
|
7141 all Allow virtual editing in all modes.
|
|
7142 Virtual editing means that the cursor can be positioned where there is
|
|
7143 no actual character. This can be halfway into a Tab or beyond the end
|
|
7144 of the line. Useful for selecting a rectangle in Visual mode and
|
|
7145 editing a table.
|
|
7146
|
|
7147 *'visualbell'* *'vb'* *'novisualbell'* *'novb'* *beep*
|
|
7148 'visualbell' 'vb' boolean (default off)
|
|
7149 global
|
|
7150 {not in Vi}
|
|
7151 Use visual bell instead of beeping. The terminal code to display the
|
|
7152 visual bell is given with 't_vb'. When no beep or flash is wanted,
|
|
7153 use ":set vb t_vb=".
|
|
7154 Note: When the GUI starts, 't_vb' is reset to its default value. You
|
|
7155 might want to set it again in your |gvimrc|.
|
|
7156 In the GUI, 't_vb' defaults to "<Esc>|f", which inverts the display
|
|
7157 for 20 msec. If you want to use a different time, use "<Esc>|40f",
|
|
7158 where 40 is the time in msec.
|
|
7159 Does not work on the Amiga, you always get a screen flash.
|
|
7160 Also see 'errorbells'.
|
|
7161
|
|
7162 *'warn'* *'nowarn'*
|
|
7163 'warn' boolean (default on)
|
|
7164 global
|
|
7165 Give a warning message when a shell command is used while the buffer
|
|
7166 has been changed.
|
|
7167
|
|
7168 *'weirdinvert'* *'wiv'* *'noweirdinvert'* *'nowiv'*
|
|
7169 'weirdinvert' 'wiv' boolean (default off)
|
|
7170 global
|
|
7171 {not in Vi}
|
667
|
7172 This option has the same effect as the 't_xs' terminal option.
|
7
|
7173 It is provided for backwards compatibility with version 4.x.
|
|
7174 Setting 'weirdinvert' has the effect of making 't_xs' non-empty, and
|
|
7175 vice versa. Has no effect when the GUI is running.
|
|
7176
|
|
7177 *'whichwrap'* *'ww'*
|
|
7178 'whichwrap' 'ww' string (Vim default: "b,s", Vi default: "")
|
|
7179 global
|
|
7180 {not in Vi}
|
|
7181 Allow specified keys that move the cursor left/right to move to the
|
|
7182 previous/next line when the cursor is on the first/last character in
|
|
7183 the line. Concatenate characters to allow this for these keys:
|
|
7184 char key mode ~
|
|
7185 b <BS> Normal and Visual
|
|
7186 s <Space> Normal and Visual
|
712
|
7187 h "h" Normal and Visual (not recommended)
|
|
7188 l "l" Normal and Visual (not recommended)
|
7
|
7189 < <Left> Normal and Visual
|
|
7190 > <Right> Normal and Visual
|
|
7191 ~ "~" Normal
|
|
7192 [ <Left> Insert and Replace
|
|
7193 ] <Right> Insert and Replace
|
|
7194 For example: >
|
|
7195 :set ww=<,>,[,]
|
|
7196 < allows wrap only when cursor keys are used.
|
|
7197 When the movement keys are used in combination with a delete or change
|
|
7198 operator, the <EOL> also counts for a character. This makes "3h"
|
|
7199 different from "3dh" when the cursor crosses the end of a line. This
|
|
7200 is also true for "x" and "X", because they do the same as "dl" and
|
|
7201 "dh". If you use this, you may also want to use the mapping
|
|
7202 ":map <BS> X" to make backspace delete the character in front of the
|
|
7203 cursor.
|
714
|
7204 When 'l' is included and it is used after an operator at the end of a
|
|
7205 line then it will not move to the next line. This makes "dl", "cl",
|
|
7206 "yl" etc. work normally.
|
7
|
7207 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
7208 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
7209
|
|
7210 *'wildchar'* *'wc'*
|
|
7211 'wildchar' 'wc' number (Vim default: <Tab>, Vi default: CTRL-E)
|
|
7212 global
|
|
7213 {not in Vi}
|
|
7214 Character you have to type to start wildcard expansion in the
|
|
7215 command-line, as specified with 'wildmode'.
|
|
7216 The character is not recognized when used inside a macro. See
|
|
7217 'wildcharm' for that.
|
|
7218 Although 'wc' is a number option, you can set it to a special key: >
|
|
7219 :set wc=<Esc>
|
|
7220 < NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
7221 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
|
|
7222
|
|
7223 *'wildcharm'* *'wcm'*
|
|
7224 'wildcharm' 'wcm' number (default: none (0))
|
|
7225 global
|
|
7226 {not in Vi}
|
|
7227 'wildcharm' works exactly like 'wildchar', except that it is
|
233
|
7228 recognized when used inside a macro. You can find "spare" command-line
|
|
7229 keys suitable for this option by looking at |ex-edit-index|. Normally
|
7
|
7230 you'll never actually type 'wildcharm', just use it in mappings that
|
|
7231 automatically invoke completion mode, e.g.: >
|
|
7232 :set wcm=<C-Z>
|
|
7233 :cmap ss so $vim/sessions/*.vim<C-Z>
|
|
7234 < Then after typing :ss you can use CTRL-P & CTRL-N.
|
|
7235
|
|
7236 *'wildignore'* *'wig'*
|
|
7237 'wildignore' 'wig' string (default "")
|
|
7238 global
|
|
7239 {not in Vi}
|
|
7240 {not available when compiled without the |+wildignore|
|
|
7241 feature}
|
|
7242 A list of file patterns. A file that matches with one of these
|
|
7243 patterns is ignored when completing file or directory names.
|
|
7244 The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-patterns|.
|
|
7245 Also see 'suffixes'.
|
|
7246 Example: >
|
|
7247 :set wildignore=*.o,*.obj
|
|
7248 < The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
|
|
7249 a pattern from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
|
|
7250 uses another default.
|
|
7251
|
|
7252 *'wildmenu'* *'wmnu'* *'nowildmenu'* *'nowmnu'*
|
|
7253 'wildmenu' 'wmnu' boolean (default off)
|
|
7254 global
|
|
7255 {not in Vi}
|
|
7256 {not available if compiled without the |+wildmenu|
|
|
7257 feature}
|
|
7258 When 'wildmenu' is on, command-line completion operates in an enhanced
|
|
7259 mode. On pressing 'wildchar' (usually <Tab>) to invoke completion,
|
|
7260 the possible matches are shown just above the command line, with the
|
|
7261 first match highlighted (overwriting the status line, if there is
|
|
7262 one). Keys that show the previous/next match, such as <Tab> or
|
|
7263 CTRL-P/CTRL-N, cause the highlight to move to the appropriate match.
|
|
7264 When 'wildmode' is used, "wildmenu" mode is used where "full" is
|
|
7265 specified. "longest" and "list" do not start "wildmenu" mode.
|
|
7266 If there are more matches than can fit in the line, a ">" is shown on
|
|
7267 the right and/or a "<" is shown on the left. The status line scrolls
|
|
7268 as needed.
|
|
7269 The "wildmenu" mode is abandoned when a key is hit that is not used
|
|
7270 for selecting a completion.
|
|
7271 While the "wildmenu" is active the following keys have special
|
|
7272 meanings:
|
|
7273
|
|
7274 <Left> <Right> - select previous/next match (like CTRL-P/CTRL-N)
|
|
7275 <Down> - in filename/menu name completion: move into a
|
|
7276 subdirectory or submenu.
|
|
7277 <CR> - in menu completion, when the cursor is just after a
|
|
7278 dot: move into a submenu.
|
|
7279 <Up> - in filename/menu name completion: move up into
|
|
7280 parent directory or parent menu.
|
|
7281
|
|
7282 This makes the menus accessible from the console |console-menus|.
|
|
7283
|
|
7284 If you prefer the <Left> and <Right> keys to move the cursor instead
|
|
7285 of selecting a different match, use this: >
|
|
7286 :cnoremap <Left> <Space><BS><Left>
|
|
7287 :cnoremap <Right> <Space><BS><Right>
|
|
7288 <
|
|
7289 The "WildMenu" highlighting is used for displaying the current match
|
|
7290 |hl-WildMenu|.
|
|
7291
|
|
7292 *'wildmode'* *'wim'*
|
|
7293 'wildmode' 'wim' string (Vim default: "full")
|
|
7294 global
|
|
7295 {not in Vi}
|
|
7296 Completion mode that is used for the character specified with
|
10
|
7297 'wildchar'. It is a comma separated list of up to four parts. Each
|
7
|
7298 part specifies what to do for each consecutive use of 'wildchar. The
|
|
7299 first part specifies the behavior for the first use of 'wildchar',
|
|
7300 The second part for the second use, etc.
|
|
7301 These are the possible values for each part:
|
|
7302 "" Complete only the first match.
|
|
7303 "full" Complete the next full match. After the last match,
|
|
7304 the original string is used and then the first match
|
|
7305 again.
|
|
7306 "longest" Complete till longest common string. If this doesn't
|
|
7307 result in a longer string, use the next part.
|
|
7308 "longest:full" Like "longest", but also start 'wildmenu' if it is
|
|
7309 enabled.
|
|
7310 "list" When more than one match, list all matches.
|
|
7311 "list:full" When more than one match, list all matches and
|
|
7312 complete first match.
|
|
7313 "list:longest" When more than one match, list all matches and
|
|
7314 complete till longest common string.
|
|
7315 When there is only a single match, it is fully completed in all cases.
|
|
7316
|
|
7317 Examples: >
|
|
7318 :set wildmode=full
|
233
|
7319 < Complete first full match, next match, etc. (the default) >
|
7
|
7320 :set wildmode=longest,full
|
|
7321 < Complete longest common string, then each full match >
|
|
7322 :set wildmode=list:full
|
|
7323 < List all matches and complete each full match >
|
|
7324 :set wildmode=list,full
|
|
7325 < List all matches without completing, then each full match >
|
|
7326 :set wildmode=longest,list
|
|
7327 < Complete longest common string, then list alternatives.
|
|
7328
|
40
|
7329 *'wildoptions'* *'wop'*
|
|
7330 'wildoptions' 'wop' string (default "")
|
|
7331 global
|
|
7332 {not in Vi}
|
|
7333 {not available when compiled without the |+wildignore|
|
|
7334 feature}
|
|
7335 A list of words that change how command line completion is done.
|
|
7336 Currently only one word is allowed:
|
|
7337 tagfile When using CTRL-D to list matching tags, the kind of
|
|
7338 tag and the file of the tag is listed. Only one match
|
|
7339 is displayed per line. Often used tag kinds are:
|
|
7340 d #define
|
|
7341 f function
|
|
7342 Also see |cmdline-completion|.
|
|
7343
|
7
|
7344 *'winaltkeys'* *'wak'*
|
|
7345 'winaltkeys' 'wak' string (default "menu")
|
|
7346 global
|
|
7347 {not in Vi}
|
|
7348 {only used in Win32, Motif, GTK and Photon GUI}
|
|
7349 Some GUI versions allow the access to menu entries by using the ALT
|
|
7350 key in combination with a character that appears underlined in the
|
|
7351 menu. This conflicts with the use of the ALT key for mappings and
|
|
7352 entering special characters. This option tells what to do:
|
|
7353 no Don't use ALT keys for menus. ALT key combinations can be
|
|
7354 mapped, but there is no automatic handling. This can then be
|
|
7355 done with the |:simalt| command.
|
|
7356 yes ALT key handling is done by the windowing system. ALT key
|
|
7357 combinations cannot be mapped.
|
|
7358 menu Using ALT in combination with a character that is a menu
|
10
|
7359 shortcut key, will be handled by the windowing system. Other
|
7
|
7360 keys can be mapped.
|
|
7361 If the menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', the ALT
|
|
7362 key is never used for the menu.
|
36
|
7363 This option is not used for <F10>; on Win32 and with GTK <F10> will
|
|
7364 select the menu, unless it has been mapped.
|
7
|
7365
|
164
|
7366 *'window'* *'wi'*
|
|
7367 'window' 'wi' number (default screen height - 1)
|
|
7368 global
|
|
7369 Window height. Do not confuse this with the height of the Vim window,
|
|
7370 use 'lines' for that.
|
179
|
7371 Used for |CTRL-F| and |CTRL-B| when there is only one window and the
|
|
7372 value is smaller than 'lines' minus one. The screen will scroll
|
|
7373 'window' minus two lines, with a minimum of one.
|
164
|
7374 When 'window' is equal to 'lines' minus one CTRL-F and CTRL-B scroll
|
|
7375 in a much smarter way, taking care of wrapping lines.
|
|
7376 When resizing the Vim window, the value is smaller than 1 or more than
|
|
7377 or equal to 'lines' it will be set to 'lines' minus 1.
|
|
7378 {Vi also uses the option to specify the number of displayed lines}
|
|
7379
|
7
|
7380 *'winheight'* *'wh'* *E591*
|
|
7381 'winheight' 'wh' number (default 1)
|
|
7382 global
|
|
7383 {not in Vi}
|
|
7384 {not available when compiled without the +windows
|
|
7385 feature}
|
|
7386 Minimal number of lines for the current window. This is not a hard
|
10
|
7387 minimum, Vim will use fewer lines if there is not enough room. If the
|
7
|
7388 current window is smaller, its size is increased, at the cost of the
|
|
7389 height of other windows. Set it to 999 to make the current window
|
|
7390 always fill the screen (although this has the drawback that ":all"
|
|
7391 will create only two windows). Set it to a small number for normal
|
|
7392 editing.
|
|
7393 Minimum value is 1.
|
|
7394 The height is not adjusted after one of the commands to change the
|
|
7395 height of the current window.
|
|
7396 'winheight' applies to the current window. Use 'winminheight' to set
|
|
7397 the minimal height for other windows.
|
|
7398
|
|
7399 *'winfixheight'* *'wfh'* *'nowinfixheight'* *'nowfh'*
|
|
7400 'winfixheight' 'wfh' boolean (default off)
|
|
7401 local to window
|
|
7402 {not in Vi}
|
|
7403 {not available when compiled without the +windows
|
|
7404 feature}
|
|
7405 Keep the window height when windows are opened or closed and
|
|
7406 'equalalways' is set. Set by default for the |preview-window| and
|
|
7407 |quickfix-window|.
|
|
7408 The height may be changed anyway when running out of room.
|
|
7409
|
|
7410 *'winminheight'* *'wmh'*
|
|
7411 'winminheight' 'wmh' number (default 1)
|
|
7412 global
|
|
7413 {not in Vi}
|
|
7414 {not available when compiled without the +windows
|
|
7415 feature}
|
|
7416 The minimal height of a window, when it's not the current window.
|
|
7417 This is a hard minimum, windows will never become smaller.
|
|
7418 When set to zero, windows may be "squashed" to zero lines (i.e. just a
|
|
7419 status bar) if necessary. They will return to at least one line when
|
|
7420 they become active (since the cursor has to have somewhere to go.)
|
|
7421 Use 'winheight' to set the minimal height of the current window.
|
|
7422 This option is only checked when making a window smaller. Don't use a
|
|
7423 large number, it will cause errors when opening more than a few
|
|
7424 windows. A value of 0 to 3 is reasonable.
|
|
7425
|
|
7426 *'winminwidth'* *'wmw'*
|
|
7427 'winminwidth' 'wmw' number (default 1)
|
|
7428 global
|
|
7429 {not in Vi}
|
|
7430 {not available when compiled without the +vertsplit
|
|
7431 feature}
|
|
7432 The minimal width of a window, when it's not the current window.
|
|
7433 This is a hard minimum, windows will never become smaller.
|
|
7434 When set to zero, windows may be "squashed" to zero columns (i.e. just
|
|
7435 a vertical separator) if necessary. They will return to at least one
|
|
7436 line when they become active (since the cursor has to have somewhere
|
|
7437 to go.)
|
|
7438 Use 'winwidth' to set the minimal width of the current window.
|
|
7439 This option is only checked when making a window smaller. Don't use a
|
|
7440 large number, it will cause errors when opening more than a few
|
|
7441 windows. A value of 0 to 12 is reasonable.
|
|
7442
|
|
7443 *'winwidth'* *'wiw'* *E592*
|
|
7444 'winwidth' 'wiw' number (default 20)
|
|
7445 global
|
|
7446 {not in Vi}
|
|
7447 {not available when compiled without the +vertsplit
|
|
7448 feature}
|
|
7449 Minimal number of columns for the current window. This is not a hard
|
|
7450 minimum, Vim will use fewer columns if there is not enough room. If
|
|
7451 the current window is smaller, its size is increased, at the cost of
|
|
7452 the width of other windows. Set it to 999 to make the current window
|
|
7453 always fill the screen. Set it to a small number for normal editing.
|
|
7454 The width is not adjusted after one of the commands to change the
|
|
7455 width of the current window.
|
|
7456 'winwidth' applies to the current window. Use 'winminwidth' to set
|
|
7457 the minimal width for other windows.
|
|
7458
|
|
7459 *'wrap'* *'nowrap'*
|
|
7460 'wrap' boolean (default on)
|
|
7461 local to window
|
|
7462 {not in Vi}
|
|
7463 This option changes how text is displayed. It doesn't change the text
|
|
7464 in the buffer, see 'textwidth' for that.
|
|
7465 When on, lines longer than the width of the window will wrap and
|
10
|
7466 displaying continues on the next line. When off lines will not wrap
|
|
7467 and only part of long lines will be displayed. When the cursor is
|
7
|
7468 moved to a part that is not shown, the screen will scroll
|
|
7469 horizontally.
|
|
7470 The line will be broken in the middle of a word if necessary. See
|
|
7471 'linebreak' to get the break at a word boundary.
|
|
7472 To make scrolling horizontally a bit more useful, try this: >
|
|
7473 :set sidescroll=5
|
|
7474 :set listchars+=precedes:<,extends:>
|
|
7475 < See 'sidescroll', 'listchars' and |wrap-off|.
|
|
7476
|
|
7477 *'wrapmargin'* *'wm'*
|
|
7478 'wrapmargin' 'wm' number (default 0)
|
|
7479 local to buffer
|
|
7480 Number of characters from the right window border where wrapping
|
|
7481 starts. When typing text beyond this limit, an <EOL> will be inserted
|
|
7482 and inserting continues on the next line.
|
|
7483 Options that add a margin, such as 'number' and 'foldcolumn', cause
|
|
7484 the text width to be further reduced. This is Vi compatible.
|
|
7485 When 'textwidth' is non-zero, this option is not used.
|
|
7486 See also 'formatoptions' and |ins-textwidth|. {Vi: works differently
|
|
7487 and less usefully}
|
|
7488
|
|
7489 *'wrapscan'* *'ws'* *'nowrapscan'* *'nows'*
|
|
7490 'wrapscan' 'ws' boolean (default on) *E384* *E385*
|
|
7491 global
|
500
|
7492 Searches wrap around the end of the file. Also applies to |]s| and
|
|
7493 |[s|, searching for spelling mistakes.
|
7
|
7494
|
|
7495 *'write'* *'nowrite'*
|
|
7496 'write' boolean (default on)
|
|
7497 global
|
|
7498 {not in Vi}
|
|
7499 Allows writing files. When not set, writing a file is not allowed.
|
|
7500 Can be used for a view-only mode, where modifications to the text are
|
10
|
7501 still allowed. Can be reset with the |-m| or |-M| command line
|
7
|
7502 argument. Filtering text is still possible, even though this requires
|
|
7503 writing a temporary file.
|
|
7504
|
|
7505 *'writeany'* *'wa'* *'nowriteany'* *'nowa'*
|
|
7506 'writeany' 'wa' boolean (default off)
|
|
7507 global
|
|
7508 Allows writing to any file with no need for "!" override.
|
|
7509
|
|
7510 *'writebackup'* *'wb'* *'nowritebackup'* *'nowb'*
|
|
7511 'writebackup' 'wb' boolean (default on with |+writebackup| feature, off
|
|
7512 otherwise)
|
|
7513 global
|
|
7514 {not in Vi}
|
|
7515 Make a backup before overwriting a file. The backup is removed after
|
|
7516 the file was successfully written, unless the 'backup' option is
|
|
7517 also on. Reset this option if your file system is almost full. See
|
|
7518 |backup-table| for another explanation.
|
|
7519 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a backup is not made anyway.
|
|
7520 NOTE: This option is set to the default value when 'compatible' is
|
|
7521 set.
|
|
7522
|
|
7523 *'writedelay'* *'wd'*
|
|
7524 'writedelay' 'wd' number (default 0)
|
|
7525 global
|
|
7526 {not in Vi}
|
|
7527 The number of microseconds to wait for each character sent to the
|
|
7528 screen. When non-zero, characters are sent to the terminal one by
|
|
7529 one. For MS-DOS pcterm this does not work. For debugging purposes.
|
|
7530
|
|
7531 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
|